Here Are The Definitive Best 15 Christmas Movies, North Dakota

With Christmas comes a bevy of holiday movies that people love, or love to argue about. We took out the work for you and ranked them to put the argument to bed.

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Here is the list; if you disagree, you are wrong.

15. Gremlins (1984)

Set during the holidays in a snowy Norman Rockwell-esque town. Plus, who didn't want a cuddly little pet like Gizmo waiting under their tree on Christmas morning? That is, assuming you didn't feed your mogwai after midnight.

14. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

This one is a case in point where remakes really cannot do the classics justice, so sit down, Matilda. Most people know the story of an older man working as a Macy's department store. Santa claims to be Kris Kringle, and he convinces innocent kids—and even the most cynical adults—that he's the real deal. There's something undeniably sweet about this perennial classic, and despite that, if it were made today, he'd be handcuffed and thrown in the slammer.

13. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Just try and get Jack Skellington singing "What's This?" out of your head. The cult classic, albeit highly overrated, bridges the gap between Halloween and Christmas while giving you a stop-motion fix without having to sit through a story about an elf who wants to be a dentist.

12. Trading Places (1983)

The sight of a down-and-out Dan Aykroyd in a Santa suit eating a slab of salmon through his grungy cotton-candy beard fills us with the holiday spirit. The R-rated comedy is essentially if Scrooge wasn't visited by ghosts, and instead Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim gang up to bankrupt the old tyrant. A message and an outcome that truly warms the heart.

11. Home Alone (1990)

John Hughes must have seen into the future with this film. The holidays begin with the tale of 8-year-old Kevin McCallister, who's left alone by his family and get's to test the limits of stand your ground laws as well as the Geneva Convention against two half-witted criminals.

10. Bad Santa (2003)

The Christmas movie that would make a sailor blush and have grandma reach for her medical-alert bracelet has become a favorite with Gen-X and Millennials. Maybe because of it's absurdity, or maybe because the slobbering drunkard played by Billy Bob Thorton reminds them of guests they get the joy of enduring around the dinner table once a year on Christmas.

9. Jingle All The Way (1999)

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad get into Christmas hijinks while fighting for the hottest gift of the season, "Turbo-Man.". Unlike a lot of Christmas flicks, this one has aged very well and unintentionally changed from a silly romp to an introspective look at how some in our society act during the holidays.

8. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

Move over Chuck Jones, the superior Dr. Seuss classic, is the one you want to watch over and over again. The movie lets Jim Carrey do what he does best while layering in adult jokes with absurdist humor for children. It's the gift that keeps on giving, as kids who grow up with it will start to

7. A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

Some holiday movies just make you feel good when they come on. They wrap you in a comforter of warm, cozy nostalgia. This is that movie. The Peanuts gang could do their herky-jerky dance on an eternal loop and never get tired of it. If there was ever a movie that made you want to take home the saddest, leafless tree at the nursery, this is the one.

6. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

The Muppets perform the pinnacle adaptation of A Christmas Carol, with Kermit as Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy as Mrs. Cratchit, and Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge. It breathes life into a classic story that is frankly a slog to get through otherwise and clearly outpaces Scrooge as the best version of the Dickens tale.

5. A Christmas Story (1983)

Liking the frozen pole, the Red Rider BB gun, the leg lamp, and way to many layers of winter clothing. A Christmas Story is an unconventional ride through the holiday season that tickles both old and young alike. With TV stations running it all day on the 25th, it has clearly solidified its spot in the top 5.

4. Elf (2003)

The best Christmas flick of the 21st century. Will Ferrell is priceless as the eternally quotable, over-the-top, oversized elf who ventures far away from the North Pole to search for his father. Just thinking about it makes putting copious amounts of syrup on a heaping pile of spaghetti seem like an acceptable lunch option.

3. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Well, sometimes movies are considered masterpieces for a reason, and this is one of those times. Jimmy Stewart's turn as George Bailey plays like the most earnest version of Jim Halpert you can imagine. The message and the movie have aged incredibly well, and with the nostalgia bomb, it will be a classic for decades and maybe even centuries to come.

2. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

The best installment in the Griswold family saga. Yes, Chevy Chase is in insufferable pain in the pin feathers, but the writing by the Harvard crew that is National Lampoon leans into it in the best possible way. Before the family comes together and the pledge of allegiance is recited, we can all empathize with Clark W. Griswold and his struggles during the holiday season.

1. Die Hard (1988)

"Come out to the coast; we'll get together, have few laughs..."

It is a Christmas movie.

It happens during a Christmas party. Hans Gruber plays a Grinch looking to steal Christmas from the 1980's yuppies in Nakatomi Plaza; however, he doesn't exactly get to see his heart grow three sizes that day. ''Yippee ki-yay!''