Here are the top 5 shows I must watch for Christmas to be complete for me:
1. Elf: My whole family loves this movie, Will Ferrell's best work, and it seriously looks like James Caan wants to kick his ass through the whole movie. Throw in some Ed Asner and Bob Newhart and it's a lot of sweet syrupy fun.
2. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation: 20 years later and this movie doesn't feel dated at all. Chevy Chase isn't my first choice for comedy, but when he's in the right spot it's hard to argue with him. I think this may be his best movie.
3. A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas: My wife bought this for me on DVD a couple years ago (have I ever mentioned how great my wife is? 'Cause I really should, she rocks) and it contains the added bonus of the best American Dad episode, "The Most Adequate Christmas Ever". Little known point here, unless you watch the show regularly, but American Dad puts out a kick ass Christmas episode every year, however this one has the best line I've ever heard on TV "I don't know why Francine is mad at me for always being right. I don't get mad at her for always being wrong." I personally live by those words!
4. Simpsons: This can be either the pilot episode, Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire, where Homer plays Santa and brings home Santa's Little Helper, or Marge be Not Proud, where Bart gets caught shoplifting. Marge be not proud is a better written story, but the Bart heavy episodes are never as strong as the Homer ones. Either way I gotta see at least one of them, preferably both.
5. A Christmas Story: Although the events take place roughly 20 years before I was born I still have an affinity for Ralphie and his dilemma. This is not the best movie I've ever seen, but I think I like it because it reminds me a lot of my childhood, and how do you not enjoy the Chinese waiters singing Deck the Halls at the end of the show?
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