Everyone has a favorite Christmas movie. A movie that you just have to see every year. One that you could watch over and over again. However, Florida’s favorite Christmas movies might surprise you. Most of them are considered to be outliers. Spoiler alert, “Home Alone,” that Macaulay Culkin classic does not appear in the top ten for Floridians. Even more disturbing is the fact that a horror movie was among the most popular holiday movie in Tennessee and Michigan. It’s called “Violent Night.”
I don’t know about you, but I see enough near violence in shopping center parking lots this time of year. Not interested in watching tinsel slashings on the television. For me, I really look forward to some of the classic cartoons like “Frosty The Snowman,” “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas,” and “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer.” They are nostalgic and remind me of childhood. I do love the current version of The Grinch with Jim Carey as well as “Elf” with Will Ferrell.
When you are searching for Christmas movies to play this week and next, check some of these out. They rank in the top five for Floridians according to new research.
Back to the rankings. They come from Looper. Their experts found a 300% increase in Google searches for ‘best Christmas movies’ in the past month. In addition, there has been a 130% increase in demand for ‘best Christmas movies streaming.’ So first, they looked into IMBb’s list of best Christmas movies of all time. Next, they analyzed Google search trends data. Finally, they took all the data and compiled a list of the most searched-for holiday movie in every U.S. state.
Here is another spoiler alert. None were the sappy Hallmark Christmas movies. There were a couple of surprises for me. Here is one. The Rankin-Bass stop-motion class “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” did not rank in Florida. However, it dominates searches in the Midwest. You can find the entire report here.
Florida’s favorite Christmas movies might surprise you. Here are the top five.
