Coping with the Holiday Season Through Hollywood Versions of the Holiday Season

• A Christmas Story (1983)
• A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
• Charlie Brown's Christmas (1965)
• Bad Santa (2003)
• Bishop's Wife, The (1947)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Die Hard (1990)
• Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
• Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
• Elf (2003)
• Family Stone, The
• Frosty the Snowman (1969) (TV)
• Hannah and Her Sisters
• Home Alone (1990)
• Home for the Holidays (1995)
• It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
• Jack Frost (1998)
• Jingle All the Way (1996)
• Lethal Weapon (1987)
• Love Actually (2003)
• Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
• Man Who Came to Dinner, The (1941)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
• Muppet Christmas Carol, The (1992)
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
• Nightmare Before Christmas, The
• Pieces of April (2003)
• Planes, Trains and Automobiles
• Polar Express, The (2004)
• Preacher’s Wife, The
• Santa Clause, The
• Scrooged (1988)
• Silent Night, Bloody Night (1973)
• The Snowman (1982)
• Trading Places (1983)
• Very Brady Christmas, A (1988) (TV)

Feel Good-ers

• The Preacher’s Wife
• Love Actually (Not for Kids)
• The Family Stone (Not for Kids)
• It’s a Wonderful Life
• Home for the Holidays (PG-13)

Good for Kids (and Adults Too But You Know What I Mean)

• The Snowman
• The Polar Express
• The Santa Clause
• The Muppet Christmas Carol
• Elf

Good for Kids (and Adults Too…) -TV

• How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
• Charlie Brown Christmas
• Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• Frosty the Snowman

Best Comedy (Not for Kids)

• Trading Places
• Scrooged
• Planes, Trains, Automobiles
• Home for the Holidays
• Bad Santa

Action

• Die Hard 1
• Die Hard 2
• Lethal Weapon