My Top 10 Christmas Specials/Movies

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10. Thomas' Christmas Carol DVD
By far, one of my favorite Christmas episodes. Diesel's Ghostly Christmas was an awesome and hilarious parody of the original classic tale of A Christmas Carol. Snow Place Like Home was truly heartwarming. And The Beast of Sodor was also another funny episode. A Cranky Christmas was alright but the rest was great.

9. A Muppet Christmas Carol
Gotta love those Muppets. Amazing film with the Muppet cast and Michael Caine as Scrooge. I also liked the songs in the film and once again, the muppets shared their gift of laughter with their funny scenes and jokes.

8. The Nightmare Before Christmas
A Halloween AND Christmas film I enjoy throughout the holiday season. The songs are spectacular as well as the animation. For a film released in 1993 by Tim Burton, it was really a Disney Holiday masterpiece.

7. Disney's A Christmas Carol
Another Christmas Carol film but this time with comedian Jim Carry voicing Scrooge and the three ghosts. It's interesting how this version of the story tells the very original story from the book, including some of the original dialogue. I also loved the music by Hans Zimmerman who also conducted The Polar Express and Back to the Future. Finally the animation was also amazing; it looked more live action than CGI which makes the animation really breathtaking.

6. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer The Movie (1998)
A little longer than the 1964 special and the story plot is somewhat more interesting. Don't get me wrong, I like the 1964 special but this movie is a little better. The soundtrack is really beautiful, including that one song "Show me the Light". Also I liked the cast of characters in this film. Featuring John Goodman, Eric Idle, Bob Newhart, and Whoopi Goldberg. This is one beautiful musical.

5. A Christmas Story
My family and I watch this every year and it never gets old. This is one hilarious film I'm sure you guys would love. Another interesting thing about this film, Jean Shepherd, the author of the book which was made into this film, was actually hired to narrate his own story. How interesting is that? His voice can also be heard in Disney's Carousel of Progress in the Magic Kingdom at Disney World.

4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Who doesn't love Jim Carry? His role as the Grinch was just perfect and his comedic acts were too hilarious. Even though the story plot was somewhat changed from the original book, it's still a good movie.

3. Elf
Yep. Will Farrel as the guy raised by elves from the North Pole, who sets out to NYC to find his dad, was awesome for this role. Now today, I won't forget those quotes from the film such as "SANTA!!! OH MY GOD!!! Santa here?! I know him!" and "I just like to smile. Smiling's my favorite. Another funny Christmas film for all to see.

2. Home Alone
Can you believe it? Already celebrating 25 years of mischievous Kevin, left home as his family races to catch their plane. Not only do I enjoy seeing the burglars get bashed and battered from Kevin's traps, but I also liked the soundtrack from good ole John Williams, who also conducted the soundtrack of Star Wars, E.T, Indiana Jones, Jaws, and more. This is also a heartwarming movie because Kevin isn't as scared as he thought he was, when he meets his next door neighbor and understands his past.

1. The Polar Express
What can I say. I absolutely love and adore this film every Christmas. Tom Hanks voices at least 5 different characters but I mostly loved his conductor voice because it sounds almost like his Woody voice from Toy Story. The soundtrack and songs is also breathtaking as well as the animation. Some of the scenes were also epic such as the roller coaster and frozen lake scenes. They always kept my heart pounding and there are those times that I wish I could take a ride on the polar express. Don't you agree? Overall, this film made me realize that anything is possible when you believe it.

And there you have it. If you disagree with my opinions, please keep them to yourself. Happy holidays everyone.