Don't Miss These 5 Christmas Flicks This Holiday Season!

Movies are a great way to bring family and friends together! Grab some popcorn, a comfy blanket, and a seat by the fireplace and you've got yourself a perfect movie night.  Time to pick the movie!  

Here at Acumen Real Estate Group, we've come up with a list of our 5 favorite flicks to watch this holiday season.

1. A Christmas Story (1983)

• Every year since 1997, TNT and/or TBS has a 24 hour marathon airing of "A Christmas Story"
• The film has been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"
• A Broadway adaption took the stage from November 2012 to Dec. 30, 2012.  It received several Tony Award nominations

2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

• Jim Carrey spent a total of 92 days in the grinch makeup which took over 2 and a half hours each morning to apply
• Carrey improvised the famous line "6:30 PM Dinner with me; I can't cancel that again"
• Max the Dog (real name, Kelley) was a shelter dog

3. The Santa Clause (1994)

• The role of Scott Calvin/Santa Claus was written with Bill Murray in Mind
• Tim Allen has a criminal record and Disney has a no hiring of ex-cons policy.  They made an exception for him.

4. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

• The only 'Vacation' movie where the family doesn't actually travel anywhere
• Features 4 former SNL alumni (Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Brian Doyle-Murray)
• None of the movie actually occurs on Christmas.  The final scene is late Christmas Eve.

5. Elf (2003)

• The cotton balls that Buddy eats while in the Doctors office are cotton candy that hasn't been dyed yet.
• Will Ferrell turned down $29 million to star in Elf 2
• When the screenplay emerged in 1993, Jim Carrey was originally attached to the film. 

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