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COLAtoday Holiday Movie Bracket Challenge

December 1, 2017 • 
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And the winner is… 🏆

And the winner is… 🏆

Holiday Movie Bracket Challenge

Christmas Vacation narrowly beat out Elf in the final round of our Holiday Movie Bracket Challenge; winning by 53.8% of the votes.

How did you fare? Did you also pick Christmas Vacation as the #1 holiday movie? If so:

Real nice.

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For those not yet convinced, here are 22 reasons why Christmas Vacation is the best.

‘Til next season, happy movie marathon-ing.


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