The 12 Days of Christmas Movies Begins!

What is the greatest Christmas movie of all time?  That’s the simple question for anyone pointing and clicking on this site in the next 12 days. 

While lining up some Friday Flick Faceoffs the thought crossed my thought-crossed little mind that a couple of movies would have to go to the showdown before Christmas.  But then a few more movies came to mind.  Solution?  A little Christmas movie madness, single-elimination bracket style.

Kicking off the week are a couple of comedies.  National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation vs. Elf.  The Griswold family Christmas is legendary.  I seem to quote the thing year round.  Elf is a relative newcomer to the season but super popular and a worthy challenger in the field.

All these movies are well known but I’m sure there will be complaints about something left off.  You’ll just have to wait and see if your pick made the cut.  Most of all, will your pick be able to emerge victorious in the end?

Voting for each matchup will run on a 24 hour cycle, so you can check back the next day to see the results of the round and vote for the next faceoff.  By Thursday of this week we’ll be down to the final four.  Semifinals start next Monday and the final showdown will be on Thursday, December 23rd.  The winner will be announced on Christmas Eve.

My regular article for this week will appear on Friday.  Wiki Wednesday is gonna take a couple weeks off for a holiday break, but I’ll be sprinkling some of the finer moments of the month around here and there.  You can use the button on the right to subscribe and get updates by email.

So let’s get to it and rock some yuletide movies.  Spread the news and spread some cheer.  Spread seems like a strange word if you say it repeatedly but I digress.  Now, it’s on you.  The future of holiday moviedom is at stake.

[Note: You can click the bracket for a larger version. Feel free to print these and post them around your town as millions of peeps will no doubt crave the information.]

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Cast your vote anyway you like and don’t worry if you’ve seen the movies or not cause in a true democracy you only need a pulse to participate.  Love to hear why you picked what you picked in the comment section.