It's the most wonderful time of year, and cozying up on the couch with your favorite people, snacks and beverages are part of what makes it so. When it's movie night in December, what flick are you putting on the tube? We checked in with some of your favorite APP pros to find out which classics they're choosing, and their answers will have you thinking and laughing all the way!
"My favorite holiday movie is Home Alone because I love seeing Kevin take down the burglars. Even though I loved the movie, I was always confused about why there was snow and it looked so cold in the scenes when I was a kid. Growing up in Brazil, I only knew the holidays as summer time!" - Mari Humberg
"Favorite holiday movie would have to be Elf. i love Will Ferrell, and I think he's hilarious, and I think he does an amazing job there. So we actually watch that every Christmas." - Grayson Goldin
"Favorite holiday movie is A Christmas Story." - Brandon Lane
"Favorite holiday movie, is Elf, for sure, but Die Hard is one of my all time favorite movies. But Elf is so good because you can watch it with your four-year-old nephew, you can watch it with your parents, you can watch with your girlfriend. You can watch it with your bros like, it's always funny. Doesn't matter who you're with, and it's funny, so I'll say Elf or Die Hard. One or the other." - Max (Purple Jesus) Manthou
"Favorite holiday movie is Home Alone." - Jayden Broderick
"My favorite holiday movie is Die Hard. RIP Alan Rickman." - Arielle Butler
"My favorite holiday movie has to be Home Alone." - Brooke Revuelta
"Favorite holiday movie - Big. Big takes place in Chicago. It's this young kid who, you know, was fast tracked to being an adult and played with toys and the movie resonated with me. I was also in my early teenage years, I think, when when Tom was also in his early teenage years in the movie, of course. I remember him playing on the piano, the stepping on the piano in the department store. And then obviously Zoltar, which was the guy at the park, which takes him further in time. So yeah, that was my favorite holiday movie." - Erik Lange
"Any Christmas movie on the Hallmark Channel." - Shelby Bates
"Favorite holiday movie, unpopular opinion, but I always watch Harry Potter - like all the Harry Potters - around Christmas, so it feels like a holiday movie even though it's not." - Chris Haworth
"Favorite holiday movie is definitely Chevy Chase's Christmas Vacation. I used to watch it every Christmas with my family, I've seen it like 50 times." -Ryler DeHeart
"Favorite holiday movie is Elf, of course, Will Ferrell is the best. I've watched that movie every single year. I know that movie by heart. Elf for sure, number one." - Zack Taylor
"The Grinch! It’s a classic and it was made by Dr. Seuss - legend!" - Will Howells
If this doesn't make you want to pick out a movie, we don't know what will. Weather you concur with your favorite pickleball pro or not, from all of us at the APP, we wish you a holiday season full of magic and plenty of movie nights!
* Special thanks to Emma Tani and Brittany Hubschman for their contributions.