Which new Christmas movie is YOUR state's favorite?
One of my favorite parts about the holiday season is watching my favorite Christmas movies, from How the Grinch Stole Christmas to Elf, to It's a Wonderful Life and Home Alone. But over the years, there have been a lot of new Christmas movies that we've added to the seasonal watchlist.
Researchers at Comparitech did some digging to find out what each state considers as the best new Christmas movie, from the last six years.
"Using the best current Christmas movies according to Google at the time of writing, we searched each film individually on Google Trends to find which state scored the highest," writes researchers. "This was then the designated film for that state. If any state came up twice, we used the film that ranked higher on Google Trends. If a state didn’t appear top for any of the movies, we searched through all of the 50 films to see which was most popular in the state according to Google Trends.”
We've organized the results in both map and list form. Check 'em out below!
Most Popular Christmas Movies By State (Map):
Courtesy of Comparitech
Most Popular Christmas Movies By State (List):
- Alabama: A Shoe Addict's Christmas
- Alaska: Last Christmas
- Arizona: Krampus
- Arkansas: Better Watch Out
- California: The Grinch
- Colorado: Christmas Wedding Planner
- Connecticut: A Bad Moms Christmas
- Delaware: Daddy's Home
- District of Columbia: The Princess Switch
- Florida: The Grinch
- Georgia: Almost Christmas
- Hawaii: A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish
- Idaho: Noelle
- Illinois: Krampus
- Indiana: Black Christmas
- Iowa: A Shoe Addict's Christmas
- Kansas: The Spirit of Christmas
- Kentucky: The Princess Switch
- Louisiana: A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby
- Maine: The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
- Maryland: Holiday Rush
- Massachusetts: Happiest Season
- Michigan: Christmas Wedding Planner
- Minnesota: A Christmas Carol
- Mississippi: Almost Christmas
- Missouri: Switched for Christmas
- Montana: The Christmas Chronicles
- Nebraska: Why Him?
- Nevada: Bad Santa 2
- New Hampshire: Krampus
- New Jersey: The Grinch
- New Mexico: Noelle
- New York: The Grinch
- North Carolina: Black Christmas
- North Dakota: Bad Santa 2
- Ohio: A Godwink Christmas: Meant for Love
- Oklahoma: Switched for Christmas
- Oregon: Happiest Season
- Pennsylvania: Love the Coopers
- Rhode Island: Holidate
- South Carolina: Why Him?
- South Dakota: A Bad Moms Christmas
- Tennessee: Black Christmas
- Texas: The Grinch
- Utah: The Grinch
- Vermont: The Night Before
- Virginia: A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby
- Washington: Klaus
- West Virginia: The Grinch
- Wisconsin: A Godwink Christmas: Meant for Love
- Wyoming: Office Christmas Party
I'll be honest, when looking through the map and list of movies, there's only a handful of titles I actually recognized. Like, what the hell is A Godwink Christmas: Meant for Love?? So I'm not sure how those became favorites for some states, but alas, here we are.
What is YOUR favorite new Christmas movie? Personally, if I had to pick one, I'd say A Bad Moms Christmas or The Grinch. Share your thoughts with us in the comments below. Happy Holidays!