Because nothing says festive spirit like pain, noodles, and emotional instability.
Let’s get one thing straight: Christmas films and Buldak ramen have absolutely nothing in common. One is designed to make you feel warm, nostalgic, and vaguely hopeful about humanity. The other is designed to make you sweat through your soul and question every decision that led you here.
And yet.
Both take you on an emotional rollercoaster. Both inspire extreme reactions. Both are traditions you return to every year despite knowing, deep down, that they might hurt you.
So naturally, it only makes sense to pair iconic Christmas films with Buldak flavours – not logically, but vibe-wise. This is not a review. This is not science. This is pure festive chaos.
𐙚˙⋆🎄🧣☃️.˚ ❆
🎄Home Alone – 2x Spicy
The plot of Home Alone is 90% pain.
That’s it. That’s the analysis.
Kevin McCallister spends the entire film inflicting increasingly unhinged injuries on two grown men, while we, as an audience, laugh nervously and pretend that falling down icy stairs is slapstick rather than a medical emergency.
This is 2x Spicy energy.
Eating 2x Spicy Buldak is like stepping barefoot on a lefo – for 15 straight minutes (if you’re lucky) – while someone calmly tells you, “It builds character.” It’s aggressive, unnecessary, and deeply memorable.
Everyone involved makes questionable decisions. Kevin. The burglars. You, choosing this flavour. And yet, you can’t look away.
𐙚˙⋆🎄🧣☃️.˚ ❆
💌 Love Actually – Carbonara
Love Actually is soft. Creamy. Overplayed. Controversial.
Just Like Carbonara Buldak.
Half of Durham students will defend this film with their lives. The other half will aggressively roll their eyes and launch into a TED talk about toxic relationships, emotional infidelity, and that one cue-card scene that should have been illegal.
And yet.
Much like Carbonara, you keep coming back to it. It’s not the most exciting option. It’s not even objectively good. But it makes you feel warm, vaguely romantic, and slightly embarrassed for enjoying it.
It’s comfort food for people who say they “don’t really like rom-coms” and then quote this film every December.
𐙚˙⋆🎄🧣☃️.˚ ❆
🧝🏻Elf – Cheese
Elf is unashamedly enthusiastic.
It has no chill. No self-awareness. No concern for subtlety.
Neither does Cheese Buldak.
This is a flavour that exists purely to shout “FUN!” at your taste buds. It’s bright. It’s silly. It’s cheesy – both literally and emotionally.
Watching Elf feels like Buddy the Elf grabbing you by the shoulders at 8 AM and screaming “SANATA!!” directly into your soul. Eating Cheese Buldak is the culinary equivalent of that moment.
You didn’t ask for this level of energy. But suddenly, you’re smiling. Against your will.
𐙚˙⋆🎄🧣☃️.˚ ❆
😈The Grinch – Mala
The Grinch is chaotic. Slightly evil. Deeply mischievous.
Mala Buldak understands this energy perfectly.
This flavour tingles, numbs, and confuses you – much like the Grinch himself, who starts off as a festive menace and ends up teaching a lesson about community, kindness, and the dangers of emotional isolation.
Mala hits you with spice, then with warmth. Pain, then comfort. You’re not entirely sure if you’re enjoying it, but you’re emotionally invested now.
It’s festive redemption – with chill oil.
𐙚˙⋆🎄🧣☃️.˚ ❆
🏡The Holiday – Quattro Cheese
The Holiday is a comfort film that embraces indulgence.
No plot urgency. No realism. Just vibes, cozy jumpers, soft lighting, and the fantasy of abandoning your life to move into a picturesque cottage after a minor emotional breakdown.
Quattro Cheese Buldak is exactly this – extra, indulgent, and unashamedly comforting.
It’s not trying to challenge you. It’s saying, “You’ve had a long year. Here’s four types of cheese. Lie down.”
This is the flavour you eat while romanticising your life and pretending everything is about to work out.
𐙚˙⋆🎄🧣☃️.˚ ❆
🎁Final Thoughts: Festive Chaos, Perfectly Seasoned
Christmas films and Buldak flavours may live in entirely different cultural universes, but they share one crucial thing: commitment.
Commitment to excess. To emotion. To pain disguised as joy.
Whether you’re crying at Love Actually or crying because you chose 2x Spicy again, this is the season of embracing chaos – preferably with noodles.
Merry Christmas. May your films be comforting, your spice levels questionable, and your decisions only mildly regrettable. 🎄🔥
𐙚˙⋆🎄🧣☃️.˚ ❆
Featured Image Credit ~
The Grinch movie (2018) and a collage of buldak ramen packets from Continental Food Store