CHRISTMAS MOVIES THAT WILL GET YOU INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT

HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK

Produced in 1992, just 2 years after the super successful

first movie Home Alone, Home Alone 2 didn´t receive as

positive review from critics as its predecessor but it still

became the second most financially successful film

of 1992.  This time, Kevin faces the burglars in

New York where he accidentally appears.

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Directed by Henry Selick, The Nightmare Before Christmas

is a 1993 American stop motion fantasy film produced

and co-written by Tim Burton. This original Christmas

movie, marked by typical Burton´s creepy, sometimes

even chilling atmosphere, received unusually positive

reviews from film critics. The American Film Institute

even nominated The Nightmare Before Christmas for

its Top 10 Animated Films list. If you want your Christmas

tale to have a horror tinge, this movie is the right choice.

THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL

Produced and directed by Brian Henson, The Muppet Christmas

Carol is another favourite Christmas comedy inspired by

the Charles Dickens´ novella A Christmas Carol. Released in

December 1992, the movie was dedicated to the memories

of Muppets creator Jim Henson and his fellow puppeteer

Richard Hunt. In this version, the role of surly money-lender

Ebenezer Scrooge was played by Michael Caine.

JACK FROST

Directed by Aleksandr Rou in 1964, Jack Frost is a

traditional Russian fairy tale that is also popular in

many other countries all over the world. The main

characters of the story are Ivan (starred Eduard Izotov),

a young and handsome but arrogant boy and

Nastenka (starred Natalya Sedykh), a beautiful but

humble and poor girl bullied by her stepmother.

NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION

This 1989 Christmas comedy directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik

has often been labelled as a modern Christmas classic.

The film stars Chevy Chase (as Clark W. “Sparky” Griswold, Jr.),

Beverly D’Angelo (as Ellen Smith Griswold), with

Juliette Lewis and Johnny Galecki as the Griswold children

Audrey and Rusty. Clark wishes to have peaceful and

joyful Christmas but his plans are constantly failing due

to a series of incredible mishaps.

HOME ALONE

Directed by Chris Columbus in 1990, Home Alone is

another great example of modern Christmas classic.

Home Alone was an enormous success, being listed

in the Guinness World Records as the highest-grossing

live-action comedy ever made. There is probably no

need to introduce the plot, little Kevin is mistakenly left

behind when his family flies to Paris for their Christmas

vacation. After the initial joy of being alone in the house,

Kevin has to defend his home against two burglars.

THE POLAR EXPRESS

The Polar Express is a 2004 computer-animated musical

Christmas fantasy movie based on the children’s book of

the same title by Chris Van Allsburg. The Polar Express is

listed in the Guinness World Book of Records as the

first all-digital capture film. The main character of the

story, a boy, is given a unique opportunity to travel to

the North Pole and visit Santa Claus, which has always

been his dream.

SCROOGED

Produced and directed by Richard Donner in 1988, Scrooged

is another movie based on the famous Dickens´ Christmas

Carol. Starring Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cold-hearted

television programming executive, the movie didn’t get as

positive reception as some other movies but it still made

it among the most popular American Christmas comedies.