Can You Guess the Christmas Movie From a Single Sentence?

By: Jouviane Alexandre
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Can You Guess the Christmas Movie From a Single Sentence?
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About This Quiz

The holiday season is a time of tradition, mistletoe, eggnog infused everything, family, friends, gingerbread overload and veggin' out in front of the warm, warm glow of the TV.

Who doesn't want to bop their heads along to Vince Guaraldi's jazzy musical riffs during "A Charlie Brown Christmas?" P.S. If your tree looks like Charlie Brown's, you're doing something wrong.

And just because we know that everyone's afraid that Ralphie is going to shoot his eye out, you don't have a reason to not watch "A Christmas Story" for the millionth time. Say it with me, kids! "Fra-jeee-lay!"

Speaking of famous lines, if you don't know what character says "Light the lamp, not the rat! Light the lamp, not the rat!" during "The Muppet Christmas Carol," then you've clearly slept through every  December since 1992. 

So if you're truly the Christmas film aficionado you claim to be, then take this quiz to see how well you know your Jack Frosts from your Frosty the Snowmen. With that, we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy quiz score!

A criminal and his friend, posing as Santa and an elf, plan to steal from a department store.
"Almost Christmas"
"The Man Who Invented Christmas"
"Bad Santa"
"A Bad Mom's Christmas"
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"Bad Santa" is a 2003 film starring Billy Bob Thornton where he posed as Santa with plans to steal from department stores. The film also starred Bernie Mac and John Ritter (both of whom died before the age of 55.)

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Two soldiers turned entertainers team up with two sisters to save a dying Vermont inn.
"White Christmas"
"Remember the Night"
"Beyond Tomorrow"
"It's a Wonderful Life"
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Bing Crosby starred in the 1954 Christmas film, "White Christmas." The film also featured Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney (George's aunt!) and Vera-Ellen. "White Christmas" follows two soldiers who, due to a few plot twists and turns, meet two performing sisters, who they eventually fall in love with.

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An awful man is met by three spirits on Christmas Eve.
"A Christmas Carol"
"White Christmas"
"A Christmas Story"
"Home Alone"
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Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" has been adapted to film many times. The role of Ebenezer Scrooge has been filled by actors such as Jim Carrey, Patrick Stewart and Ed Asner.

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An angel visits a suicidal man and shows him how life would be if he didn't exist.
"Less Than Zero"
"The Santa Clause 2"
"It's a Wonderful Life"
"Deck the Halls"
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"It's a Wonderful Life" is a classic 1946 Christmas-themed film directed by Frank Capra. Starring James Stewart and Donna Reed, the film follows George Bailey, a suicidal man, who is shown how he has positively impacted the lives of others. The movie was based on a story called, "The Greatest Gift," by Philip Van Doren Stern.

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A mean and selfish TV execuctive is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve.
"Nativity"
"The Christmas Candle"
"A Christmas Horror Story"
"Scrooged"
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Bill Murray stars in the 1988 film, "Scrooged." Another telling of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," the film follows, Frank Cross, a TV exec who forces his employees to work on Christmas Eve to put on a production of "A Christmas Carol." The film also stars Karen Allen and John Forsythe.

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Two friends decide to swap houses during the holiday season before falling in love with two locals.
"Miracle on 34th Street"
"The Bishop's Wife"
"The Lemon Drop Kid"
"The Holiday"
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"The Holiday" is a 2006 film starring Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet. When both friends go through relationship issues, they decide to swap houses for the holiday and each meet a man (Jude Law and Jack Black, respectively.)

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After accidentally burning down a Christmas tree, two friends go on an adventure to get a new one.
"A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas"
"Bad Santa"
"The Polar Express"
"The Family Stone"
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"A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas" is a 2011 film starring John Cho and Kal Penn. The film follows the two best friends, Harold and Kumar, as they reunite and go on a Christmas adventure after burning down Harold's father's Christmas tree. The film also stars Neil Patrick Harris.

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Following his death, a man is able to return as a snowman.
"This Christmas"
"Jack Frost"
"Arthur Christmas"
"Silent Night"
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"Jack Frost" is the 1998 film starring Michael Keaton and Kelly Preston. The film follows a father who is able to return to life as a snowman following his death.

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When a storm witch threatens to put Santa out of business, a small reindeer overcomes the odds and saves the day.
"The Night of the Hunter"
"Female Trouble"
"A Christmas Story"
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie"
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"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: the Movie" is the 1998 film about a reindeer that gets bullied for having a red nose. He soon becomes the hero of the story when he's able to save Christmas. The film features voice overs from John Goodman, Whoopi Goldberg and Debbie Reynolds.

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A young boy learns about the meaning of Christmas as he takes a train to the North Pole.
"The Night Before"
"The Blue Bird"
"The Polar Express"
"Mickey's Christmas Carol"
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"The Polar Express" is a 2004 animated film about a young boy who travels the North Pole by train. The film features voice-overs by Tom Hanks and Daryl Sabara.

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After both of their parents get divorced, a couple is forced to visit all of their parents on Christmas.
"I'll Be Home for Christmas"
"Four Christmases"
"The Nativity Story"
"Unaccompanied Minors"
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"Four Christmases" is a 2008 Christmas film starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn. The film follows the couple as they travel to each of their parents' houses for Christmas. The cast was packed with big-name stars besides Witherspoon and Vaughn: Robert Duvall, Jon Voight and Sissy Spacek were among them.

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A group of puppets help Ebenezer Scrooge figure out the true meaning of Christmas.
"The Muppet Christmas Carol"
"Meet Me in St. Louis"
"3 Godfathers"
"We're No Angels"
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"The Muppet Christmas Carol" is the 1992 film based on the 1843 story, "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens. In the Jim Henson Productions version, the muppets help Ebenezer Scrooge navigate his past, present and future to help him become a better man.

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A young boy tries to convince everyone that the best Christmas present ever is a B.B. gun.
"A Christmas Story"
"The Nutcracker"
"The Best Man Holiday"
"Office Christmas Party"
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"A Christmas Story" is the 1983 film that focuses on a young boy, Ralphie, who tries to convince many that a B.B. gun is the best Christmas present. The film also stars a lovely and fragile leg lamp. If you're curious now, good! Go watch it, but don't shoot your eye out. The film stars Melinda Dillon and Darren McGavin.

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A family tries to celebrate Christmas, but is met with chaos each step of the way.
"Christmas Cottage"
"Bad Santa 2"
"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"
"The Unholy Three"
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"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" is a 1989 film starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo. The last film in the National Lampoon series, it follows the Griswold family as they try to celebrate Christmas, but are met with issues and dysfunction.

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After a couple decides not to celebrate Christmas without their daughter, chaos ensues when she announces she's returning for the holiday.
"Margie Claus"
"Love Finds Andy Hardy"
"Christmas with the Kranks"
"A Christmas Carol"
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"Christmas with the Kranks" is a 2004 film starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis. The film follows the Krank family. The Kranks usually have an extravagant holiday display, but they decide not to celebrate Christmas, as their daughter isn't going to be in town. When she announces her return, the family scrambles to create an appropriate holiday atmosphere.

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A young boy, confused about the meaning of Christmas, goes on a search for the answer.
"A Charlie Brown Christmas"
"Ernest Saves Christmas"
"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"
"The Preacher's Wife"
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"A Charlie Brown Christmas" is a 1965 animated film about the Peanuts comic strip characters. The film follows Charlie Brown as he searches for joy and the true meaning of Christmas. There is also one very sad, little Christmas tree.

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A Christmas-lover receives a magical snowglobe that allows her to travel inside of it.
"Nativity 3"
"Snowglobe"
"The Thin Man"
"The Muppet Christmas Carol"
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"Snowglobe" is an ABC Family film starring Christina Milian and John Cooke. Milian plays a woman who loves Christmas. After receiving a snowglobe, she learns that she is able to travel back and forth between the snowglobe world and the real world. She soon finds herself stuck and must find a way to escape.

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A young girl, living at the Plaza Hotel, tries to stop the marriage of the hotel owner's daughter.
"The Great Rupert"
"All I Want for Christmas"
"Eloise at Christmastime"
"Love the Coopers"
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"Eloise at Christmastime" is a 2003 film starring Sofia Vassilieva and Julie Andrews. The film follows a young girl, who, while living in the Plaza Hotel, gets into a mischief as she tries to stop a wedding.

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After a woman finds out she has a terminal illness, she spends the holidays in Europe.
"Elf"
"Angels Sing"
"Black Nativity"
"Last Holiday"
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"Last Holiday" is a 2006 film starring Queen Latifah, LL Cool J and Gerard Depardieu. The film follows a modest woman, who after learning she has weeks to live, travels to Europe to spend her final days.

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A young boy is accidentally left at his house during the holidays and must protect it from a pair of thieves.
"Scrooge"
"Surviving Christmas"
"The Ice Harvest"
"Home Alone"
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"Home Alone" is the 1990 film starring Macaulay Culkin. He plays a young boy who is left 'home alone' during the holidays when his family forgets him. The film also stars Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern. Once you've seen it, you'll never look at aftershave the same way again.

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After being raised with elves, a man is sent to find who he truly is.
"Black Christmas"
"Elf"
"Nothing Like the Holidays"
"Meet Me in St. Louis"
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"Elf" is a 2003 film starring Will Ferrell. In the film, he plays an over-sized elf who wreaks havoc on the rest of the community. He is then sent out into the world to find who he really is. The film also stars James Caan and Zooey Deschanel.

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A single painter kidnaps a man to bring home to her parents for Christmas.
"Noel"
"Fred Claus"
"What Would Jesus Buy?"
"Holiday in Handcuffs"
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"Holiday in Handcuffs" is a 2007 ABC Family film starring Melissa Joan Hart and Mario Lopez. The film follows a painter, who kidnaps a customer at the restaurant she works at after her breakup. The goal? To bring him home to her parents for the holidays.

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A young lawyer decides to represent an old man who has been institutionalized after claiming to be the real Santa Claus.
"Miracle on 34th Street"
"Pocketful of Miracles"
"The Christmas Kid"
"A Christmas Carol"
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Maureen O'Hara and John Payne star in the 1947 film, "Miracle on 34th Street." The film follows a young female lawyer who tries to help an old man who claims to be Santa Claus.

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After meeting Old St. Nick, a man decides to help Santa convince another man to be the next Santa.
"Babes in Toyland"
"The Bells of St. Mary's"
"Black Christmas"
"Ernest Saves Christmas"
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"Ernest Saves Christmas" is a 1988 film starring Jim Varney. The film follows Ernest, a cab driver, who gets fired after doing a good deed for Santa. He then tries to help Santa find his successor and convince him to take the position.

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After being rejected by her mother's former singing group, a young woman forms her own group.
"Jingle All the Way"
"The Family Man"
"Serendipity"
"The Mistle-Tones"
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"The Mistle-Tones" is a 2012 ABC Family Christmas movie starring Tia Mowry and Tori Spelling. The film follows Tia Mowry, who plays a young woman named Holly. After being rejected from joining the Snow Belles, a group founded by her mother, she forms her own group, the Mistle-Tones.

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After a man accidentally kills Santa, he is forced to take his place.
"3 Godfathers"
"The Night of the Hunter"
"A Christmas Story"
"The Santa Clause"
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"The Santa Clause" is a 1994 film starring Tim Allen. He plays a man, who, after accidentally causing the death of Santa, takes over the job himself.

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A conservative woman goes to spend the holidays with her boyfriend's rambunctious and outgoing family.
"Miracle on 4th Street"
"Friday After Next"
"Christmas with the Kranks"
"The Family Stone"
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"The Family Stone" is a 2005 film starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Dermot Mulroney and Diane Keaton. SJP plays a conservative NYC exec who goes to spend the holidays with her boyfriend's family. Hilarity ensues. Doesn't it always?

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A month before Christmas, a group of individuals deal with love in London.
"Mr. Soft Touch"
"Silent Night, Deadly Night"
"One Magic Christmas"
"Love Actually"
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"Love Actually" is a 2003 movie about several couples during the holiday season in London. The film features an impressive ensemble cast of Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman and more.

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A green creature plans to ruin the Christmas plans of nearby town, Whoville.
"Remember the Night"
"Beyond Tomorrow"
"White Christmas"
"How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
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"How the Grinch Stole Christmas" was released as a live-action film in 2000. The film follows the Grinch, played by Jim Carrey, who plans to 'steal' Christmas from the residents of Whoville.

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During the holidays, two men's lives are swapped by a pair of brothers.
"The Night Before"
"The Preacher's Wife"
"Trading Places"
"Everybody's Fine"
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"Trading Places" is a 1983 film starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. The film follows the pair as their lives are swapped during the holiday season.

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After promising to get his son an action figure for Christmas, a father must run all over town trying to find it.
"The Family Stone"
"Go"
"Jingle All the Way"
"Love the Coopers"
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"Jingle All the Way" is a 1996 Christmas film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad. The film follows a father, who after promising to buy his son an action figure, must run all over town to find the sold out toy. The film was inspired by real-life toy sellouts and the ensuing insanity to find the last item in stock.

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A resident of Halloween Town tries to bring the Christmas spirit home after discovering a portal connecting him to Christmas Town.
"Switchmas"
"Saving Christmas"
"All Through the House"
"The Nightmare Before Christmas"
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Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" follows Jack Skellington as he tries to bring Christmas to Halloween Town in a stop-motion animated musical. The film features voice overs from Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman and Catherine O'Hara.

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A group of friends reunite for the holidays after 15 years.
"The Thin Man"
"The Christmas Kid"
"Joyeux Noel"
"The Best Man Holiday"
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"The Best Man Holiday" is a 2013 Christmas film that acts as the sequel to the 1999 film, "The Best Man." Following the characters of the first film, we watch as the friends reunite after 15 years. The film stars an ensemble cast that includes: Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan and Nia Long.

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An aspiring songwriter, who works part-time as a department store Santa, begins a relationship with a single mother after fulfilling her daughter's Christmas wish.
"Babes in Toyland"
"The Perfect Holiday"
"Santa Claus"
"Deck the Halls"
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Starring Gabrielle Union and Morris Chestnut, "The Perfect Holiday" is a 2007 film about an aspiring songwriter who begins a relationship with a single mother after her daughter wishes for a man to give her a compliment. The film also stars Terrence Howard and Queen Latifah.

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A selfish publicist is visited by her deceased client and is warned to change her ways before it's too late.
"Holiday Inn"
"Christmas in Connecticut"
"Christmas Cupid"
"Holiday Affair"
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"Christmas Cupid" was a made-for-TV Christmas film starring Christina Milian, Ashley Benson and Chad Michael Murray. The film came out in 2010 on ABC Family (now Freeform.)

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