The holidays are all about eating and spending time with family, so of course popular movies are packed with drool-worthy food shots — eating is our preferred holiday pastime after all. Here are a few of the most memorable, hilarious, or just plain weird food scenes from your favorite seasonal family flicks.


A Christmas Story (1983)

After an eventful holiday season, Ralphie and his family finally sit down to eat a delicious Chinese Christmas meal of roast duck at the only restaurant open on Dec. 25.


National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)

Ah yes. The family feast. Electrocuted kitties and combustible Christmas trees, are only background entertainment as the first family of Christmas comedy dives into this desert-dry turkey and Auth Bethany’s moldy Jell-O salad.


Home Alone 1 (1990)

“Guys! I’m eating junk and watching rubbish!” You might say, Kevin had his “Netflix and chill” game before Netflix was even a thing.


Elf (2003)

Yup. Will Ferrell actually ate that. Reportedly, he got tons of headaches during filming from having to eat the sugary food pyramid prescribed by elves: candy, candy corns, candy canes and syrup!


Home Alone 2 (1992)

What would a kid do if left alone at a posh NYC hotel? Order unlimited ice cream via room service, of course.


How the Grinch Stole christmas (1966)

The Grinches heart grows three sizes that day and he honor the town by carving the roast beast.

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Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

Scrooge (Michael Caine) enviably gets to sit down with a whole table of singing Muppets for Christmas dinner after he realizes being cheap and alone was not the right way to live after all.


Polar Express (2004)

A whole song for a cup of hot chocolate. It’s that important to the Christmas season.

 

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Meghan is a full-time writer exploring the fun facts behind food. She lives a healthy lifestyle but lives for breakfast, dessert and anything with marinara. She’s thrown away just as many meals as she’s proud of.