Top 5 Christmas Movies!!!?

The Bottom Line Christmas is a time of year for some great movie-watching, and this is a brief list of some of the best Christmas Movies and Specials of all time!

Sometimes there are seasonal movies that you just have to see at least once every year. For Christmas, there are a lot of movies that people want to see around that time of year, and they aren't limited to classics, nor cartoons, but rather run the gamut of nearly every genre that you can think of. There are a lot of these films that you will watch over and over again, and it doesn't matter if you have seen them 500 different times; when you sit down to celebrate Christmas, you find yourself turning on the same movies every December without fail. It's a lot like a child who can watch the same tape repeatedly; we as movie fans have the guilty pleasure of watching the same charming films each Christmas. No violence is necessary to make these films classic, and action is not needed to show what a great time of the year it really can be. Each of us has our own list of favorites, but here is the list that I have:

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

Chevy Chase stars in this vehicle about the continuing story of the Griswold family. This time around they are celebrating a Christmas with all of their zany relatives at the Griswold home. When I first saw this movie, I found it to be one of the funniest movies I had ever seen, and even today, I will find myself laughing out loud to many of the scenes no matter how many times I have seen them before. Also starring Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis, and Randy Quaid Christmas Vacation will always be what I believe to be the funniest Christmas movie of all time. The Griswolds have been through two other funny vacation movies with Chase, that include Family Vacation (across the U.S.) and European Vacation. But, I find this one to be the funniest of the bunch, and definitely one that I will be watching for many more years.

How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)

Now the story has been re-done a couple of times, even including a major motion picture starring Jim Carrey. Despite that, I find that the short made for television version of the story was the best one to date. Created in 1966, this was an animated feature based on the book by Dr. Suess. It covered the exploits of "The Grinch", who had lost is spirit for Christmas over the years. His only goal in life now, is to rid the world of Christmas joy. In order to do this, he will attempt to remove all of the gifts and spirit from the small town of Whoville. The story is really well done, and appeals to a younger audience, but it is still one that I will watch if I ever come across it during the season. The animation was really pretty basic, but I still enjoy the story, and I still enjoy thinking back to the first time I saw it. It clocks it at only 26 minutes, but it still is able to pack a great little story into that time.

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

Charles Schulz brought his comic strip to life, by writing a made-for-television version of his Peanuts. A Charlie Brown Christmas was about his main character Charlie Brown, and what he and his friends go through one Christmas. This is another animated holiday special, but this one broke a lot of new ground when it was shown. The most important part, was that they used childrens voices in an industry that had been overwhelmed by adult actors playing the roles of the kids. In addition to that, there were biblical references in the story that helped talk about the real meaning of Christmas. Charlie Brown has been around for years, and will be around for many more years, but this was our first glimpse of him and his gang around the holidays. This is one that I own, and I think that it is one of the great stories that shows how children see and react to the true meaning of Christmas.

A Christmas Carol (1938)

Another one of the Christmas stories that has been redone a thousand times, I like the original version the best. Some people like the newer Patrick Stewart version, and some even like Scrooged (with Bill Murray) as a great one in the remade versions. I however, really like the original, simply because it seems like it should be in black and white, and the story seems better placed in the past. A Christmas Carol was written by Charles Dickens, and tells the story of an old "scrooge" who wants nothing out of life but to make more money. He sacrifices his family and friends, and everyone that has ever loved him, in the pursuit of becoming richer. He is then visited by ghosts in his old age, attempting to show him the error of his ways, and hoping that he can go down a different path for his remaining days on Earth. It is another great story depicting the importance of being their for your fellow man on Christmas, and it does a great job of giving a scare while telling a deep story. Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" will always remain one of the most famous

1. Home Alone

2. A Christmas Story

3. Jingle All The Way

4. Christmas Vacation

5. The Santa Clause

1) The Christmas Shoes (GREAT MOVIE)

2) The Christmas Blessing

3) Polar Express

4) Christmas Vacation

5) A Christmas Story

1. A Christmas Story 2. Elf 3. Polar Express 4. White Christmas 5. Christmas Vacation/Santa Claus these aren't including the Christmas Specials, I'm not sure I can choose between those haha. also 1 and 2 are extremely close

1. Elf

2. A Christmas Story (That's a classic)

3. The Polar Express

4. Jeff Dunham's Christmas Special

5. The Nightmare Before Christmas

6 The Benchwarmers (Ha)

1. Elf

2. Unaccompanied Minors

3. Christmas With The Kranks

4. Fred Claus

5. Frosty the Snowman, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and other cartoon movies!

Elf

Deck The Halls

The Christmas Do-Over

Charlie Brown

Jingle all the way

1. Elf

2. A Charlie Brown Christmas

3. Santa and the Three Bears

4. Drake and Josh Christmas movie

5. Rudolph the Red nose Reindeer

Hmm

1. Mixed Nuts

2. Christmas Vacation

3. Elf

4. Home Alone (My Great-Uncle is in that Movie!!!!!!!)

5. The Christmas Story

I dont really know, but I really like the movie Home Alone.. I guess it's a christmas movie, it takes place on christmas.

There are way too many good ones!

Home alone

Jingle all the way

A christmas story

Flinstone Christmas Carol lol

Mickeys Twice upon a Christmas

Santa clause 2

many more