Tuesday, December 05, 2006

25 Thoughts on Christmas: Thought #5... Christmas Movies

There has been a ridiculous amount of Christmas movies made over the years. This year's installments include The Nativity Story, Santa Clause 3, and Deck the Halls highlight some of this year's holiday installments. Here is my top 5 favorites...

5. Simon Birch - It's probably my favorite movie of all listed, but it's not completely a Christmas movie as the storyline spans throughout a year. It does, however, have one of the greatest Christmas scenes ever made. The church Christmas show gone wild makes me laugh every time I watch it.








4. Elf - "You sit on a throne of lies." It's just got some classic scenes. Outside of Stranger than Fiction (which is in a category of it's own), this is my personal favorite of the Will Farrell movies. You cotton-headed-ninning-muggins.





3. Die Hard - Your classic Christmas story... Nothing says Happy Holidays like washed up cop teams up with rent-a-cop to overthrow evil terrorists diabolical plan to blow up a building and make a ton of money. But it happens on Christmas Eve, so I'm counting it as a Christmas movie.








2. A Christmas Story - I watch this one almost every December. Some classis scenes in this one as well. The flag pole. The lamp. The snowsuit. Fa ra ra ra ra ra.. ra ra ra ra. "Oh Fudge." "You'll shoot your eye out, kid."








1. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Watch this one almost every December as well. I laugh out loud every time I watch it. I personally find this to be the funniest of the Vacation movies as well. Don't we all have a Cousin Eddy in our lives?




Man, I guess I don't get in to the traditional warm fuzzy Christmas movie. I'm definitely not the only one with opinions on this one. For others top Christmas movies, check here.

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