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Showing Original Post only (View all)What's your favorite Christmas comedy? [View all]
Here are a few of my favorites, just to start things off.
- Trapped in Paradise (1994) stars Nicholas Cage, Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz
- Elf (2003) is about a man raised as an elf at the North Pole and stars Will Ferrell, with help from James Caen & Bob Newhart. (Directed by Jon Favreau)
- Fred Claus (2007) is about Santa's bitter older brother who's forced to move to the North Pole..It stars Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, & Elizabeth Banks.
- Scrooged (1988) stars Bill Murray, Karen Allen and John Forsythe
- A Christmas Story (1983) is based on the anecdotes & short stories of author Jean Shepherd, who gets help from Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley, and Melinda Dillon.
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) is about how the Griswalds end up spending Christmas, with Chevy Chase & Beverly D' Angelo
- Home Alone (1990) is a very funny Christmas movie starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern.
- Trading Places (1983) has a great cast including Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche.
- Bad Santa (2003) is a hilarious dark comedy well-directed by Terry Zwigoff and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, Bernie Mac and John Ritter.