The Holiday season is before us! Find yourself with some free time? These are\u00a0my top 5 Christmas movies. Here\u2019s a little about them – see if any are for you! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n
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Elf<\/strong> :<\/span> Raised as one of the elves, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn’t know he<\/p>\n\n\n\n exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Available on: HBO MAX, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/span><\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jack Skellington, the King of\u00a0“Halloween Town” and Pumpkin King, who stumbles upon “Christmas\u00a0Town” and schemes to take over the holiday. He plots to bring Christmas\u00a0under his control by kidnapping Santa Claus and taking over his role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Available on Disney +<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n Home Alone 1 and 2<\/span><\/strong> : <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1) A story of a smart 8-year-old named Kevin.\u00a0While everyone is preparing for a Christmas vacation in Paris, Kevin\u00a0gets in trouble, is sent to the attic overnight, and wishes his family wouldjust disappear. He saves his house from a home invasion by a pair of\u00a0robbers after his family accidentally leaves him behind on their vacation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2) Kevin loses track of his father at the airport, he mistakenly gets on a\u00a0plane headed for New York City, while the rest of his family fly to Florida.\u00a0Now alone in the big city, Kevin outsmarts the adults into getting his wayinto a room at the Plaza Hotel and begins his usual antics. But Kevin\u00a0finds out that the Sticky Bandits are on the loose in NYC, he struggles to\u00a0stop them from robbing a sweet elderly man’s toy store just before Christmas. Available on Disney +<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Grinch <\/span>: <\/strong>The Grinch lives on Mount Crumpet with his dog Max. He\u2019s sick of\u00a0Whovilles ongoing Christmas cheer, but this year he comes up with a mischievous plan to ruin their favorite day of the year. He will pose as Santa Claus and remove\u00a0Anything and everything that is Christmas from the Whos homes. However, he\u00a0found his cold hearted self changing when he encounters little Cindy Lou Who. 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