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The Elite Eight

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Here they are! Your winning movies that have made it to the Elite Eight of the Christmas Movie Madness.

#1 – It’s A Wonderful Life: 82% – Winner

# 16 – A Muppet Christmas Carol: 18%

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#2 – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation: 71% – Winner

#15 – Santa Clause Is Coming To Town: 29%

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#3 – Elf: 80% – Winner

#14 – The Grinch Who Stole Christmas: 20%

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#4 – The Nativity Story: 86% – Winner

#13 – The Christmas Visitor: 14%

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#5 – Smokey Mountain Christmas: 29%

#12 – The Polar Express: 71% – Winner

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#6 – The Santa Clause: 61% – Winner

#11 – A Christmas Carol – 39%

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#7 – White Christmas: 24%

#10 – Miracle on 34th Street: 76% – Winner

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#8 – The Christmas Card: 34%

#9 – A Christmas Story: 66% – Winner

Voting begins now for the Elite Eight round of the Christmas Movie Madness. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite movie in each pairing. One vote per day!

VOTE NOW – The Elite Eight Round

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Let the Voting Begin!

CMM - Sweet SixteenThis morning the top 16 movies are revealed and the voting process begins. Here is how this works…

1. The top 16 teams are placed into a bracket format where #1 takes on #16; #2 goes up against #15, and so on until all of the movies are paired up against another one.

2. You will have this week to vote for your favorite movie in each pairing.

3. You can only vote one time per day, so be sure to use your votes wisely and come back each day to vote again.

4. At the end of the week, the top 8 teams will move on to the second round in the Elite 8 and the process of voting begins again next Monday.

Got it? So, now the time you have been waiting for.

VIEW THE SWEET SIXTEEN AND START VOTING! – CLOSED! (You can get to this page later in the week by click on the Christmas Movie Madness: The Sweet Sixteen” picture on the home page or by clicking on the Christmas Movie Madness on the top menu bar)

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The Nominations Are…

Screenshot 2013-10-17 12.02.52The nomination period of the Christmas Movie Madness has been completed and now the real fun begins. The top 16 movies will be released in the morning for you to be able to start voting on which movie you want to see move on to the second round.

The top seed (#1) will go up against the last seed (#16); #2 will take on #15 and so on.

You can vote one time per day. The more you vote for your favorite movie, the better chance you have of your favorite movie moving on. But don’t just vote for your favorite movie, vote for your favorite in each pairing.

Here are all of the movie nominations that were submitted over the past three weeks. They are in no particular order (or are they?):

White Christmas

Scrooged

Claymation Christmas

A Christmas Carol

Santa Clause Is Coming To Town

The Bishop’s Wife

The Christmas Shoes

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

Smokey Mountain Christmas

The Preacher’s Wife

A Charlie Brown Christmas

It’s A Wonderful Life

The Christmas Card

The Polar Express

Mistletoe Over Manhattan

Ebbie

Barbie & A Perfect Christmas

Miracle On 34th Street

While You Were Sleeping

The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

A Muppet Christmas Carol

A Christmas Story

The Santa Clause

The Nativity Story

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

Elf

The Christmas Visitor

Jingle All The Way

Frosty The Snowman

Be sure to come back tomorrow morning and see the top 16 movies that made it into the Christmas Movie Madness brackets.

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Christmas Movie Madness Update

CMM Nominations BannerI wanted to give you a sneak peek into the nomination process of the Christmas Movie Madness. We started last Monday, November 4, and will continue to November 23. As of yesterday, here are the results:

22 different movies nominated

62 total submitted nominations

There is still plenty of time to get your movie in a better position for the brackets. Be sure to nominate your favorite christmas movie every day until November 23.

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The Madness Begins in 4 Days!

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Are you making a list and checking it twice? I know it is a little too early for that list, but not for the Christmas Movie Madness list! The madness begins next Monday – November 4!

Be sure to come back every day between November 4 – November 23, and submit your nomination for your favorite movie.

If this is your first time hearing about the Christmas Movie Madness find out more here – Christmas Movie Madness Promo

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Christmas Movie Madness Rules and Schedule

Screenshot 2013-10-17 12.05.21Here is how the Christmas Movie Madness will work, beginning on November 4, you will have almost three weeks (20 days) to nominate your favorite Christmas movie. You can nominate the same movie or a different movie once a day for the 20 days. Once the nomination period is over, I will tally the nominations and then proceed to place them in a 16 team bracket. The movie that received the most nominations during the 20 day period will receive the top spot (#1). The movie with the second most nominations will receive the #2 spot and so on until we reach #16.

Then the real fun begins. On November 25, 2013, the brackets will be revealed and the voting begins. The polls will be only open from Monday – Friday but you can vote one time per day during this period. Once the first week is over, the following Monday will be the unveiling of the 8 movies that were left standing.

The Christmas Movie Madness schedule will be as follows:

  • November 4 – 24: Nomination of movies (one nomination per day is allowed)
  • November 25 – 29: 16 team brackets revealed & voting begins
  • December 2 – 6: The Elite 8 team brackets revealed & voting begins
  • December 9 – 13: The Final 4 team brackets revealed & voting begins
  • December 16 – 20: The Championship Round (2 remaining) will be revealed & voting begins
  • December 25: The Winner of the Christmas Movie Madness will be revealed

So don’t forget:

  1. Nominations begin November 4, 2013
  2. Nominate your favorite movie every day for 20 days
  3. Top 16 teams will be placed in a 16 team bracket
  4. The first round of voting begins November 25, 2013