To help reduce potential fistfights, riots and other forms of workplace violence, over the past few weeks we’ve been conducting our annual poll in which we seek a peaceful resolution to a highly emotional and controversial question that inevitably pops up this time of year:

What’s the absolute #1 best holiday movie in the history of the universe?

After a record-breaking 792 votes, the winner is…

It’s a Wonderful Life, with 23.1% of the votes.

The first runner-up was A Christmas Story (20.1%), followed by A Christmas Carol (10.4%).

Finishing dead last with approximately 0.000001% of the votes was Frosty the Snowman, which somehow finished behind both Santa Claus Conquers the Martians and Die Hard. (Sounds like some of you may have been hitting the eggnog a bit too hard already.)

Here are your official top ten:

  1. It’s a Wonderful Life (23.1%)
  2. A Christmas Story (20.1%)
  3. A Christmas Carol (10.4%)
  4. Miracle on 34th Street (9.1%)
  5. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (9.0%)
  6. Elf (7.2%)
  7. White Christmas (6.7%)
  8. A Charlie Brown Christmas (6.3%)
  9. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (6.1%)
  10. Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer (3.4%)
HAVE A JOYFUL AND PEACEFUL HOLIDAY SEASON!