Funniest Holiday Movies
Once again we approach the holiday times! Yes, the Christmas is around the corner, and it can be very stressful holiday. Between gifts, planning events, baking cookies and Christmas holiday dinners there’s not a lot of time to relax and simple enjoy with the loved ones. So, if you are looking to relax and just enjoy in this holiday season, you can always try a comical and funny Christmas movie, because there isn’t better thing then laugh especially if you are surrounded with the people you love. So, here’s out list of funniest holiday movies ever.
1. Elf
Who is really Santa Claus? In this, without a doubt, funniest holiday movie he is unintentionally kidnapping brood and raised them by elves at the North Pole. After inadvertently wreaking mayhem on the elf population due to his awkward size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in seek out of his true identity. Elf is a 2003 American Christmas comedy film directed by Jon Favreau, written by David Berenbaum, based on the book written and illustrated by Buddy Hobbs and starring Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, and Zooey Deschanel.
2. Scrooged
Frank Cross is a cynical television programming executive which is planning a live version of Dickens’ Christmas Carol. Frank’s early days weren’t a predominantly enjoyable one, and so he doesn’t really value the Christmas spirit. With the assist of the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, Frank realizes he must change.
3. Trading Places
It tells the story of an upper class commodities broker and a homeless street hustler whose lives cross paths when they are unknowingly made part of an elaborate bet. The storyline is often called a modern take on Mark Twain’s classic 19th century novel The Prince and the Pauper.
4. Deck the Halls
This holiday comedy is about two neighbors in a little New England town who go to combat when one of them decides to embellish his house with a lot of Christmas lights that they are noticeable from space.
5. The Ref
Denis Leary plays an unlucky cat thief, who is dumped by his cohort in the focus of a heist, and is forced to take an exasperating Connecticut couple (Kevin Spacey, Judy Davis) captive. He quickly finds that he took more than he bargained for when the couple’s blackmailing son and appalling in-laws step into the picture.
6. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
All that Neal Page wants to do is to get home for holidays. His air travel has been cancelled due to bad weather conditions, so he decides on additional means of transportation. As well as terrible fate, Neal is blessed with the attendance of Del Griffith, who is by no means short of advice, chat, bad jokes, or friendship.
7. Home Alone
An 8-year-old boy who is unintentionally left behind while his family flies to France for Christmas must shield his home in opposition to foolish burglars. Home Alone is a 1990 American family comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. The film stars Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an eight-year-old boy who is mistakenly left behind when his family flies to Paris for their Christmas vacation.
8. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
The Griswold family’s plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster. Since its release in 1989, Christmas Vacation has often been labeled as a modern Christmas classic.
9. Home for the Holidays
After losing her employment, making out with her quickly to be ex-boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson has to face spending the holiday with her family. She wonders if she can stay alive their fanatical behavior.
10. Bad Santa
A depressed conman and his colleague pretense as Santa and his Little Helper to steal from branch stores on Christmas Eve. But they lope into problems when the conman befriends an anxious kid, and the safety boss discovers the scheme.
