My Top 25 Christmas Movies/Specials

 

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In my earlier posts, I have going on long winded rants about the first VCR my family ever owned – we got it in the winter of 1985, when I was six-year-old and still believed that He-Man and the Masters of the Universe was the greatest television show of all time. One of the perks of owning a VCR was that my dad had recorded all of the Christmas specials on a single VHS tape. When it was Christmas time, my sister and I would pop that special VHS into the VCR and binge watch all the specials (it also included the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Special).  This is my top 25 Christmas Movie/Specials of All Time – many of them were on that VHS tape.  I will admit most of them hold a nostalgic place in my heart – they were traditions in my family household growing up. I will also admit I don’t like modern Christmas movies/specials, because they come off as insincere – most of them are soulless cash grabs made by cynical secularists (the same people who would happily make a special celebrating Satan if there was money in it). Note: I do not include Die Hard on this list, because even though it has a Christmas setting, I think of it as more of action movie. Though, I’m sure there are plenty who would disagree with me. 

My Top 25 Christmas Movies/Specials

1.     It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

2.     A Christmas Story (1983)

3.     A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

4.     Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964)

5.     Gremlins (1984)

6.     Miracle on 34^th Street (1947)

7.     How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)

8.     A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)

9.     A Christmas Carol (1938)

10.  A Garfield Christmas (1987)

11.  National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)

12.  Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)

13.  Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

14.  The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

15.  White Christmas (1954)

16.  Santa Claus is Coming to Town (1970)

17.  Home Alone (1990)

18.  Frosty the Snowman (1969)

19.  Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (1977)

20.  A Claymation Christmas Celebration (1987)

21.  The Christmas Toy (1986)

22.   March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)

23.   Scrooge (1951)

24.  Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion (2005)

25.  Batman the Animated Series: Christmas with the Joker (1992)