Throw on another log to the fire because we are bringing the heat for this year’s Christmas special!

There’s nothing like the holiday season to watch and rewatch our favorite festive shows and movies. What makes the viewing experience even better is that there are certain characters out there that make us blush more red than Santa’s outfit and Rudolph’s nose put together. Before we all knew it, we realized that ‘Christmas Crushes’ is definitely a thing so we might as well do what we do best…and rank it! So join Tuong and Santa’s Elite Squad of Naughty Elves Cassie Pyatt, Justin Otto, and Gillian Manchee as they perform a Christmas miracle and come up with a Top 5 Holiday Hotties list for you all to enjoy!

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Ground Rules

• You can think of this episode also as “Christmas Crushes”
• Nominations can come from movies, tv, books, etc. and even real life! (Although we leaned more fictional in today’s episode)
• Fictional nominations don’t necessarily have to be from a point blank Christmas movie or show. As long as the scene they were in was Christmas or if it’s Christmas adjacent, then we’d count it with the right arguments.
• Tie breakers will go towards the nominations that feel more Christmas-y
• We also settled tie breakers with whoever had the most f*** energy.
• Group nominations are allowed if they make sense as a team rather than a single nomination

**Spoilers below is our Group Top 5 as well as our unordered personal lists**

Group Top 5

5. Hans Gruber (Die Hard)

4. Jack Frost (Jack Frost 1998)

3. Yukon Cornelius (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer)

2. Catwoman (Batman Returns)

1. Ellen Griswold (National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation)

Tuong’s List

• Yukon Cornelius (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer)
• Martha May Whovier (How the Grinch Stole Christmas)
• The Plastics (Mean Girls from the Jingle Bell Rock Show)
• John McClane (Die Hard)
• Turboman (Jingle All The Way)
• Jack Skellington (Nightmare Before Christmas)
• Jovie (Elf)
• Santa (Christmas Chronicles)
• Klaus
• N’Sync (Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays)
• Jack Frost (Rise of Guardians)
• Michael Buble
• Gonzo (Muppet Christmas Carol)

Cassie’s List

• Bernard the Elf (The Santa Clause)
• Michael Keaton in Jack Frost (as the dad and I’m down with the snowman)
• Carol Kane – Ghost of CHristmas Present (Scrooged)
• Ghost of Christmas Present (Muppet Christmas Carol)
• Goldie Hawn (Christmas Chronicles 2)
• Danny Kaye (White Christmas)

Justin’s List

• Ellen Griswold (National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation)
• Han’s Gruber (Die Hard)
• Jack Skellington (Nightmare Before Christmas)
• Kate McAllister (Home Alone)
• Cast of the Holiday (minus Jude Law)
• George Bailey (It’s a Wonderful Life)

Gill’s List

• Fashion Santa (real Santa in Toronto)
• Heat Miser (The Year Without a Santa Claus)
• Catwoman (Batman Returns)
• Jack Black as Miles – The Holiday
• Rodrigo Santoro as Karl – Love Actually
• Jim Carrey as The Grinch – How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• Nicole Kidman as Alice Harford – Eyes Wide Shut
• Oogie Boogie – Nightmare Before Christmas
• The Leg Lamp – A Christmas Story