Watch These Movies on Christmas Day

Trim the tree, stuff the stockings, and watch one of these classics movies filled with holiday cheer. If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       The 40 Best Christmas Movies Ever Made   Here's a collection of reverent holiday fare that have brought joy for generations, plus some picks that skewer the traditions (either through irony or, say, murderous Clauses). Read More           I Spent a Year Wrestling With the Metaphysics of The Muppet Christmas Carol   On December 20, 2017, Esquire's Matt Miller set out to write an essay about the metaphysical mysteries of The Muppet Christmas Carol. It was the film's 25th anniversary and the perfect time to reflect on this complex children's adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic. His central question about the film was this: Why is Scrooge unable to see Gonzo and Rizzo until the closing moments of the movie? Here's the logical conclusion he came to. Read More           The Suit You Can Style for Literally Any Setting   Created by Esquire for Hugo Boss   It's all about versatility. Read More           'God Created Everything. Testicles Too': Inside Ashland, Nebraska's Testicle Festival   Writer Wei Tchou and photographer Bess Adler attended an annual testicle festival—where people gather to eat the delicacy and enjoy live music and beer— in the middle of Trump country, to get to the bottom of what makes a man. Read More           Famous People Celebrating Christmas in the '80s: The Photos   The 1980s was a watershed decade for the modern idea of Christmas, ushering in iconic holiday staples like A Christmas Story, Wham!'s "Last Christmas," and hysteria-inducing toys like Cabbage Kids. Here are dozens of photos that show how the decade's biggest celebrities marked the holiday season. Read More           'Frosty the Snowman' Is Really an Existential Murder Ballad   Esquire's Bruce Handy listened to every extant version of "Frosty the Snowman," or at least several dozen, and, he writes, the lone not-all-that-awful rendition is by none other than the Partridge Family. It works because whoever arranged it understood that the song is, at heart, a kind of murder ballad—the narrative of a beloved's death. Moreover, the character is cursed by the knowledge of his own doom: "Frosty the snowman / Knew the sun was hot that day / So he said, 'Let's run / And we'll have some fun / Now before I melt away.'" Read More         Read More on Esquire.com       Follow Us     Unsubscribe  Privacy Notice   esquire.com ©2018 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019