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    50 Brilliant Holiday Movie Details That'll Change The Way You Watch These Popular Flicks Forever And Ever

    Hermey doesn't fit in with the elves in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer because he's a human.

    1. _Home Alone _(1990)

    2. _How the Grinch Stole Christmas _(2000)

    3. _The Santa Clause _(1994)

    4. _Elf _(2003)

    5. _The Christmas Chronicles _(2018)

    6. _Christmas with the Kranks _(2004)

    Image of Jamie Lee Curtis and Tim Allen wearing the same swimsuits as a couple on a cruise poster

    7. _Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey _(2020)

    8. _The Muppet Christmas Carol _(1992)

    9. _Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer _(1964)

    10. _Love Actually _(2003)

    11. _A Christmas Carol _(2009)

    12. _The Nightmare Before Christmas _(1993)

    13. _It's a Wonderful Life _(1946)

    14. _National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation _(1989)

    15. _Jingle All the Way _(1996)

    16. _The Polar Express _(2004)

    17. _A Christmas Story _(1983)

    18. _Last Holiday _(2006)

    19. _Gremlins _(1984)

    20. _Arthur Christmas _(2011)

    21. _The Holiday _(2006)

    22. _How the Grinch Stole Christmas _(2000)

    23. _Home Alone _(1990)

    24. _Scrooged _(1988)

    25. _White Christmas _(1954)

    26. _How the Grinch Stole Christmas! _(1966)

    27. _The Christmas Chronicles 2 _(2020)

    28. _Die Hard with a Vengeance _(1995)

    29. _Fred Claus _(2007)

    30. _Bad Santa _(2003)

    Thorton confirmed this to The New York Times in 2016.

    31. _Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer _(1964)

    32. _The Muppet Christmas Carol _(1992)

    33. _Miracle on 34th Street _(1947)

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    34. _Elf _(2003)

    Buddy in "Elf" on the bridge, saying: "I don't belong anywhere;" George Bailey in "It's a Wonderful Life" standing on a bridge, sad and confused

    35. _The Santa Clause _(1994)

    36. _Mickey's Christmas Carol _(1983)

    37. _Home Alone 2: Lost in New York _(1992)

    Kevin in the first "Home Alone" wearing a puffy jacket with flannel; Fuller in the sequel wearing Kevin's jacket

    38. _Love Actually _(2003)

    39. _How the Grinch Stole Christmas _(2000)

    40. _Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town _(1970)

    41. _Krampus _(2015)

    42. _The Nightmare Before Christmas _(1993)

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    43. _Tokyo Godfathers _(2003)

    44. _The Santa Clause _(1994)

    45. _Arthur Christmas _(2011)

    46. _The Year Without a Santa Claus _(1974)

    47. _The Christmas Chronicles _(2018)

    48. _It's a Wonderful Life _(1946)

    49. _Elf _(2003)

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    50. And _Home Alone _(1990)

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