By michael vivar
For some, celebrating the December holiday season means party hopping and late-night revelries.
Others enjoy sitting back alone or with some friends and bingeing holiday films. Here are the eight best Christmas movies for those chill souls.
Denis Leary plays a burglar who breaks into the home of a dysfunctional family. He ends up acting as de-facto counselor in the hilarious and heartfelt film.
Legendary anime director, Satoshi Kon, weaves the tale of an alcoholic, a teenage runaway and a former drag queen who find a baby and forge an unlikely bond.
The made-for-TV film adapted from a Dr. Seuss book was an annual must-see in the days before streaming. The redemption theme and narration by Boris Karloff makes it endure.
The retelling of Gift of the Magi recounts a poor otter mother and child trying to find each other the perfect gifts. It's a cult classic from Jim Henson's Muppet workshop.
The social satire stars Eddie Murphy as a homeless hustler and Dan Akroyd as a wealthy executive. Two tycoons bet on their, well, trading places with insightfully funny results.
It's a modern fairy tale with Tim Burton's signature goth ambience. The film stars Johnny Depp as the eponymous outsider attempting to integrate with "normal" society.
A loosely true yet magically charming telling of how celebrated author, Charles Dickens, rebounded from a writing slump when he published A Christmas Carol.
Adapted for TV from the popular Peanuts comic strip, this is a nostalgic favorite. The Vince Guaraldi soundtrack will be in your head until the New Year.