Kissing Under The Mistletoe

There’s nothing like a romantic film to get your heart racing. Even better: a romantic film set at the most magical time of the year. Christmas is the best time to cosy down with a mug of hot chocolate and let your emotions run wild when your favourite characters share an exhilarating kiss and a warm embrace. That got us wondering here at Angelic Diamonds – which Christmas kiss is the ultimate moment of festive romance?

With heart-rate monitors and a selection of the best Christmas movies to hand, we found out which movie moment got people’s heart rates racing the most.

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In order to find out which Christmas kisses sent people’s hearts a-flutter, we gathered a sample of 100 participants. We showed each participant iconic kissing scenes from the most festive films and monitored their heart rate before and after. From this, the team at Angelic Diamonds worked out the percentage increase of each participant’s heart rate after watching each clip. This revealed, on average, which moments increased heart rates the most. We also split our findings into different demographics to find out which magical movie moment had the biggest impact on men, women, married people, single people, and people in a relationship. For each clip, we also highlighted the participant that saw the biggest heart rate increase. Some of our results are sure to surprise you!

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