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'Mary doesn't even get to name her own baby? I woulda called him Bill.'

'Tis the season for lists, 'tisn't it? Last year I listed my favorite Christmas songs so this year I'll do my favorite Christmas movies. Maybe next year - if I remember - it will be books.

srah's Ultimate List of the Best Christmas Movies and/or Movies That Take Place at Christmas

10. Home Alone - I actually haven't seen this in years, but it makes the list out of some sort of loyalty to my Not-So-Secret Twin.
9. Christmas in Connecticut - I love Barbara Stanwyck and I love Cuddles Szakall. Never mind that I can't remember exactly what happens in the movie. I think there's a rocking chair.
8. White Christmas - Like Singin' in the Rain, it has a tendency to veer off into song-and-dance numbers that have nothing to do with the plot, but it is beautiful and glorious in enormous, gorgeous Technicolor. Snow snow snow snow SNOWWWWWW!
7. Miracle on 34th Street - The US Postal Service Saves Christmas!
6. Elf - I don't think anyone really expected much from a "family-friendly" Will Ferrell movie, but here it is! A new Christmas classic!
5. While You Were Sleeping - Not quite as Christmassy as some on the list, but it gets bumped up for being one of my favorite romantic comedies and for being the cinematic home of one of srahfam's favorite fictional characters of all time: Joe... Fusco... Junior.
4. Love Actually - So many lovely stories, and also one about stalking.
   

   Daisy: ... and I'm the lobstah.
   Karen: The lobster? In the nativity play?
   Daisy: Yeah, first lobster.
   Karen: There was more than one lobster present at the birth of Jesus?

3. It's a Wonderful Life - I always sort of wrote this off as a Christmas classic and never really looked at it as a movie, but just watch this. Jimmy Stewart is amazing.
2. The Muppet Christmas Carol - Muppets! Music! Bean Bunny having the door slammed in his stupid bunny face!
1. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - You know why this is #1? It is #1 because YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT and this gives me awesome hipster cred because I have seen something you haven't. I'm so trendy I'm ahead of the trends. Also, I think it's Canadian, so I get double hipster points. Canada is very hip. Also, there is a young ruffian named Leroy presenting a ham to the Baby Jesus. Also, there is a sheet with balloooons on it. Also also also. Are you INTRIGUED yet? Go and find this movie!

Honorable Mention: In the Good Old Summertime has a Christmas song in it and the big reveal happens at Christmastime, but I wouldn't classify it as a Christmas movie. I would classify Van Johnson as dreamy, though.

What are your favorite Christmas movies? Which ones have I accidentally left out? Which ones have I purposely left out¹?

srah - Saturday, 15 December 2007 - 12:04 PM
Tags: christmas, holidays, lists, movies