Create a memorable movie marathon with these classic holiday picks. Just like fresh-baked gingerbread, holiday movies make the festive season special. From Scrooge to Kris Kringle, Hollywood's all-time best flicks fill any family gathering with true holiday spirit. Impress your guests with a private screening of these 10 holiday favourites.
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Memorable movie: A Charlie Brown Christmas, 1965
Why it's a Christmas classic:With Charlie Brown questioning the meaning of Christmas, this animated TV tale uses a light hand to criticize the materialism around the holiday season and shows kids and adults alike that there is more to Christmas than just presents. And how can you not love the wackiness of the famous Christmas dance?
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Memorable movie: Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 1964
Why it's a Christmas classic:This stop-motion cartoon of the popular Christmas song about the inclusion of a misfit reindeer became a surprise hit with audiences. The animated tale went on to become the longest running TV special in terms of consecutive years aired.
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Memorable movie: How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 1966
Why it's a Christmas classic:This TV adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ rhyming picture book follows a heartless grinch who is envious of the happiness of the residents of Whoville and decides to rob them of Christmas by stealing all of their Christmas presents. The popular story was also made into a musical and a live-action film starring Jim Carrey in 2000.
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Memorable movie: Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus, 1991
Why it's a Christmas classic:This made-for-TV movie is based on the true story of a little girl who writes the New York Sun in 1897 to ask if there is a Santa Claus. The editorial reply, which included ‘Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus,’ is still the most reprinted editorial ever to run in any English newspaper.
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Memorable movie: White Christmas, 1954
Why it's a Christmas classic:A pair of World War II vets transform themselves into a song-and-dance act and fall in love with a pair of performing sisters. They team up to save their former commander’s lodge from going bust during the holiday season. With a cast made up of Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye and Vera Ellen, how can you lose?
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Memorable movie: The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993
Why it's a Christmas classic:Tim Burton's animated gem about ghouls and goblins hobnobbing with Santa is a perfect pick for kids from nine to 90. The first movie to be fully animated using stop-motion techniques, Burton's fanciful blend of cool ghouls gives a scary new twist to a merry season.
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Memorable movie: A Christmas Carol, 1938
Why it's a Christmas classic:Many movie versions have been done of this famous Charles Dickens tale. But this black-and-white classic started it all. Curl up with a good blanket and a roomful of friends and watch as penny-pinching Scrooge finds the Christmas spirit thanks to three ghostly messengers.
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Memorable movie: Miracle on 34th Street, 1947
Why it's a Christmas classic:This Oscar winner is hard to beat for spreading the holiday cheer. A charming old man named Kris Kringle works as a Santa Claus at New York's famed Macy's department store. But unlike other "pretend" Santas, this one says he's the real deal and goes to court to prove it. Thanks to a little girl and a trusty lawyer, even miserly meanies end up rooting for this gentle old gent.
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Memorable movie: A Christmas Story, 1983
Why it's a Christmas classic:Told from a young boy's perspective during the 1940s, this holiday classic captures the innocent childhood wonder of the season as it finds an average family in the middle of an Indiana winter.
Christmas Tree Films

Memorable movie: It’s a Wonderful Life, 1946
Why it's a Christmas classic:Since its debut six decades ago, Frank Capra's black-and-white classic has charmed audiences with its hopeful message that every person on this Earth has something good to offer. Starring Jimmy Stewart as a hard-working little guy who gets sidetracked from his dreams and wishes he'd never been born, this everyday Joe finds the true meaning of Christmas thanks to a bumbling angel out to earn his wings.
Liberty Films

Memorable movie: Frosty the Snowman, 1969
Why it's a Christmas classic:Narrated by Jimmy Durante, Frosty is a "jolly, happy soul" whose old silk hat full of magic has turned him into a musical Christmas legend.
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