I know my readers were maybe expecting a top five list of boozy Christmas films, but there is something much more important to talk about this month. Is anybody aware of just how many Christmas trees come into cinematic danger this time of year? Perhaps I care too much, or perhaps I just like seeing people throw around their Christmas trees, ornaments be damned. You’ll never know. Without further ado, I present the Top Five Crimes Against Christmas Trees.
1) Divine shoves her parents into a Christmas tree in Female Trouble.
Image credit Dreamland, 1974, Female Trouble
No cha-cha heels for Christmas?? JUSTIFIED.
(For the full, amazing scene, check it out here)
2) Mrs. Jorgenson shoves her daughter into a Christmas tree in A Summer Place.
Image credit Warner Bros, 1959, A Summer Place
Merry Christmas, Mama.
3) The Griswold tree catches fire in Christmas Vacation.
Image Credit Warner Bros, 1989, Christmas Vacation
Never leave a senile relative unattended near your tree. Just sayin’.
4) Shootout at a Christmas tree lot in Lethal Weapon.
Image credit Warner Bros, 1987, Lethal Weapon
The real crime is not bullets and cocaine flying around the Christmas trees. The real crime is Mel Gibson’s mullet.
5) Gremlins attack!!!!!! (in Gremlins).
Image credit Warner Bros, 1984, Gremlins
Scariest. Christmas. Ever.
Cinema Sips 
No redemption for that mullet.