The Griswolds Have It!

In the end no one could stop Clark Griswold.  That’s a wrap on the 12 Days of Christmas Movies as National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation takes the title as best Christmas movie ever according to eduClaytion readers.

A Christmas Story came closest to knocking off the champ but not even Ralphie had enough juice to get it done.  The title taker took out a strange combo of Elf and Gremlins to get there.  Here’s how the rest of the tourney shook out.

That just happened.

As you probably know by now I’m more of an It’s A Wonderful Life man myself with Scrooged holding a special place in my gentle giant heart.  So thanks for taking out both of those picks in the first round people!

I really appreciate everyone voting and making this a fun bracket to whip through.  I think it would be fun to do another tournament in the future with a rotating bracket where each round is held on a different site, a cool twist on the blog carnival idea.  Are there enough Easter movies for that?  Certainly the Fourth of July will do.  I’d love to hear your ideas.

So I’m out my friends but will leave you with this clever clip from goodasgold99 over on YouTube, yet another creative Canadian.  This video shows how one of the greatest all-time movies might have appeared if modern trailers existed in 1946.  Enjoy!