I'm finally done with everything for this semester, and the strange stresslessness of life has left me not at all sleepy. So instead of sleeping I've ranked the best Christmas movies. I know in the title it says that this is a definitive list, but really that was just my way of saying that YES THIS IS THE DEFINITIVE LIST!! I'm right. If you disagree, well, then you'll just have to accept that you're wrong. Good, now that that's out of the way, let's proceed.
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Actually, before we proceed to the actual list of best Christmas movies, there are a couple of other lists that I need to make first.
Christmas Movies that I've Never Really Liked Despite Popular Opinion
- Scrooged
- Christmas Vacation
- Love, Actually
Honorable Honorable Mention (aka good-to-fantastic movies that take place around or somehow involve Christmas, but because Christmas isn't a key player in the plot, weren't considered for the Top 10)
- The Hudsucker Proxy
- The Shop Around the Corner
- Die Hard
- The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
- Ask Me Again
Honorable Mentions (in no particular order)
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Christmas Movies that I've Never Really Liked Despite Popular Opinion
- Scrooged
- Christmas Vacation
- Love, Actually
- The Hudsucker Proxy
- The Shop Around the Corner
- Die Hard
- The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
- Ask Me Again
Honorable Mentions (in no particular order)
- Holiday Inn
- Mr. Krueger's Christmas
- Christmas in Connecticut
- Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer (clay-mation)
- A Christmas Carol (Both the George C. Scott and the Alastair Sim)
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
- The I Love Lucy Christmas special where they all dress up like Santa Claus
- Frosty the Snowman (cartoon)
Now we can get on to the list. Well, we will after GeorgeCScottScrooge stops being in the way:
The Definitive Top Ten List of the Best Christmas Movies
10. While You Were Sleeping
9. Elf
8. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the cartoon)
7. A Christmas Story
6. the home movie of Heather and her "My Child"
I don't have this one digitally so as to embed it here. But trust me, it's awesome.
5. Miracle on 34th Street (the old one)
4. It’s a Wonderful Life
3. The Muppet Christmas Carol
2. White Christmas
1. The Bishop’s Wife
Feel free to let me know if you disagree with me, but let me reiterate that if you disagree, you're wrong. See I've spent minutes - several of them - thinking about this, and come to the conclusion that this is the way it should be.
- Mr. Krueger's Christmas
- Christmas in Connecticut
- Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer (clay-mation)
- A Christmas Carol (Both the George C. Scott and the Alastair Sim)
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
- The I Love Lucy Christmas special where they all dress up like Santa Claus
- Frosty the Snowman (cartoon)
Now we can get on to the list. Well, we will after GeorgeCScottScrooge stops being in the way:
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| whenever I read A Christmas Carol (which is every year) George C. Scott is how I picture Scrooge in my mind |
The Definitive Top Ten List of the Best Christmas Movies
10. While You Were Sleeping
9. Elf
8. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the cartoon)
7. A Christmas Story
6. the home movie of Heather and her "My Child"
I don't have this one digitally so as to embed it here. But trust me, it's awesome.
5. Miracle on 34th Street (the old one)
4. It’s a Wonderful Life
3. The Muppet Christmas Carol
2. White Christmas
1. The Bishop’s Wife
Feel free to let me know if you disagree with me, but let me reiterate that if you disagree, you're wrong. See I've spent minutes - several of them - thinking about this, and come to the conclusion that this is the way it should be.
I love this. I may not agree completely on the order of things but that is ok. :) Glad you finished! I watched number 5 last night. :) Drew's favorite is The Grinich, because he is green.
ReplyDeleteI pretty much agree with this list. I would add Little Women and You've Got Mail (I have never seen the original The Shop Around the Corner) to the honorable hon. mention list because I love the Christmas scenes in those movies. I think I would also add the original Home alone. We watched it this week and it elicited many a belly laugh from my younger children.
ReplyDeleteMr. Krueger's Christmas always makes me tear up so is in my top ten. I'm surprised that The Santa Claus didn't even make an hon. honorable mention. I also posit that the Albert Finney 1970 musical Scrooge should make the list next year if only for this gem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo41y-kZ9WY.
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