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Top 5 Must-See Christmas Movies of 2018, According to a Local Film Critic

Lakeshore Public Media | By Sharon Jackson
Published December 20, 2018 at 1:23 PM CST
Patrick McDonald

NORTHWEST INDIANA/CHICAGO - Christmas 2018, that means family time, traditions, and movies.

There's those set of standard Christmas movies that everyone watches year after year, the legendary movies.  Lakeshore Public Radio wanted to bring you a list of must-see Christmas movies.  Patrick McDonald is the Editor and film critic at HollywoodChicago.com.  He is also the chief tour guide of the Chicago film tour at Chicagofilmtour.com. and he has a yearly holiday film review with his partner called "Pat and Ken at the holidays" on YouTube.  

Here be went through his top-five list, which include the movies he ranked as...

#5.  "It's A Wonderful Life" - 1946
#4.  "Prancer" - 1989
#3.  "Love Actually" - 2003
#2. "White Christmas" - 1954
#1. "Scrooge" - 1951

 
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Sharon Jackson
Sharon Jackson is the local host of "All Things Considered" and a reporter for Lakeshore Public Radio. She has been with 89.1 FM since its launch in 2009. Sharon is also a radio DJ in Chicago, and has been since 2004. In her previous job at Metro Networks/Westwood One, she was heard on am 890 WLS, WGN radio 720 am and am 560 WIND. She has also delivered news and traffic reports on radio stations all over Chicago and the suburbs including 95.9 The River, 98.3 WCCQ and Star 96.7.
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