Before we get to the number one movie on my Christmas movie list, I want to briefly explain why I left certain ones off this list.

First, I could only choose 25. That was tough enough.

I didn’t choose anything less than an hour because to me that’s more a “special”. So, yes, although I hated to, I left off “Charlie Brown’s Christmas” and “Frosty” and “Garfield”. I know I could have chosen any of the other Rankin Bass films but Rudolph stood out from them all. Doing “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” and “Year Without A Santa Claus” would’ve taken two spots away from other.

I did not choose any of “The Santa Clause” movies with Tim Allen because, quite frankly, Tim Allen is an ass. So that’s why I didn’t choose “Christmas With The Kranks” either, although I greatly admire Jamie Lee Curtis and Dan Aykroyd. I know, you could argue and say Randy Quaid and Chevy Chase are asses too and I’d agree. But I like “Christmas Vacation” better than any of the Santa Clause movies. So I guess that’s my reason.

I was going to put “Trading Places” on the list but then I remembered “Home Alone”. No, I wasn’t going to do “Die Hard” or “Lethal Weapon”. And I didn’t do “Home Alone 2”, although I feel it’s just as good as “Home Alone” but since in some airings have SHITHOLE appearing in it, I left that one out.

There’s many more that I left out simply because I have seen it only once and don’t remember much about it or didn’t care for it. And like I said, there are so many that I could have chosen but just didn’t have the space.

So many “Christmas Carol” versions exist and I chose my three favorites. I adore The Muppets and there are at least two other Muppet Christmas movies I could have included and probably should have.

So there you have it.