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Clark Griswold, Kevin McCallister, Ralphie Parker: Who Makes Your Holiday Movie Lineup This Year?

By Sponsor in Arts & Entertainment on Dec 17, 2014 6:00AM

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Gross! Don't choose! There's no reason. And that's good, because it's evil. You should never have to settle for one holiday tradition over the other. If you get set up with an X1 Platform™ from XFINITY, you can indulge in all the cinematic yuletide you have the sitting strength for.

Gather up the crew, open the giant popcorn tin, fight over the caramel section, and make a dent in the couch with all of these (yes, all of them):

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Home Alone
A Christmas Story
White Christmas
Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas
Planes, Trains, & Automobiles (Actually a Thanksgiving movie, but Steve Martin and John Candy nail that special brand of holiday travel anxiety.)
Jingle All the Way
A Charlie Brown Christmas
The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Holiday
Ernest Saves Christmas (Why not? You may as well go all-in on this marathon.)
Black Christmas (No one said everything has to be heartwarming.)
Silent Night, Deadly Night

There are a lot more, but you can see for yourself here.

They're all on demand, too. And if your family is more into episodic binge-watching, XFINITY is loading tons of episodes of TV's biggest shows right now, so you can catch up while they're all on winter break.

If you find yourself behind on important things when you emerge from the holiday movie den, take a tip or two from Ty So Fast. He's been sharing tons of great life hacks and tips for residents of Chicago, from boosting WiFi strength to finding the best gas stations on your holiday travel route. Catch him on the web via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, or even his good old-fashioned webpage to learn some time-saving tricks!