Power Rankings: Favorite Christmas Characters

The SAW Power Rankings is our weekly ranking of a certain movie-related topic. Please feel free to comment on our rankings and provide a list of your own in the comments below.

Another week, another festive Power Rankings! This time around, the SAW team was tasked with coming up with their five favorite Christmas characters. How do you think we did?

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Jacob Holmes

1. Buddy the Elf (Will Ferrell), Elf
2. Snow Miser (Dick Shawn) and Heat Miser (George S. Irving), The Year Without a Santa Claus
3. Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase), National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
4. Gizmo, Gremlins
5. Baby Bear (Red Skelton), Rudolph’s Shiny New Year

Romona Comet

1. The Old Man (Darren McGavin), A Christmas Story
2. Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase), National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
3. Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, A Christmas Carol
4. George Bailey (James Stewart), It’s a Wonderful Life
5. Jacob Marley, A Christmas Carol)

Bob Cram

1. Jack Skellington (Chris Sarando), The Nightmare Before Christmas
2. Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), Die Hard
3. Snow Miser (Dick Shawn) and Heat Miser (George S. Irving), The Year Without a Santa Claus
4. The Grinch (Boris Karloff), How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
5. Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Paddy Stone), Scrooge

Raf Stitt

1. Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin), Home Alone
2. Harry and Marv aka the Wet Banditz (Joe Pesci & Daniel Stern), Home Alone
3. Kate McCallister (Catherine O’Hara), Home Alone
4. Uncle Frank (Gerry Bamman) and Fuller (Kieran Culkin), Home Alone
5. Pizza Delivery Guy (Dan Charles Zukoski), Home Alone

Lee McCutcheon

1. Jack Skellington (Chris Sarando), The Nightmare Before Christmas
2. The Grinch (Jim Carrey), How the Grinch Stole Christmas
3. Gizmo, Gremlins
4. Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), Die Hard
5. Buddy the Elf (Will Ferrell), Elf

Jinxy

1. Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin), Home Alone & Home Alone 2
2. The Grinch (Jim Carrey), How the Grinch Stole Christmas
3. Willie T. Stokes (Billy Bob Thorton), Bad Santa & Bad Santa 2
4. Harry and Marv (Joe Pesci & Daniel Stern), Home Alone & Home Alone 2
5. Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine), A Muppets Christmas Carol

Marmaduke Karlston

1. Scott Calvin / Santa Claus (Tim Allen), The Santa Clause
2. The Grinch (Jim Carrey), How the Grinch Stole Christmas
3. Charlie Brown (Peter Robbins), A Charlie Brown Christmas
4. Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage), The Family Man
5. Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin), Home Alone

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The Grinch, Kevin McCallister, Gizmo, Hans Gruber, and Buddy the Elf are just a few characters that recur across our lists. However, I see a couple of unique entries, which is always nice to see.

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What does your favorite Christmas characters power ranking look like? Share it with us down in the comments!