The 10 Best Christmas Movies / Specials

Published by Toronto Mike on December 6, 2009 @ 13:08 in Lists, Movies

xmasHere are my ten favourite Christmas movies and specials. Feel free to add your favourites in the comments.

10. The Nightmare Before Christmas

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9. It's A Wonderful Life

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8. Love Actually

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7. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer

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6. A Charlie Brown Christmas

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5. The Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

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4. Bad Santa

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3. The Polar Express

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2. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas

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1. A Christmas Story

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18 Responses to "The 10 Best Christmas Movies / Specials"

elvis
December 6, 2009 / 13:57

Christmas Vacation (a classic)

Four Christmases

Toronto Mike
December 6, 2009 / 14:54

I'm gonna let you finish, Elvis, but I've just gotta say... Four Christmases was one of the worst movies of all time.

http://www.torontomike.com/2008/11/four_christmases.html

Mississauga Blogger
December 6, 2009 / 16:44

You'll shoot your eye out.

The location of the "kid with tongue stuck to pole" is the Victoria school in St Catharines.

A few years after Christmas Story PBS featured some of Jean Shepherd's other stories featuring Ralphie.

andrew
December 6, 2009 / 17:33

The Santa Clause movie with Tim Allen & Chipmunks Christmas.

Tee
December 6, 2009 / 17:45

Christmas Vacation: "We're gonna have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny fucking Kaye. And when Santa squeezes his fat white ass down that chimney tonight, he's gonna find the jolliest bunch of assholes this side of the nuthouse."

Mississauga Mike
December 6, 2009 / 18:56

No love for Christmas Vacation or the Home Alone (NOT 3 or 4)? Oh well, to each his own, those are my favourites.

jason | getyouroj.com
December 6, 2009 / 19:14

Four Christmases, from last year, starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughan was fairly funny and entertaining.

I agree any Christmas Vacation movie belongs on this list and I even have a soft spot for Home Alone(s)

But one there's no excuse for leaving out is A Muppet Christmas Carol or whatever it was called.

Sammi
December 6, 2009 / 20:05

What about the original Black Christmas?

The Wee Nitwit
December 6, 2009 / 20:07

A Christmas Carol (Scrooge) with Alastair Sim

A Garfield Christmas

Also, there was a movie made in 1994 about the summer adventures of Ralphie.

It Runs in the Family

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110168/

McNulty
December 7, 2009 / 07:34

No "A Muppet Christmas Carol"?

or even "A Muppet Family Christmas"?

But Love, Actually? Take off your skirt, Mike!

Wayner
December 7, 2009 / 07:52

Christmas Vacation is a classic on par with A Christmas Story and don't forget Scrooged with Bill Murray

The_Voice
December 7, 2009 / 09:31

Yeah, I'm surprised that Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, and Disney's a Christmas Carol.

Andrew
December 7, 2009 / 09:39

Considering it's -30 in Edmonton right now this is an excellent list, although I do have to agree with some of the posters above that Chirstmas Vacation and Scrooged should be there...

"Oh look! It's a toaster!!"

My favourite Christmas movie line..

Cheers!
Andrew

Boomer
December 7, 2009 / 10:02

Christmas Vacation is #1 on my list and Home Alone is in the top 5.

LEW
December 7, 2009 / 12:53

Scrooged is at the top of my list.

McNulty
December 7, 2009 / 12:58

Would Die Hard count?

It is a Christmas theme!

Army
December 7, 2009 / 14:58

Sorry, but number 1 on my list is the original "Miracle on 34th Street", with Edmond Gwynn, John Payne, Maureen O'Hara and a very young Natalie Wood. (There is a colourized version which is very well done if you don't like black and white.) The remakes were pathetic!

Buffaloboymike
December 8, 2009 / 13:28

Two that MUST be on there...Christmas Vacation and Elf

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