Saturday, December 20, 2008

Crappy Holidays? I Think Not!

When I opened up my homepage, www.msn.com, I was interesed by an article concerning the worst Holiday movies of all time! Now, first, I love movies. I am a Netflix user and have to avoid the movie section at Wal-Mart to make sure I don't purchase anything. Second, I love the holidays. Everything about Christmas just makes me giddy inside. So, naturally, I love holiday movies. Last night, I just watched the Santa Claus 2 and right before I came home, Home Alone. In my mind, these are two classics. After reading this article, I was shocked and angered by the selected movies. Not only do they bash the Santa Clause series, starring funny man Tim Allen, and Home Alone, but also Christmas with the Kranks and Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Personally, I agree with some of the movies such as Deck the Halls. But the three I mentioned are not bad movies. They truly embrace the holiday spirit. And shouldn't that be what a good holiday movie does? There are much worse holiday movies out there. What about 8 Crazy Nights? Not to bash on the Jewish holiday, but that movie was not top quality. Or A Christmas Story? The kid gets his tongue stuck to a pole. Granted I have yet to watch this movie (it's a family thing), but from what I have seen, this movie stinks in my opinion. I think this article lacks tact when bashing these classics. They are out right mean about some of my generations favorites. Not every movie has to be as wonderful as Elf or Miracle on 34th Street. Come on now. Have you been watching "Falalala Lifetime" or "The 25 Days of Christmas" on ABC family? Some of those movies are plain sappy and cliche, but you don't see them on this crappy list. I just thought I should let the rest of my followers check out this list of a few of our favorites and see if they agree. Because I am currently enraged about Home Alone and the Santa Claus series. The nerve this Sean Nelson writer has. He needs to get his Christmas spirit back in check and leave the good movies off that list!