SAN JOSE, CALIF.—With the festive season coming, Raiders have brought the top 5 films to brighten the Christmas holiday.

1.”Home Alone”

Freshman Ethan Le said, “‘Home Alone’ is a top Christmas movie because it combines humor, excitement and heartwarming moments, making it fun for everyone. The story of the kid Kevin who is left at home alone during Christmas and outsmarting burglars with creative tricks and traps is funny and thrilling.” Le describes this movie as a fun movie due to the traits of Kevin and how his traits make this movie very funny. This movie is very famous because of the way this movie brings action and thriller into Christmas themes to make the story both entertaining and meaningful.

2. ”The Grinch”

Freshman Quan Nguyen said, “I like this Grinch movie because it shows the characters change throughout the movie. Showing how the Grinch is mean, but begins to learn about Christmas and starts to love and help others. It’s at least an A+ movie due to the comedic and heartwarming message it brought to the audience.” Q. Nguyen says the Christmas holiday can change even the coldest hearts through love and kindness. This movie appeals to kids due to the whole movie being animated unlike the last. While also appealing to adults since they get a nostalgic vibe of the last Grinch starring Jim Carrey.

3. ”Christmas Chronicles” 

Freshman Thuong-Kiet Nguyen said, “‘Christmas Chronicles’ is a movie where two siblings cause Santa’s sleigh to crash causing them to team up with him to save Christmas. The adventurous movie is also combined with humor, action and magic. It’s easy to relate to the characters in this film since they learn about family and about the Christmas holiday. Overall, when this movie had magic and humor it made me love it from long ago till now.” T. Nguyen says that the unique movie characteristics make a fun action movie with classic Christmas themes like family and magic. This allows for audiences young and old to get joy from watching this movie.

4. ”Elf”

Freshman Phi Nguyen said, “My favorite Christmas movie was “Elf.” “Elf” was my favorite movie when I grew up because it was a funny comedy movie that was also heartwarming. It showed us the importance of family but in a comedic way. Even if you were different.” This quote describes why “Elf” is a loved movie, especially when it had a holiday twist added to it. The movie was a mix of humor but also affection. This movie made it loved by young ones but also older.

5. ”Spirited”

Freshman Ismael Hernandez said, “‘Spirited’ is fun, but also a more recent version of a Christmas story, this reminded me that even the Cold hearted can change. This movie made me laugh when I was younger due to the comedic lines said by Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds. The environment of Christmas in this story and the meaning of how Christmas is really about love and finding joy made it even more fun as well.” Will Ferrell, but also another star Ryan Reynolds made the audience laugh at a newer Christmas movie. These two actors and Christmas holiday combined made people enjoy everything about this movie.