| Christmas is a wonderful time of the year. There is so | | | | you're looking for something a little off the beaten |
| much going on that one can literally get lost in all the | | | | track, there is always "The Santa Claus" from 1994. |
| excitement. Part of that excitement is sitting in front of | | | | This rip roaring comedy is about as off the wall as |
| the TV and watching some of the most enchanting | | | | you're going to get at Christmas time. The plot is pretty |
| movies ever made. Yes, there are many Christmas | | | | simple. Scott Calvin, played by Tim Allen, is divorced |
| movies to choose from. This article presents some of | | | | and his life is pretty much a mess. He does have his |
| the best; the ones that have stood the test of time.No | | | | son at Christmas though. Well, as fate would have it, |
| list of great Christmas movies would be complete | | | | Santa Claus falls off Calvin's roof and dies. Calvin then |
| without one of the greatest Christmas stories ever | | | | goes on to become the next Santa Claus. Corny? |
| told. The "Christmas Carol" has been told in many | | | | Maybe. But you'll love Tim Allen in this goofball |
| movies throughout the years, but no telling has yet to | | | | Christmas comedy.For fans of the Charles Shultz |
| match the one staring Alastair Sim in the 1951 classic | | | | characters Charlie Brown and company, there is |
| "Scrooge". This is the story of a man who hates | | | | always "A Charlie Brown Christmas" from 1965. There |
| everything and everyone and only cares about making | | | | really isn't much of a plot except the gang is trying to |
| a profit. But then one night three ghosts come to visit | | | | put on a Christmas play and find a decent tree, but the |
| him in his sleep and he ultimately sees the error of his | | | | music is memorable, the classic lines that we all know |
| ways and becomes the most generous loving man on | | | | and love are there ("I've been kissed by a dog. I have |
| Earth. This one is still as great today as it was over 50 | | | | dog germs) and when you really get down to it, the |
| years ago.If you're looking for something a little bit | | | | meaning of Christmas actually does come out in this |
| more light hearted, there is always the 1964 children's | | | | wonderful movie when Linus finally explains it to Charlie |
| classic "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer". This | | | | Brown. This is one movie you don't want to miss.And |
| wonderful story tells the tale of Rudolph who, even | | | | of course no list would be complete without "It's A |
| though he was born different from the other reindeer | | | | Wonderful Life" from 1946. A man is given a chance |
| and is shunned by society, he ends up being the one | | | | to see what the world would be like had he never |
| who saves Christmas from a terrible blizzard. The | | | | been born. Anybody who watches this movie and isn't |
| songs are cute, the characters, including Herbie The | | | | in tears by the end doesn't have a heart. If you see |
| Dentist Elf and Yukon Cornelious, are an absolute laugh | | | | only one movie at Christmas, this is the one to see. |
| riot. Your kids are sure to love this one.Of course if | | | | |