You know when you can't feel your feet even though the heating's meant to be on? When your breath frosts indoors and your flat looks like Frozen Planet? The guy to get you through those midwinter woes is Will Ferrell's Buddy in Elf. At the beginning of every December, my only advent ritual is to curl up in a blanket and laugh with Buddy on a cold day. I could pick Kevin McAllister to pass the time with (and for a long time I did watch him combat the Wet Bandits, on VHS loop, endlessly, all year round), but he doesn't quite capture the festive spirit like Buddy does.