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The Top 5 Christmas Movies

What you should be watching for the next month

Annmarie Smerdel

Dec 10, 2014

Miami University

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.

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A must-watch list of holiday movies.

It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

A Christmas Story (1983)

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

Home Alone (1990)

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

A Charlie Brown Christmas

The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)

Santa Claus is Coming to Town (1970)

The Polar Express (2004)

The Santa Clause (1994)

Frosty the Snowman (1969)

A Christmas Carol (1992)

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

Elf (2003)

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You proofread every text and social media post you write.

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1. You have forsaken all your friends for coffee.

2. 8 hours of sleep? Try 4 instead.

3. Everyone asks you for medical advice, even though you’re not a doctor yet.

4. Your second home is the library.

5. Almost all of your nightmares are about school and exams.

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