As the festive (silly) season gets under way, the folks at Buffalo Technology polled 3,000 people on their favourite Christmas films. Topping the chart is comedy Home Alone starring Macauley Culkin, followed by Frank Capra’s 1946 classic, It’s a Wonderful Life. Rounding out the medal positions is the animated adaptation of Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman. Miracle on 34th Street and White Christmas complete the top 5.
The full top 20 festive family flicks is:
- Home Alone
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- The Snowman
- Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
- White Christmas
- A Christmas Carol
- Love Actually
- Santa Claus: The Movie
- Elf
- The Wizard of Oz
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
- Mary Poppins
- National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- Jack Frost
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- The Polar Express
- The Muppets Christmas Carol
- Bad Santa
- Home Alone 2
- Back to the Future
Maculey Culkin and Home Alone….what were they thinking! And where’s The Sound of Music? It’s a Christmas classic.
What’s your favourite Christmas movie?
Oh h–l no! They did not just leave off “A Christmas Story!”
Where is A Christmas Story?
Also, choosing the way-too-PC 1994 Miracle on 34th Street is just really, really sad …