With the holiday season upon us, this edition of Top Five features five sure-fire movies to spread a little holiday cheer.
5: HOME ALONE
I could be biased because I grew up just minutes away from the Home
Alone house in Winnetka, Illinois, but this
movie is fantastic! Never has there ever
been a little brat quite as brilliant as Kevin
McAllister. That stupid face that Macaulay
Culkin makes throughout the movie is an epic win.
4: THE MUPPETS: A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Though the Muppet/live action combo is a little weird, it’s something The
Muppets does well. Narrated by “I am
really, actually Charles Dickens” Gonzo and
Rizzo the Rat, this Muppets movie is by far
my favorite. It’s a Christmas musical with
all your favorite Muppets. I’m pretty sure that equals a holiday masterpiece.
3: A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
Everyone’s seen this movie and loves it. Walk into the Christmas department of any store and half of the stuff there is
Charlie Brown related. “Can’t you even tell
a good tree from a poor tree?” Positively,
absolutely Peanuts at its best.
2: ELF
Starring Will Ferrel and Zoey Deschanel, Elf is an ingenious movie about a human raised as an elf and his
quest to find his father in New York City.
Will Ferrell is eccentric in a whimsical and
loveable way. And besides, who can resist a
movie with a puppet narwhal?
1: A CHRISTMAS STORY
Is there any such movie as iconic as this one? Taking place in northern Indiana, this personal narrative flick is based
on the book In God We Trust, All Others
Pay Cash, a collection of short stories
inspired by Jean Shepherd’s youth. It’s hard
to choose a favorite scene – the leg lamp,
the triple dog dare, and the “oh fudge”
moment are all tied for me. Perhaps it’s the
fact that TBS shows it for 24 hours straight
on Christmas, or the fact that when I was
little, we always watched it Christmas Eve,
on the good old VCR, but A Christmas
Story will forever be the
Christmas
movie to
me.
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