Did You Know?!: Christmas Movies

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Christmas is coming and everyone at the dealership is in the holiday spirit. Sales and Leasing Consultant, Tim H., is enjoying the holiday season by watching a variety of Christmas movies. For your enjoyment, he has put together a short list of the top family friendly movies to watch.  

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Many people have a favorite Christmas movie that they enjoy watching every year. If your family is anything like mine, you probably even own these films so you can watch them whenever you want and you don't have to wait for them to show up on television with all the commercials. For almost 80 years we have had many Holiday movie favorites. Let's kick up the Christmas cheer by sharing a list of some of my favorites:

• Holiday Inn (1942)
• Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
• Miracle On 34th Street (1947 & 1994)
• Holiday Affair (1949 & 1997)
• White Christmas (1954)
• Christmas In Connecticut (1945 & 1992)
• It's A Wonderful Life (1946) 
• The Bells Of St. Mary's (1945)
• A Christmas Story (1983)
• Christmas Vacation (1989)
• Prancer (1989)
• The Santa Clause (1994, plus two sequels)
• Elf (2003)

Did you know that "A Christmas Carol" and "Scrooge" have had the most versions ever made? These versions were produced in 1938, 1951, 1970, 1984, and 1988.

Did you know that the "Home Alone" movies take place at Christmas time?

Did you know that in 2011, "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" ranked #3 in television ratings with 12.6 million views?

This goes to show that people still love to watch these family classics...what favorite movie will you be enjoying with your family this Holiday season?

Stay tuned for next month's edition...