The Shop's Top 5 Christmas Movies (Don't At Us)

Argue with us. Here are the five Christmas movies the shop actually watches every year.

1. Home Alone (1990). The original. John Hughes writing, Chris Columbus directing, Macaulay Culkin carrying the whole thing at ten years old. Still the blueprint.
2. Christmas Vacation (1989). Clark Griswold in the attic. The squirrel. The lights. The ladder. Every scene is a sitcom bit that survived the edit.
3. Die Hard (1988). Yes. Christmas Eve. Nakatomi Plaza. Alan Rickman doing the best movie villain of the decade. We will die on this hill.
4. Jingle All the Way (1996). Arnold. Turbo Man. The last-minute Christmas run. A personal shop favorite because we usually have at least one Turbo Man doll behind the counter around this time of year.
5. A Christmas Story (1983). The leg lamp. The BB gun. Ralphie. It earned the 24-hour TBS marathon fair and square.

Honorable mentions

The Muppet Christmas Carol. The Santa Clause. Elf. Gremlins (Christmas horror is a genre). Scrooged. Mixed Nuts if you like your Christmas weird.

Most of these live on the VHS wall in the shop during December. If we have a title in stock and you are walking in for the first time during the holiday rush, it is as good a reason as any to grab a tape on the way out.