Christmas weekend is upon us! Here are 7 Christmas shows you can agree on with your normie relatives.

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All of us creepy folks know the struggle:

You're gonna impale someone on an icicle if you have to watch A Christmas Story one more time. Your family might throw you off the roof if you even suggest The Nightmare Before Christmas or Edward Scissorhands DVD again. What's a family to do? Well, hopefully nobody dies.

Here are some old classics and new favorites that pretty much everyone can agree on. You're welcome:

1. Holiday episodes of Nailed It on Netflix - The baking show where all the contestants are intentionally set up to fail, everyone is in on the joke, and if you're not careful, you'll pee yourself laughing. This show has put out 3 seasons in one year. Every one is precious, but they've outdone themselves with their Holiday season. From host Nicole Byer's brash humor and ace fashion and wig game, to co-host Jacques' oh-so-charming French manner, this show is a win-win even when every recipe flops. And I dare you to not smile at contestant Gavin's cat song in episode 1.



2. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - it's a classic for a reason. "When Santa squeezes his fat white ass down that chimney tonight, he's gonna find the jolliest bunch of assholes this side of the nuthouse!" Watch the dysfunction and feel better about your own life choices.


3. Die Hard - Don't blow up Christmas. Let Bruce Willis do it for you.


4. Joyeux Noel - Full disclosure: this is my all-time favorite Christmas movie, because I am a thief of joy. It's achingly beautiful, and you can't fight if everyone in the room is sobbing too hard to talk.


5. Gremlins - Oh, the cheese. Goodness gracious. Who doesn't love 80's animatronic carnage? And all these years later, Gizmo is still the damn cutest.


6. A Very Murray Christmas on Netflix - It's Bill Freaking Murray. If anyone squawks over Bill Murray, put 'em out in the snow - you don't need that kind of negativity in your life.


7. Any or all 3 of the Toy Story movies - Because duh. They're some of the most perfect films ever made.


And here are a couple flicks in case you got very, very lucky and your family can tolerate a little weirdness. Snuggle up and let your freak flag fly:


Krampus - It feels like freakin' every one of those "Hey, it's THAT guy!" actors is in this movie. They play it very straight, but there's no way they weren't self-aware of how hilarious this movie was going to be. From the precious German grandma, to a death match with evil gingerbread men, to Krampus the Christmas Demon in all his direct-to-video quality CG glory, this film is a damn delight to watch.


Toys - The perfection of the soundtrack. Robin Williams. Joan Cusack. The surreal set design. The whole wacked-out, but disturbingly plausible, plot line. There's no getting around the fact this movie is freaking weird - and why would anyone WANT to get around it?

What's your favorite Christmas-friendly movie? Add on in the comments!


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