>Tomorrow night I start my early Holiday Movie Marathon
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>Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (I came very close to a similar travel incident, just before Thanksgiving in 2000)
>Christmas Story (because there's a little bit of Ralphie in all of us)
>It's a Wonderful Life (because the movie is just so awesome)

You should add National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase to the list!!