Can You Correct the Grammar of These Famous Christmas Movie Quotes?

Some of you are not going to like this! As of 2019, AP rules have discontinued the use of the Oxford comma. In this case, there should be no comma between the words "candy corn" and "and."

If we said that Bing Crosby sang "White Christmas," it would be acceptable to have a capital "W." Since we are not talking about the title of a song, only the word Christmas needs to be capitalized.

Frosty did not sing about magic with an "S," and we shouldn't have added it either. If we left it, we would have to rewrite the entire sentence. Then, it would say, "There are certain magics that come with the first snow."

Here, here! Since 2003, Buddy the Elf has been singing loud for everyone to hear! Starring Will Farrell, "Elf" grossed over $220 million at the box office. It's one of America's favorite Christmas comedies.

It's not Christmastime unless someone is walking around quoting 2003's "Love Actually." There are no errors in this quote. The comma after me adds the perfect pause to emphasize the rest of the statement, but it's better written the other way.

Even Kris Kringle will tell you that we've used the wrong version of it's during this quote. Since 1947, "Miracle on 34th Street" has been filling hearts with Christmas joy and making it last all year.

There, their and they're — everyone messes them up sometimes! In this quote, it's used the right way. But to enhance clarity, the better way to say it would be, "I'm going to buy them a Christmas turkey."

If we were writing Christmas card or Christmas stocking, there would be no reason to capitalize the word that follows Christmas. Since Christmas Eve is considered a day, the "eve" here should have a capital "E."

Leave it to Buddy from "Elf" to say exactly what he thinks. We've messed up his quote, though. We forgot to put an apostrophe in the word "don't." As a contraction, it needs the apostrophe to combine the words do and not.

When writing in a conversational tone like movie scripts, the rules are a little different. However, even if you are authoring "Miracle on 34th Street," you should avoid ending sentences with prepositions.

While you do need to capitalize things like the day known as Christmas Eve, it's not necessary to capitalize the word "card." If Christmas Card were a company, you would make it a big "C." Since it's not, you don't need to do it.

When "Home Alone" was released, it broke box office records! As Kevin continues his brutal assault on home invaders Marv and Harry, he says, "You guys give up, or are you thirsty for more?"

With the iconic theme song composed by Irving Berlin, "White Christmas" has been a holiday favorite since 1954. We've botched up this quote by misspelling Christmases. There's no need for the extra "S."

Before his heart grew three sizes, The Grinch didn't have many nice things to say. If this Jim Carrey quote were written correctly, you would add "and" after the comma. You could also add a semicolon after Rudolph, or a period to create two separate sentences.

This "The Polar Express" quote echoes the sentiment of most Christmas films. They tell us that Christmas "lies" in our hearts all year round. It's doesn't lay there, though. That would be too lazy!

Tisk, tisk. If you were trying to rescue a few hundred people, your grammar might not be that great, either. In this quote, "got" should have been replaced by "have." It should say, "I have a hundred people down here, and they're all covered in glass."

We love "Ernest Saves Christmas" so much we didn't want to mess up his words. You could end this statement with an exclamation point, but we try to use those very sparingly — or only for yelling. For once, Ernest wasn't yelling when he said this.

In 1964's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," Yukon Cornelius leads the group through a thick batch of fog to find the misfits. We messed up his words by forgetting the apostrophe in "fogs." It's supposed to be "fog's" because it's combining the words fog and is.

When Bill Murray was playing Frank Cross in 1988's "Scrooged," he didn't do much hopping like a bunny. He did, however, do a lot of preaching about the virtues of Christmas and how it fills up with hope.

Unless Clark was pointing out the window and telling Russ and Aubrey to look at someone he's fond of, we have misspelled the word "deer." The way we've written it here gives the quote a whole new meaning.

Leave it to the Griswolds from 1989's "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" to make it feel like the holidays. We made a lot of errors in our question. There are a total of five!

Audiences may have eaten up the "role" Will Ferrell played in "Elf," but a roll of cookie dough is a totally different kind of roll. Buddy uses the word like a roll of paper towels — not a part in a movie!

In 1965's "A Charlie Brown Christmas," Linus and Charlie have a hard time convincing Lucy to get into the Christmas spirit. In this quote, we have intentionally misspelled the word commercial.

If we had written this quote the right way, it would end with a question mark. It would say, "Will you please tell Santa that instead of presents this year, I just want my family back?"

Although this is written conversationally and not too terribly wrong, grammar buffs will want it written completely differently to eliminate "will be" at the end. Although, it sounds so stuffy the correct way, doesn't it?

Once again, we've tried to fool you by using the wrong version of "too." Jim Carrey brought brand new life into the role of The Grinch in 2000. We're sure Dr. Seuss would have been proud of his performance.

After Buddy says that, Leon the Snowman says, "Of course you’re not an elf. You’re 6-foot-3 and had a beard since you were 15." In Buddy's quote, elf does not need to be capitalized since it refers to an elf, in general, not the movie's title.

2004's "Christmas with The Kranks" is chock full of memorable lines. In this quote, we've tried to trick you by leaving the apostrophe out of the word "you're." It helps to combine the words you and are.

Vince Vaughn and Kevin Spacey might make unlikely Christmas partners, but they pull it off flawlessly in 2007's "Fred Claus." Here, we've used the wrong "clause" to make this quote incorrect.

Long before Arnold Schwarzenegger was called Governor, he delivered a few memorable quotes during his time as an actor. In this "Jingle All the Way" quote, we've added an "e" to "suits." It would be correct if he were talking about a hotel room rather than a costume.

When playing a reluctant Santa in "The Santa Clause," Tim Taylor says, "You want this doll or not? Go back to sleep" We added an unnecessary "a" to the word "sleep." It doesn't make any sense the way we've written it, does it?

Poor Kermit! It's a good thing Mr. Cratchit comes to his senses about Christmas before it's too late. We haven't made any mistakes here. That's the way it's written in the movie script.

Perhaps one of the "Home Alone" series' most memorable lines, "Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal," is uttered all over the world. While you can get away with "ya" in a conversation, formal writing requires that you change it to the more proper "you." (Yes, we know it sound stuffy. What can we tell ya?)

Clark Griswold knows how to turn every moment of Christmas into an adventure in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." Certain phrases require a hyphen, and "old-fashioned" is one of them.

Oops! It looks like we've forgotten to add an "o" in the word "shoot." 1983's "A Christmas Story" is full of great quotes. We didn't think it was fair to ask you to correct "I want an official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle," though.