5 Christmas Movies to Get You in the Mood for the Holidays

We’re all going to have some time on our hands this upcoming holiday break, what better way to spend it than watching all the holiday movies you can! Last year I posted a list of 10 movies I was going to watch each day leading up to and on Christmas day. This year, I’d like to share a new list of fun-loving flicks. 1. Batman Returns

I know what you are thinking, not the first Christmas movie that comes to mind, but this movie literally takes place through several Christmases. The first scene, Penguin is born and it’s right around the holiday season. The next shot a year later, the Penguin family is pictured around the Christmas tree when his loving parents abandon him. (I never said it was a fun loving holiday flick…) And even though Gotham isn’t New York City… it’s New York City. We even see the Rockefeller Center tree lighting!

The whole movie is centered around the holiday season through the years, the emergence of the Penguin as star villain and the birth of the best Catwoman – Michelle Pfeiffer! We get the beloved Michael Keaton reprising his role in a holiday Batman adventure and Danny Devito who does a dazzling performance. Who doesn’t want Danny Elfman holiday cheer to get into the spirit – Tim’s the season, Burton that is! Alternate movie to start with is Die Hard, an action-packed story of a cop trying to see his wife (ex) and kid at the holidays – John McClane will have you saying yippee ki-yay Santa. 2. Gremlins

This is one of my favorite holiday movies, and …