A new survey asked 2,000 Americans what the best Christmas movie of all time is…and naturally, the usual suspects surged to the top of the list.
But things get really interesting at #8, with…”Home Alone 2″!
And it wasn’t for a lack of options. The survey included at least 50 Christmas movies, and “Home Alone 2” beat out “Elf”, “Miracle on 34th Street”, “Frosty the Snowman”, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”…
“White Christmas”, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, “The Santa Clause”, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, all three versions of “Scrooge”, “Scrooged”, and all five versions of “A Christmas Carol”. Insanity, right?
Here’s the Top 10:
1. “A Christmas Story”
2. “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
3. “It’s a Wonderful Life”
4. “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles”
5. “Home Alone”
6. “The Polar Express”
7. “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”
8. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York”
9. “The Shop Around the Corner”
10. “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”
The survey also asked for the Best On-Screen Santas in Christmas movies…and the Top Five were the ones in: “The Santa Clause”, “Miracle on 34th Street”, “A Christmas Story”, “Santa Clause Is Coming to Town”, and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”.
(You can find the Top 50 Christmas movies and the Top 10 Santas, by scrolling down, here.)
(Meanwhile, MentalFloss.com has a rundown of the most popular Christmas movies in each state, and “A Christmas Story” dominated.)