The Best Christmas Movies of All Time — 10 of the Greatest Holiday Hits

The Best Christmas Movies of All Time — 10 of the Greatest Holiday Hits


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The holidays look different this year, but one thing remains constant: your favorite Christmas movies will still be playing around the clock on TV in December. Whether you favor the classics, like White Christmas, or love a good romantic comedy like Love, Actually, popping in a DVD and putting your feet up in front of a roaring fire is the ultimate comfort. Grab your cocoa or spiked cider and take a look at the best of the best:

“You guys give up — or are you thirsty for more?” Those are the immortal words of Kevin McCallister, the precocious little boy who’s abandoned on his Christmas vacation by his family in 1990’s Home Alone. Rather than freak out, Kevin decides to have the best Christmas of his life… even though two inept robbers (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) try to get in the way. Cue the hijinks (and injuries)! Try as he might, Macaulay Culkin will never not be known for his character in that flick, and rightly so. The movie has become a staple for most families to watch around the holidays.

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Same can be said of Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) from A Christmas Story or Jack Skellington from A Nightmare Before Christmas. Who could forget the shockingly heartwarming tale of a stop-motion skeleton, voiced by the lead singer of Oingo Boingo trying to find the meaning of Christmas with the help of his stitched-together girlfriend? It’s an extremely catchy musical, no less, and Danny Elfman and Schitt’s Creek star Catherine O’Hara (also Kevin’s mom in Home Alone!) are perfection.

The Jim Carrey version of The Grinch from 2000 has become the go-to favorite of the Dr. Seuss adaptations, mainly due to the comedian’s manic portrayal of the famed monster. Plus, you get to see a baby Taylor Momsen playing adorable Cindy Lou Who!

No holiday would be the same without Charlie Brown! After it premiered in 1965 on CBS, the classic holiday animation follows Charlie and his friends, Linus, Lucy, Sally, Pig Pen, Violet, Patty, Snoopy and more embark on another simple yet sweet holiday adventure — all while learning the importance of the Christmas holiday.

Who wouldn’t laugh along with this Will Ferrell-led comedy? As he travels all the way to New York City from the North Pole, Buddy the elf hilariously gets reacquainted with his long-lost father, Walter, who is an uptight worker at a children’s book publisher. As Buddy tries to inject all the Christmas spirit he can into everybody’s lives, he also learns how to live in the real world.

Everybody’s favorite reindeer is the much-needed TV program every year. The original NBC animation follows Rudolph, who is an automatic outcast because of his glowing red nose. After growing up, Santa Claus asks the grown-up Rudolph to lead his sleigh on Christmas Eve.

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