November 2, 2018

Best Holiday Movies EVER

Before judging my selections, please keep in mind that I’m not really a fan of sappy, sentimental holiday movies. And I never really related to A Christmas Story. I promise, I tried. Especially, since they played it on repeat for 24 hours Christmas Day (do they still?). “You’ll shoot your eye out” just never resonated with me.

With those caveats, here are my favs:

THANKSGIVING MOVIES

I used to think that there was only one true “Thanksgiving movie” worth watching every year (Number 1 on my list below), but some recent, in depth research led me to a few more movies that, while maybe not technically “Thanksgiving movies,” make the cut:

Home for the Holidays

my all time favorite dysfunctional family Thanksgiving movie…why aren’t there more like this??

Rocky

A turkey is literally chucked out a back door. Does it get more festive than that?

Grumpy Old Men

Pieces of April

A little dark, a little dirty…the way Thanksgiving should be, maybe?

Funny People

CHRISTMAS MOVIES

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

“Merry Christmas. Sh&*!ter was full.” may be the best line from a holiday movie EVER

ELF

But “Son of a Nutcracker” is a close second

Home Alone (1 & 2)

When we were kids, my friends and I would prank call people using that Talk Boy cassette recorder thing that changed your voice by either slowing it down or speeding it up

Nightmare Before Christmas

Great to watch anytime between Halloween and Christmas, really

Scrooged

The (original) Grinch Who Stole Christmas

A Christmas Carol

(I’m noticing a pattern with these last few)

When Harry Met Sally

SO many holidays represented in a movie with SO many pop cultural references

Little Women

One of my all time favorite stories. I’ve probably read the book at least a dozen times, but that sloppy kiss between Jo (Wynona Ryder) and Laurie (Christina Bale) in the movie made me question whether that was something people ought to be doing.

It’s a Wonderful Life

Honorable Mentions: Bad Santa, Love Actually, Gremlin’s, Bridget Jones’ Diary (And They Should’ve Stopped There, IMO), Surviving Christmas and The Preacher’s Wife (because, you know, Whitney)

NEW YEAR’S MOVIES

200 Cigarettes

Four Rooms

The Poseidon Adventure

Sleepless in Seattle

While You Were Sleeping

Another movie that spans several holidays, but there are less New Year’s movies than Christmas, so there you go

Did I miss something? Leave a comment below.

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