


There is no right or wrong answer to this question. Whenever the spirit moves you to load your Christmas playlists is the perfect time for you. Others, for two weeks before the holiday. Some have the spirit of Christmas all year long. Christmas lives within all who celebrate it. The question remains, when is it appropriate to begin listening to Christmas music? I guess the answer is up to the individual. It's "go big or go home." It's too much work to do for just a few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, so we begin early. Inflatables, searchlights, twinkling icicles, piped-in holiday music, and much, much more. Like Halloween, Christmas has come to mean massive displays of decorations.

By October 1, it's Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas all at once. Last year's unsold Christmas stuff starts showing up here and there before the Labor Day Christmas tree blitz begins. Halloween costumes, already processed and tagged, appear in retail stores. The only major stipulation: Every movie on this list had to be Fresh once we had our list, we sorted it by Tomatometer.Perhaps because things have become so commercialized, it seems as though the holiday log jam begins by late August. And other movies you’ll find here, like Funny People or Addams Family Values, may not be the first thing you think of when approaching this time of year, but have memorable or significant scenes set around the Thanksgiving table. Meanwhile, The Ice Storm and Krisha take bitter delight in the way the holiday forces people who may not be all too fond of each other together. Films like Pieces of April and Planes, Trains and Automobiles focus on the positive, as stressful as traveling or preparing meals may be. The sentimentalism game is usually reserved for Christmas movies – Thanksgiving movies are about the family dynamic, both good and bad. This is a holiday all about looking back and all around you and being grateful, a feeling we think you’ll have once you finish our guide to the best Thanksgiving movies of all time. Sharpen those carving knives, you got family coming over! Also, it’s Thanksgiving.
