Ravenous Winter Festival Geeky Shopping Guide. Day 11: Their Favorite Christmas Movie

Movies have a strangely hypnotic effect on people. The stories they weave are powerful enough to stir our deepest emotions and the ones associated with happier times cast an even stronger spell. The classic tales that spring up for their yearly rotation on channels such as TNT are more than just things of entertainment, they're moments of our lives attached to fond memories. Time capsules for our pasts. Holiday movies that appear around the end of the year celebrate some of the more redeeming qualities of mankind and do wonders to bring together friend and family; best of all, everyone has their favorite.

Whether you enjoy watching Chuck Jones' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", the classic "A Christmas Story", more modern favorites like "Elf", or are into the unified double header "A Nightmare Before Christmas" there are enough movies out there to bring the brightest smiles to even the grumpiest of scrooges. Chances are, if you're a decent enough friend, you already know what movies your friend looks forward to once Halloween has come and past. Check to see whether they have that movie in their collection or if they're the type to just catch it whenever it finds it's way to their cable network line-up. Why not buy them a copy so they can enjoy it whenever they please, and to seal the deal make sure you watch it alongside them to truly take in all the greatness that Christmas movies can offer.