Christmas anyone

Some of you may or may not know that Christmas is my most favorite time of the year. This season has seemed slightly less fantastic. I’ve decided this is for two reasons. This is the first time my life has not come to a complete halt because I’m not just finishing up finals only to have nothing to do for an entire month. Secondly, this is the first time I’m doing Christmas with a kid…namely Roy, who I’ve come to discover takes away both from precious Charle’s Wysocki jigsaw puzzle time and also mindless and endless movie watching. This week I have rebelled against the busyness to do both. In the spirit of this, I have decided to post a couple of top ten lists. Tonight I post the top ten Christmas movies of all time.

10. Christmas With the Kranks- My mom is Jamie Lee Curtis in this movie

9. Love Actually- minus the porn couple…I love this movie

8. Christmas Story- the classic funny Christmas movie

7. Home Alone/Home Alone: New York- Something about both locations…Chicago and New York that I love

6. It’s a Wonderful Life- Jimmy Stewart is superb

5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Jim Carey)-mostly this is because I watch this movie the day after Thanksgiving to kick off the Holiday season

4. White Christmas- Bing Crosby’s singing is enough

3. Miracle on 34th St.- the best of the classic “believe in Santa Clause” movies

2. Christmas Vacation- Funny Funny Funny. Uses the best kind of humor…family dysfunction to make me laugh

1. Polar Express- I feel like I should have chosen something old for this but, the score is out of this world and the animation is impeccable.

honorable mention: Santa Clause, Santa Clause 2, Elf, A Muppet Christmas Carol