Brian Lear on WNYC and to finish today on a lighter note it's the fifth day of Hanukkah, Christmas is just two weeks away and New Year's is around the corner.

If you haven't gotten into the holiday spirit yet, there's no easier way than putting on a holiday movie.

There were a few new ones this year. You might have caught like Wanca, the Willy Wanca origin story,

and of course there are so many classics. here to share some of the best new and

classic holiday movies to get us into the holiday spirit on the screen is

Jacqueline Coley an editor at Rotten Tomatoes where she also co-hosts the By The Numbers

Podcast and the Awards Tour Podcast.

Jacqueline, welcome to WNYC. podcast. old or new and for that matter your least favorite holiday movies old or new

two one two four three W nyc four three nine six nine two does your family get

together to watch a classic every year? Do you have any favorite holiday movie quotes? What makes a good holiday movie or a bad one?

212 433 9692 call or text. So Jacqueline I see there are three new movies on the list so let's

tackle them first. Mary Little Batman is an animated superhero film about Batman's eight-year-old son.

Why is this the first pick on your list?

I wanted to pick this one because it goes to show what we really like to talk about a rotten tomatoes is that

Hollywood movies can often be cross genres like we have a list that's like favorite holiday

animated movies favorite holiday rotten movies and Mary Little Batman proves that you could put a little holiday cheer with

Inside of a superhero story in fact from Batman the animated series one of the most favorite episodes is also a holiday

episode and this sort of falls along with that stay within the lore but update it

with maybe an event or a time of year that really makes audiences tune in for it and

WB animation is always so great.

Also new this year, Wanka starring Timothy Shalome

or, and let's see and this movie shows the beginning of Wanca's life and

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