“Light bright! Light bright! Light bright!”
Everyone has his own definition of what constitutes a Christmas movie. Most of the time, that includes a heartwarming message of connection and understanding. But sometimes the holidays are all about evil monsters, department-store destruction and black comedy.
Thatap according to , which recently compiled a list of the Christmas movies each U.S. state is most obsessed with (their wording, not ours). The map includes chestnuts such as “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (No. 1 in New Mexico), “Edward Scissorhands” (Utah) and “Scrooged” (Kansas).
But the report — which combined data from Rotten Tomatoes and other publicly available archives with Google Trends and the social media-monitoring site Mindnet Analytics — asserts that Coloradans love “Gremlins” the most. Joe Dante’s 1984 horror-comedy just happens to take place at Christmas, but is generally more concerned with gross-out special effects, Reagan-era social fables and pointed send-ups of genre tropes.
For the record, we love “Gremlins,” too. We’re just not sure that “Gremlins” is a Christmas movie in most people’s minds. But the category is broadly defined, streamingobserver.com noted, which allows for the inclusion of films such as “Batman Returns” and “Die Hard” — both of which have earned stockings-full of credibility and cultural cachet in recent years.
“Gremlins” is actually one of the most popular films on the list, as Coloradans shares it as their No. 1 with Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas. Other recurring favorites include “Home Alone,” “Scrooged” and “Die Hard.” (Sorry, there isn’t a single state where “Itap a Wonderful Life” got the top spot.)
Whatever gets you in the spirit, right? Here’s the full list, which also includes the towering Billy Wilder achievement “The Apartment” and the not-so-towering “Trading Places” (whatever, D.C.).
Alabama: “Home Alone”
Alaska: ”The Apartment”
Arizona: ”Edward Scissorhands”
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California: ”Batman Returns”
DZǰ:”GԲ”
Connecticut: ”Trading Places”
Delaware: ”A Christmas Story”
District of Columbia: ”Trading Places”
Florida: ”Batman Returns”
ұǰ:”GԲ”
Hawaii: ”Trading Places”
Idaho: ”How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
Illinois: ”Home Alone”
Indiana: ”Home Alone”
Iowa: ”Home Alone”
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Louisiana: ”Batman Returns”
Maine: ”The Snowman”
Maryland: ”Miracle on 34th Street”
Massachusetts: ”Love Actually”
Michigan: ”Holiday Inn”
Minnesota: ”White Christmas”
Mississippi: ”The Best Man Holiday”
Missouri: ”Die Hard”
Montana: ”Christmas in Connecticut”
Nebraska: ”Bad Santa”
Nevada: ”Edward Scissorhands”
New Hampshire: ”A Christmas Carol”
New Jersey: ”Trading Places”
New Mexico: ”The Nightmare Before Christmas”
New York: ”The Apartment”
North Carolina: ”Gremlins”
North Dakota: ”Home Alone”
Ohio: ”Home Alone”
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Pennsylvania: ”Trading Places”
Rhode Island: ”The Night Before”
South Carolina: ”Gremlins”
South Dakota: ”Frosty the Snowman”
Tennessee: ”A Christmas Carol”
ձ油:”GԲ”
Utah: ”While You Were Sleeping”
Vermont: ”Joyeux Noel”
Virginia: ”Die Hard”
Washington: ”Die Hard”
West Virginia: ”The Ref”
Wisconsin: ”Die Hard”
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