It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s finally time
to break out the ugly Christmas sweaters, the hideous Christmas socks, and all the shinny tinsel that you can find. By the time you finish celebrating here on campus and head home after finals, there will be some much-needed relaxation on your horizon. So make some hot chocolate, grab a Christmas cookie or five and get cozy on the couch.
SO without further adieu, the ultimate Christmas movies to enjoy during your 2-week post finals hibernation.
"How The Grinch Stole Christmas"
This is a classic. As far as animated Christmas movies go, this is the only movie worth your time. It brings back all the nostalgia of
watching cartoons on Saturday mornings while also putting you in the Christmas
spirit. This is also incredibly appropriate to watch with your little cousins
who roll in over Christmas break.
"Elf"
“You smell like beef and cheese, you don’t smell like Santa
Claus!” The classic one-liners in this movie make it a necessity to work into
your movie night. Will Ferrell acting like a child also helps elevate this
movie to a Christmas classic. You can’t not watch this movie and not help
believing in Santa again. After all, if Santa isn’t real, where did Buddy the
Elf come from?
"National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation"
This isn’t a movie to watch with small children present.
That being said, grab all the members of your family with a good sense of humor
and pile in to watch an '80s classic. Chevy Chase’s crazy antics will remind
you to appreciate how normal your family is and to NEVER let your crazy cousin
Eddie kidnap your boss, not matter how small your Christmas bonus is.
"Dr. Suess’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
Honestly, this is my favorite Christmas movie of all
time. It has a hilarious lead, music
numbers that will get stuck in your head forever and Christmas cheer out the
yin yang. Jim Carey dressed up as the Grinch will make you laugh till you cry
and then make you cry as he relives his past. Just like "Elf," this movie has
some great one liners to yell at people as they walk in your door to begin the
Christmas festivities.
"Love Actually"
Although it’s quite quirky (it is British after all) and not
your classic Christmas movie, it has to be included on this list. It combines
the hopeful Christmas spirit of all the other movies with some high quality
dance moves courtesy of Hugh Grant. Not
only will you get some great laughs out of this movie, you will get up from
your cocoa haze believing in love and humanity again. Also, for all the Harry
Potter fans out there, Snape makes a cameo in this movie, which makes it 150 times better.
