by Joe Bursley Tis the season to light the fireplace, drink some hot cocoa, and snuggle with your family watching Christmas movies once the sun sets at 4:30 in the afternoon. Now, if you’ve ever browsed movie channels like Freeform, Lifetime, or Hallmark, you’ll realize that there are more holiday movies than you could watch between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. And sadly, most of them are garbage. So, if you want to use your movie-watching time wisely or need to gift a distant relative some decent DVDs for the family holiday party, here are, in no particular order, 12 great holiday films to enjoy this Christmas season.
12 – Elf
11 – The Polar Express
The Polar Express10 – The Santa Clause
9 – How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas8 – Die Hard
Die Hard7 – Home Alone
Home Alone6 – Arthur Christmas
Arthur Christmas5 – A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story A Christmas Story4 – Toy Story
Die Hard Toy Story Iron Man 3 Batman Returns3 – A Christmas Carol
2 – A Charlie Brown Christmas
Grinch1 – Rankin/Bass Holiday Specials
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Frosty the Snowman The Year Without a Santa Claus The Little Drummer Boy Jingle All the Way Jack FrostImages: Featured image: