It is December, and a great way to get into the holiday spirit is to settle in with some hot cocoa and watch your favorite Christmas movie. Turns out, your go-to Christmas movie could be influenced by where you live.
Using data from Rotten Tomatoes, Streaming Observer created a list of the most popular Christmas movies of all time. That list was compared to Google Trends data to determine which Christmas movie each state was obsessed with… and the answers may surprise you! Can you guess which state is obsessed with Bad Santa? (Find out below!)
Streaming Observer did include unconventional Christmas movies, such as Die Hard and Batman Returns, for their list. Here are some interesting finds:
- Some of the holiday movies that multiple states across the US are obsessed with include Home Alone, Gremlins, Scrooged, and Die Hard.
- Interestingly, there wasn’t a single state where the acclaimed It’s a Wonderful Life was the holiday movie residents were most obsessed with.
- Not surprisingly, the state of Illinois loves Home Alone, as much of the movie was shot there.
Here is the map:
Texas is a Gremlins state, according to the map.
Here is a full list for easy browsing:
Alabama: Home Alone
Alaska: The Apartment
Arizona: Edward Scissorhands
Arkansas: Gremlins
California: Batman Returns
Colorado: Gremlins
Connecticut: Trading Places
Delaware: A Christmas Story
District of Columbia: Trading Places
Florida: Batman Returns
Georgia: Gremlins
Hawaii: Trading Places
Idaho: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Illinois: Home Alone
Indiana: Home Alone
Iowa: Home Alone
Kansas: Scrooged
Kentucky: Elf
Louisiana: Batman Returns
Maine: The Snowman
Maryland: Miracle on 34th Street
Massachusetts: Love Actually
Michigan: Holiday Inn
Minnesota: White Christmas
Mississippi: The Best Man Holiday
Missouri: Die Hard
Montana: Christmas in Connecticut
Nebraska: Bad Santa
Nevada: Edward Scissorhands
New Hampshire: A Christmas Carol
New Jersey: Trading Places
New Mexico: The Nightmare Before Christmas
New York: The Apartment
North Carolina: Gremlins
North Dakota: Home Alone
Ohio: Home Alone
Oklahoma: Gremlins
Oregon: Scrooged
Pennsylvania: Trading Places
Rhode Island: The Night Before
South Carolina: Gremlins
South Dakota: Frosty the Snowman
Tennessee: A Christmas Carol
Texas: Gremlins
Utah: While You Were Sleeping
Vermont: Joyeux Noel
Virginia: Die Hard
Washington: Die Hard
West Virginia: The Ref
Wisconsin: Die Hard
Wyoming: Scrooged
