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Christmas Movies

Friday, December 23, 2011

The Top 10 Christmas Movies of All Time

From perennial classics to overlooked gems, here are ten specials guaranteed to brighten your holiday.

The winter holidays are a perfect time for movies. Frigid temperatures and snow flurries make a bowl of popcorn and the warm glow of a television screen all the more enticing. Generations of filmgoers annually return to the pictures that they treasured as children, from the life-affirming uplift of A Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life to the endearingly relatable satire of A Christmas Story and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Yet some of the finest cinematic gems of the season were never intended for the big screen. My most deeply cherished holiday movies are all contained on archaic VHS tapes that were once used to capture must-see TV long before the era of DVRs and instant streaming. Direct from my video library, here are …

Luther C. Mirasol

10:29 pm on Wednesday, January 4, 2012

The Snowman is really nice movie for Christmas all of the kids want to watch this again again! :)   more ›

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Holiday Movies to Chase the Bah Humbug Away

From 'Scrooged' to 'Elf,' 6-Pack Set Delivers a Little Merriment.

Though downtime may be hard to come by this crucial gift-wrapping week, it's also an important time to chill out and catch a holiday movie with a loved one. While we know films like A Christmas Story, It's a Wonderful Life, A Charlie Brown Christmas or Miracle on 34th Street may be more traditional, some more contemporary Christmas comedies can be a brilliant way to relax and have a laugh, without losing any of that Christmas spirit. So get cozy, pull that popcorn string off of the tree and get ready for our unofficial holiday comedy guide. A disclaimer to the traditionalists who'd rather see their Christmas movies in claymation or black and white: I've decided to stick entirely within my generation, shooting for some kind of middle ground…

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