1. |  | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1988)When
it comes to making a list of great Christmas movies, the only decisions
are what to put in spots 2-10, because hands down, the undisputed,
unchallenged and never equalled greatest Christmas movie of all time is
Christmas Vacation. |
2. |  | Elf (2003)Look,
it's a movie about and elf and I am an elf. Do I have to draw you a
picture? Granted a movie featuring 'Sam the Elf' would be a lot more
entertaining than a movie about lame-o Buddy the Elf, but this one
still has plenty of laughs. |
3. |  | Bad Santa (2003)This
movie features a slovenly Santa who drinks too much, steals stuff and
chases a lot of women. In other words, a lot like the real Santa. (A
joke, it’s a joke. Can’t anybody take a joke around here?). There is
also a really grumpy and ill-mannered elf, and you can never have too
many of those as far as I am concerned. |
4. |  | Batman Returns (1992) A superhero movie that happens at Christmastime with Michelle Pfeiffer in a vinyl cat-suit. This seasonal classic has it all. |
5. |  | The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)A
weird and wonderful animated vision of Hallowe'en Jack Skellington
getting in and messing up with Christmas. it all comes out all right in
the end though. Could have used more elves. |
6. |  | Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)Not
a Christmas movie you say? I beg to differ. No, actually, I insist. The
nativity scene that opens the movie is the funniest nativity scene ever
put on film. Granted, it may be the only gut bustingly hilarious nativity scene ever put on film, but still. Read this. Laugh. Then go rent the movie:
WISE MAN #1: We are three wise men.
MANDY: What?!
WISE MAN #1: We are three wise men.
MANDY: Well, what are you doing creeping around a cow shed at two o'clock in the morning? That doesn't sound very wise to me.
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7. |  | Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)Ebenezer
Blackadder always did the good and charitable thing. Until one
Christmas Eve when he is haunted by a spirit who looks a lot like
Hagrid from the Harry Potter movies and finally changes his ways. |
8. |  | How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)No,
not the noisy, busy, very loud Jim Carrey one, never that one. I'm
talking about the classic Chuck Jones animated version from the 1960s.
The one with Boris Karloff. And the song. And Max. Now that's what I'm
talking about. |
9. |  | The Polar Express(2004)A
whimsical train ride to the North Pole where there are more elves on
screen than I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of elves. Sure, the
North Pole looks nothing like this movie, but still it makes this list
on the volume of elves alone. And it is really cool in 3-D. |
10. |  | Die Hard (1988)All
Bruce Willis has to do save his Christmas is run around a big building,
shoot a lot of terrorists and blow a lot of stuff up. Yippee Kye Yay! |
