Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays—especially the ones from our favorite holiday moves. From Home Alone’s Georgian brick colonial to The Holiday’s Rosehill Cottage to The Grinch’s colorful Whoville adobes, these houses play just as much a role in the films as the actors themselves.
Photo: Everett1/21Rosehill Cottage From The Holiday (2006)
No disrespect to Kate Winslet, but if this were our English cottage, we’d never leave.
Photo: Everett2/21Amanda’s California Home, The Holiday (2006)
Cameron Diaz’s character lives in this grand SoCal estate, which in real life was designed by famed Los Angeles architect Wallace Neff in the 1920s.
Photo: Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox3/21Laird Mayhew’s House, Why Him? (2016)
Laird may have some work to do on himself, but his house is a modern masterpiece.
Photo: Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox4/21The Plaza Hotel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Okay, yes, this technically is a hotel. But as Eloise did before him, Kevin McAllister turns The Plaza into his unofficial home for all his holiday hijinks.
Photo: Courtesy of Hughes Entertainment5/21McAllister House, Home Alone (1990)
Wet bandits, beware.
Photo: Courtesy of Columbia Pictures Corporation6/21The Kid’s House, Bad Santa (2003)
Should we fix you some sandwiches?
Photo: Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)7/21The Parker Home, A Christmas Story (1983)
There’s no better front porch to shoot a Red Ryder BB gun on.
Photo: Courtesy of Talent Associates8/21Susan’s Suburban Dream House, Miracle on 34th Street (1959)
Santa knew what she really wanted all along.
Photo: Courtesy of New Line Cinema9/21The Hobbes Family Apartment, Elf (2003)
Interior design by Buddy the Elf.
Photo: Everett10/21Papa’s House, Elf (2003)
As a grown, 6-foot-tall man living in North Pole Elf house, Buddy's got this tiny-house, big-living thing down pat.
Photo: Courtesy of George Minter Productions11/21The Houses from A Christmas Carol (1951)
The old-timey townhouses, storefronts, and cottages of Victorian London are a wonder to behold.
Photo: Courtesy of Fox 2000 Pictures12/21The Stone House, The Family Stone (2005)
The Stones may not be a perfect family—but their home is.
Photo: Courtesy of Liberty Films (II)13/21Bailey Home, It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Has a “drafty old house” ever been more beloved?
Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros.14/21Griswold House, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
Just your run-of-the-mill suburban home—with 25,000 twinkle lights.
Photo: Courtesy of Universal Pictures15/21Juliet’s Block in Love Actually (2003)
To me, Keira Knightley’s neighborhood in Love Actually is perfect.
Photo: Courtesy of Universal Pictures16/21Jamie’s French Cottage, Love Actually (2003)
The perfect place to write a novel . . . and overcome a language barrier.
Photo: Everett17/21The Houses of Whoville, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot.
Photo: Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)18/21The Smith House, Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
The beautiful Victorian where Judy Garland had herself a “Merry Little Christmas.”
Photo: Everett19/21John Sloan’s Farmhouse, Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
The loveliest stone farmhouse you ever did see.
Photo: Everett20/21Holiday Inn from Holiday Inn (1942)
Irving Berlin wrote White Christmas for this movie—and with picturesque, snow-covered buildings, it's easy to see why.
Photo: Everett21/21The Hall House, Deck the Halls (2006)
There are holiday decorations, and then there are holiday decorations.
