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Home Alone, the 1990 classic that instantly made Macaulay Culkin an A-list star, is one of those Christmas movies that naysayers will try to tell you isn’t a Christmas movie.

The Radio City Rockettes perform the March of the Wooden Soldier at the Christmas Spectacular in Radio City Music Hall.

The Radio City Rockettes are a New York City Christmas must-see, but they didn't originate in the Big Apple.

Children used to address their letters to Iceland, Ice Street, Cloudville, and 'Behind the Moon.'

Hubert Grimmig, Kultur- und Tourismus GmbH Gengenbach

Gengenbach is serious about its Christmas countdown.

That tapered Christmas tree silhouette? It takes a lot of work.

Here's a little Christmas fright to go along with your cheer.

Photo illustration by Lucy Quintanilla, Mental Floss. Images from iStock.

Santa was supposed to glide gently down from an airplane via parachute. It didn't go according to plan.

The cult Christmas comedy had an interesting road to completion.

In 1918, the U.S. government threatened to close down toy factories and discourage gift-giving to shift focus toward the war. A.C. Gilbert wasn't having it.

If you want to get home in time for the holidays, don’t fly on December 23.

Alan Rickman and Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988).

What do you get when you mix one part action movie with one part holiday flick and add in a dash of sweaty tank top? Why, 'Die Hard,' of course.

Consider these factors before choosing a side.

Composite by Lucy Quintanilla. Illustrations by iStock.

From Oregon to North Carolina, these road trips offer more than their fair share of holiday cheer.

When Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem that inspired the holiday tune, he definitely had the horrors of the Civil War on his mind.

Both star home vigilantes, but only one of them builds up a body count.

It's never too warm to see snow on Christmas.

Believers: Click at your own risk.

The musician only made enough copies for each of his fellow Beatles, and the discs degraded fast. Now, we can finally listen to (part of) the rare record.