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The Best Holiday Movies to Throw you into Christmas!

Mary Chamberlain Harlan
SMU Contributor
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SMU chapter.

Thanksgiving is over, which actually means that CHRISTMAS. IS. HERE. We ranked the ultimate holiday movies to get you in the spirit! 

1. “Love Actually”

Let Hugh Grant dance his way into your heart. 

 

2. “Elf”

“Buddy the Elf, what’s your favorite color?”

3. “Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer”

Okay, but why is Santa such a d!ck in this movie?

 

4. “Krampus”

If you’re as crazy as me, every season is horror movie appropriate. What could be better than an evil German Santa and possessed gingerbread men, scaring Adam Scott? 

 

5. “It’s A Wonderful Life”

Old, but still a classic. Also, it’s possibly the greatest love story ever told.

 

6. “Home Alone”

Kevin McCallister is smarter than I’ll ever be. 

7. “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”

“Am I just eating because I’m bored?”

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, Y’ALL!

Mary Chamberlain Harlan is a junior at Southern Methodist University majoring in English and minoring in Women and Gender Studies. An ardent liberal, she is passionate about human rights and works with Spectrum, LGBT Panels, and TEDx SMU to raise awareness for the LGBT community. She has been obsessed with horror movies since age 8, when she first saw Poltergeist, and plans to write her senior thesis on the impact of the horror genre on the modern world.
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