Who doesn’t remember Clark Griswold kidnapping his boss in Christmas Vacation, a bell ringing and an angel getting its wings in It’s a Wonderful Life, and nothing says Christmas quite like John McClane crawling through a ventilation shaft in Die Hard as he battles East Germans.
As people nestle in for the night in preparation for Christmas next week, we’re reminded of those enchanting holiday films, old and new, that have been there for us year after year, cinemas collective way of saying: “Merry Christmas!”
