all i want for christmas

since we're in december, i figured it's time to post my list of my 10 favorite christmas movies of all time.  most of them are newer (within the last 25 years or so), only because old movies tend to suck. the truth hurts...

so here we go (in no particular order):

1. bad santa - the funniest and most crude entry on the list, in my opinion.  billy bob was in rare form and the fat kid was awesome.  billy bob eating all the advent calendar candy and replacing it with tic-tacs and candy corn was awesome.

2. trading places - not really a true christmas movie, but it took place around the holidays and dan aykroyd was great when he was piss drunk in his dirty santa suit.

3. national lampoon's christmas vacation - it gave us this classic: "You checked our sh*tters, honey?"


4. a christmas story:  everyone's seen it a million times, but it's an all time classic.  


5. miracle on 34th street - the only old movie on the list, and only because it really is a christmas classic.  seen the remake, but it's crap.


6. love, actually: probably my favorite of them all.  again, not a true christmas movie but it's very funny and has multiple arc going, all related.  and i have a thing for laura linney.  deal with it.


7. the santa clause - just because it's one i can watch with my kids and enjoy.


8. gremlins - one of my earliest "theater" memories.  my dad took me to see it and i wanted a mogwai for christmas.


9.home alone - macaulay culkin at his finest.  not that that's really saying a lot.


10. elf - "santa! i know him!"


10.1 scrooged - just because smarmy bill murray is one of the greatest things about movies.