You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!

The Christmas comedy; a must have in any holiday season. With the stress of families, bills, gift giving, cooking, and all that extra pressure that comes with the holidays (though all is worth it in the end, right?) having a great, jolly, gut busting comedy is a must for any Christmas. As such here are my top 5. As with the last post, feel free to comment, criticize, etc!

Comedies:

1. A Christmas Story - with its 24 hour run on TBS, you can't miss it. It's memorable one-liners, outfits (I mean, c'mon, Ralphie in the pink bunny suit anyone?), and the awesome, FRAGI-LE lamp leg, this movie is one for the whole family. Laughter abounds throughout and one can't help but quote along while watching!

2. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - that squirrel!! Probably my favorite part of the movie, but there are great parts throughout. Chevy Chase at his prime, and a host of other well-known comedians pull together a Christmas movie for the ages. I mean who doesn't want to light up their house so brightly Julie-Louie Dreyfus can't see straight?!

3. Home Alone - I'm gonna give you to the count of 10... to go out and get/watch this movie if you haven't done so already! Macaulay Culkin (before he turned into night of the living dead) is the cute kid who gets left behind to thwart the burglars who would have ruined Christmas. Joe Pesci and his gold tooth, along with Daniel Stern do slap stick comedy to perfection! WIth a quest spot by the late, great John Candy, it's definitely a comedy that could easily take a higher place on this list. (The sequel is not bad, I mean NYC as a back drop is always a good time, and the Room Service bill at the end! But any others after, do not bother).

4. Scrooged - Bill Murray brings all the comedic relief one could ask for in this comedic take on the Dickens classic. As the tagline reads, "The spirits will move you in odd and hysterical ways."

5. Elf - Buddy the elf, who isn't really an elf who searches for his actual identity in the US (via the North Pole) and causes quite a deal of hilarious trouble. Check it out!


One caveat: In my previous post, after some thought, The Bishop's Wife should have definitely made the classics lists somewhere; I mean, Cary Grant, the decorating scene, it's Christmas goodness in more ways than one.

I hope these comedies make you (almost) pee your and your families pants with laughter as much as they do for me and mine! What's your take? Up next, family movies (Rudolph anyone? Or perhaps the Land of Misfit Toys? ...wait and see)