10 Christmas movies to watch this holiday season
Updated Dec 24, 2020;
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A brief disclaimer: This Top 10 Christmas movies list does not include one of my favorite films “Die Hard.”
Fans have debated whether “Die Hard” deserves to be considered a holiday movie. I think not. While it may be set during the yuletide season, John McClane picking off international terrorists at the Nakatomi Plaza is not really Christmas fare.
So, with apologies to Bruce Willis fans, here are 10 Christmas movies designed to make this season a little bit brighter.
“Elf” (2003) “Saturday Nigh Live” goofball Will Ferrell stars as Buddy, a human who’s grown up at the North Pole believing he is an elf. He travels to New York City in search of his biological father, played James Caan. Ferrell delivers the laughs and plucks the right heartstrings in a movie about family. For some Christmas movie fans, “Elf” is as good as it gets.
The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E is the automaker s first purpose-built electric car and a very different kind of pony. Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu reports.
Chevy Chase is simultaneously returning to Saturday Night Live and to his Clark Griswold character, courtesy of Ford. Sort of.
The actor is starring in a National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation themed commercial for the electric Ford Mustang Mach-E along with on-screen wife Beverly D’Angelo that will run during the primetime reairing of the Saturday Night Live Christmas Special on Dec. 22.
The spot is already on YouTube, however, and reimagines the film’s famous scene where Griswold illuminates his home with a blinding array of Christmas lights after his wife, Ellen, flicks the power switch.
I have to admit, with all the Hallmark Christmas movies that have been showing since when.4th of July weekend, (?) I could use a refresher list of some Christmas movies. I mean I love my favorite classics like It s a Wonderful Life , Die Hard , Home Alone , National Lampoon s Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story.
I ran across this list of some of the best Christmas movies you ve probably never seen. Out of a list of 24 movies, I ve only seen three or four of them. Some I ve heard of and then there s some that I never realized existed.
This may be the list of movies that will bring back some joy to your holidays. I will begin with the ones that I ve seen in years past-
Vacation movies.
They all star Chevy Chase with various cast members trying to make the best out of time away from work or in this case, trying to survive the holidays with family.
In this version, Clark has the same difficulty flipping the light switch as in the original 1989 movie, but instead of the circuit breaker being flipped on, the electric charging station is connected to the new electric car.
By the way, the new car - which is really an SUV and not very similar to Mustangs of old looks really interesting.
Here s a review of the new Mustang Mach-E
It s a beaut, Clark.
Families normally gather at this time of the year to celebrate the holidays together but, unfortunately, the coronavirus pandemic is disrupting those plans. To help lighten the mood, Ford has enlisted the assistance of Clark and Ellen Griswold who know a thing or two about big family Christmas celebrations. Comic legend Chevy Chase and actress Beverly D Angelo have reprised their iconic National Lampoon s Christmas Vacation roles for a new Ford Mustang Mach-E commercial where they reenact the famous house lights scene.
Like in the movie, Ellen comes to Clark s rescue by simply flipping the right electrical switch. Only this time, the Mach-E provided the juice for the Christmas lights.