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12 Christmas movie classics to give as gifts for the holidays

by Joe Bursley Tis the season to light the fireplace, drink some hot cocoa, and snuggle with your family watching Christmas movies once the sun sets at 4:30 in the afternoon. Now, if you’ve ever browsed movie channels like Freeform, Lifetime, or Hallmark, you’ll realize that there are more holiday movies than you could watch between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. And sadly, most of them are garbage. So, if you want to use your movie-watching time wisely or need to gift a distant relative some decent DVDs for the family holiday party, here are, in no particular order, 12 great holiday films to enjoy this Christmas season.

12 – Elf

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11 – The Polar Express

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The Polar Express

10 – The Santa Clause

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The Santa Clause The Santa Clause

9 – How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas

8 – Die Hard

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Die Hard

7 – Home Alone

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Home Alone

6 – Arthur Christmas

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Arthur Christmas

5 – A Christmas Story

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A Christmas Story A Christmas Story

4 – Toy Story

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Die Hard Toy Story Iron Man 3 Batman Returns

3 – A Christmas Carol

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2 – A Charlie Brown Christmas

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Grinch

1 – Rankin/Bass Holiday Specials

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Frosty the Snowman The Year Without a Santa Claus The Little Drummer Boy Jingle All the Way Jack Frost
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