Renewed Top 10 - Christmas Movies

It is time for some Christmas Movie Madness!

I need to remind the readers that I am not religious. And I say celebrate the holiday that fits you and your faith. But I still love Christmas Movies. Because... I love movies!

I have 3 Christmas Movie Lists coming your way. They are going to be "Traditional Christmas Movies", "Non-traditional Christmas Movies", and "Worst Christmas Movies".

This first one will highlight "Traditional" Christmas Movies. So what criteria am I using? These would be movies that are more associated with the Holiday than anything else...... or movies that fit the theme of Christmas celebration. Non traditional Christmas movies are going to be those that are maybe set during Christmas, but the purpose of the movie isn't Christmas related.

You'll see.

Top 10 Christmas Movies

Here we go...

Honorable Mention 1: White Christmas: The Bing Crosby classic. I admit, someone I can't stand introduced me to this movie, but I liked it. Not big on Musicals, but this... is a classic.

Honorable Mention 2: Elf: I know this is one is a favorite of many, and I do like it. But the list was too crowded for it. Will Ferrell is a legend for this movie, but it is Zooey Deschanel for the win.

10. The Santa Clause: Tim Allen as the man who killed Santa, and then took his job. It is a heartwarming movie, filled with great sight gags and Tim Allen grunts. But it is a sweet film about the definition of family.

9. Miracle on 34th Street(1994): Mara Wilson was America's sweetheart at the time, and something about her made the movies better. That is why I put this version of the original.

8. Krampus: Based on confirmed Folklore, Krampus was used to scare children into behaving. This horror film based on that is an EXCELLENT use of weird Christmas traditions.

7. Klaus: A Netflix original about a Postman who accidentally creates the legend of Santa Claus. It is a great story, and WONDERFUL animation.

6. A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Peanuts gang serving up small commentary about commercialization of the Holiday... while making it about friendship, family, and acceptance. A cute little special(and I'm counting it as a movie) 

5. How The Grinch Stole Christmas(2000): Jim Carrey as the green Christmas heathen. Over the top, flashy, colorful. And... something that would make Dr. Suess proud. And a bonus... Jim sings the Grinch theme.

4. National Lampoon's Christmas Vaction: The second best of the Vacation movies(only to the original). So memeable... so quotable. And funny as hell. Instant classic that shows how easy it is to have a mental breakdown.

3. Home Alone & Home Alone 2: Lost In New York: The movies that made Macaulay Culkin a child star. The McAllisters are more negligent than Liam Neeson in the Taken trilogy. And then we get to see a little kid take down two crooks... twice. Not the holiday season without them.

2. A Christmas Carol(various): there are 4 movies with the Christmas Carol tale that needed to make this list, and thus... they all share the number 2 slot. They are: A Muppet Christmas Carol, Michael Caine acting proper amongst Jim Henson's Muppets; A Christmas Carol(2009), with Jim Carrey playing all 3 fateful ghosts AND Scrooge, it IS a sight to see; A Christmas Carol(1999), the one with Patrick Stewart as Scrooge, because... Patrick Stewart; and Scrooged, with Bill Murray as a modern-ish day business man version of Scrooge.

And the number one Christmas Movie is...

1. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town: 10 entries, and this is the only Rankin and Bass claymation classic to make the list. Not saying I don't like some of the others, but this one is my favorite. Mickey Rooney kills it. The story is cute, memorable, and memeable. And I love the songs. This... is my favorite Christmas movie. Reminds me... I have to watch it soon.

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The holidays aren't the greatest of times for me, these movies make it bearable. And these are wonderful movies, some for the whole family(and one that isn't).

Any Christmas movies I missed that you love? Gives you that wonderful holiday spirit? Maybe something from your Childhood?

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Stay tuned for Part 2...