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<\/a>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\nWhether we are prepared or not, the holiday season always seems to sneak up on us, and with the hustle and bustle sometimes we forget to take time to enjoy it. One way to do that would be to put on your favorite Christmas movie to get into the holiday spirit. Between television and film, there are so many that will give you all the feels. Christmas movies, unfortunately, are often perceived as corny and trite, and yes, some of them are, but there are many others that tell a good story. Mostly, they are supposed to spread holiday cheer and prepare us for the most wonderful time of the year. I\u2019d like to think everyone has at least one favorite.<\/p>\n
I recently took a survey asking people what their favorite Christmas movies are? The list was quite extensive, but it was the following titles that were most talked about. <\/p>\n
THE POLAR EXPRESS (2004)<\/span> HOME ALONE (1990)<\/span> NATIONAL LAMPOONS CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989)<\/span> THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993)<\/span> ELF (2003)<\/span> A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (1965)<\/span> A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983)<\/span> IT\u2019S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)<\/span> A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938)<\/span> HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (1966)<\/span> Other popular choices were RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER (1964), FROSTY THE SNOWMAN (1969), THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS (1974), SANTA CLAUS IS COMINGTO TOWN (1970), HOME ALONE 2 :LOST IN NEW YORK (1992), THE SANTA CLAUSE (1994) and THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (1992).<\/p>\n With the amount of positive reviews and publicity it\u2019s received, it\u2019s no surprise that Netflix\u2019s current release, THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES (2018) has become an instant classic. And Kurt Russell as Santa Claus is savage! Only he can portray the big guy in the red suit with such badassery! CHRONICLES will become a great addition to the many other holiday favorites<\/p>\n There is one Christmas movie that always gets overlooked and it is one of my personal favorites- ONE MAGIC CHRISTMAS (1985). The film focuses on an angel, Gideon, who was sent to show Ginny, a mother of two who has fallen on hard times, the true meaning of Christmas. With help from Gideon, Ginny\u2019s daughter, Abby, visits Santa Claus in an attempt to help her mother believe in Christmas again. ONE MAGIC CHRISTMAS is a heartwarming story about what really matters most at Christmas- family. The movie stars Mary Steenburgen, Harry Dean Stanton and Elisabeth Harnois.<\/p>\n This article wouldn\u2019t be complete without mentioning the movies that are often up for debate. Are they or aren\u2019t they Christmas movies? Sure, the plots of these movies don\u2019t necessarily have anything to do with mistletoe, caroling or holiday cheer, but they do take place during Christmas time. I am one of the many that believe the following are considered Christmas movies, and they deserve our attention!<\/p>\n DIE HARD (1988)<\/span> GREMLINS (1984)<\/span> BATMAN RETURNS (1992)<\/span> EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (1990)<\/span> THE REF (1994)<\/span> THE HOLIDAY (2006)<\/span> MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)<\/span> BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)<\/strong><\/em><\/span> KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005)<\/strong><\/em><\/span> *I\u2019d like to thank all those who participated in the survey. It was greatly appreciated.*<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n [si-contact-form form=’2′]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [AdSense-A] By Geoffrey Huchel Whether we are prepared or not, the holiday season always seems to sneak up on us, and with the hustle and bustle sometimes we forget to take time to enjoy it. One way to do that would be to put on your favorite Christmas movie to get into the holiday spirit. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[19344],"class_list":["post-77027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-ringside-report-looks-back-at-great-christmas-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77027"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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