Make it a Movie Night: Library Offers Top 10 Holiday Classics

Snow blizzards and freezing temperatures may have kept you inside with the "winter blues" this week, but time indoors doesn't have to be a bore. Take a trip to and peruse their wide selection of movies. It includes plenty of holiday classics. Here are the top 10 picks from librarians.

1. The Christmas Story  (1983)

Ralphie has to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect gift for the 1940s.

2. A Christmas Carol  (1951)

An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when he is haunted by ghosts on Christmas Eve.

3. Miracle on 34th Street  (1947)

When a nice old man is institutionalized after claiming to be Santa Claus, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.

4. A Charlie Brown Christmas  (1965)

Repelled by the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find the true meaning of Christmas.

5. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation  (1989)

The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.

6. It's a Wonderful Life  (1946)

An angel helps a compassionate, but despairingly frustrated, businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed.

7. Elf  (2003)

After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community because of his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity.

8. The Nativity Story  (2006)

A drama that focuses on the period in Mary and Joseph's life where they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.

9. How the Grinch Stole Christmas  (1966)

A grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville.

10. The Nightmare Before Christmas  (1993)

Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, discovers Christmas Town, but doesn't quite understand the concept.

Check with the librarians in advance to see if these movies are checked-in.