as there are plenty of Christmas movies to choose from,

the following are the ones I have watched to

'christened' my new family tradition;

to watch a 'Holiday Movie' for 12 days

before AND on Christmas Day.

*preferably with the girls, but at least w/the kidz...

**the 'Best Quote' listings are 'my' personal favorite.

Day 1

14 December 2013

'Surviving Christmas/2004'

PLOT

A lonely, obnoxious young millionaire pays a family to spend Christmas with him.

CAST

Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate

and Catherine O'Hara

BEST QUOTE

"Yuletide's a bitch, ain't it?"

by

Sy Richardson/Doo-Dah Understudy

Day 2

15 December 2013

'A very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas/2011'

PLOT

Stoner buds Harold Lee and Kumar Patel cause a

holiday fracas by inadvertently burning down

Harold's father-in-law's prize Christmas tree.

CAST

Kai Penn, John Cho, Danny Trejo,

and Neil Patrick Harris

BEST QUOTE

"Fuck a baby into me."

Paula Garces/Maria

Day 3

16 December 2013

'It's a Wonderful Life/1946'

PLOT

An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been

like if he never existed.

CAST

James Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore.

BEST QUOTE

"You've been given a great gift, George;

A chance to see what the world would be like without you."

Henry Travers/Clarence

Day 4

17 December 2013

'the Nightmare before Christmas/1993'

PLOT

Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown;

discovers Christmas Town,

but doesn't quite understand the concept.

CAST

voices of:

Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara,

and William Hickey.

BEST QUOTE

"Jack, please, I'm only an elected official here.

I can't make decisions by myself!"

Glenn Shadix/Mayor

Day 5

18 December 2013

'Trading Places/1983'

PLOT

A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by

two callous millionaires.

CAST

Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis,

Ralph Bellamy, and Don Ameche.

BEST QUOTE

Heeey man. Jacuzzi?

"When I was growing up, if we wanted a Jacuzzi,

we had to fart in the tub."

Eddie Murphy/Billy Ray Valentine

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