Top Five Christmas Movies
With the Christmas season in full swing, and people everywhere going absolutely crazy, it’s great to be able to sit down and watch a few good Christmas movies to take the edge off of slamming a person to the ground to get the last Tickle-Me-Whatever. Here is my list of top five Christmas movies:
#5 Scrooged
This Bill Murray classic is a humorous take on Charles Dickens’ classic ‘A Christmas Carol.’ In this version Bill Murray plays the Scrooge character and is reminded constantly about why Christmas is a good thing. He even takes a toaster to the head multiple times. If you’ve never seen this movie I highly recommend it. It does to Christmas what ‘Groundhog Day’ did to that obscure holiday.
#4 A Muppet Christmas Carol
Another take on Dickens’ Christmas classic, this time with Muppets. In this version, which is a more literal interpretation of the tale, we find Scrooge being played by Michael Caine. He encounters various Muppet ghosts and, well, you know the story. The best part of this movie, however, comes when Beaker gives Scrooge the finger after he refuses to donate money to a charity. Gotta love those Muppets!
#3 Home Alone
Who can forget the first time they ever saw Joe Pesci get shot in the nuts with a BB gun sticking out of a dog door? Priceless. This Christmas masterpiece was the number one all time blockbuster until Spiderman came along. It’s strength is the simplicity of it’s story: Kid gets left home. Burglars try to invade. Kid maims burglars with various hilarious boobie traps. I make sure to watch this at least once each Christmas and have been known to say, “Keep the change you filthy animal” on a number of occasions.
#2 It’s a Wonderful Life
What? How can this be number two? Well it is. Even though a lot of people would have this as number one, for me it’s number two. The message that every person makes a difference no matter how small we think it is has never been shown more clearly and eloquantly. I love watching Jimmy Stewart running down the street yelling, “Merry Christmas!” to every person and inanimate object in site. I also like that he calls his daughter Zuzu.
#1 A Christmas Story
If you haven’t seen this movie you should be shot with a Red Rider BB Gun and sent down a long plastic slide. This has got to be the funniest Christmas movie of all time. Watching Ralphie’s escapades as he deals with bullies and school essays reminds everyone of the simpler times they had while still a child. I still believe to this day that soap poisoning is a real affliction and I never, ever put my tongue on a frozen flag pole.
So there’s my list. I had a fun time thinking about it and there were many other movies that considered. I’m sure you have a different set of movies. If you feel like I really missed one then let me know.
Comments
Your 5 are all great, but my top 2 are missing: Elf, and the Keanu/Miyagi version of Babes in Toyland that I showed at the LOL Christmas party a few years ago (can’t remember if you were there).
I think I beat you by one point in what turned out to be an epic Fantasy Football semifinal.
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