We all love a heartwarmingholiday pic . On a inhuman winter ’s Clarence Day , few things are more cheering than kink up on the couch and beget into the Christmas spirit with aholiday movie marathon — no matter how many time you ’ve seen the films in the lineup before .
While the plot railway line rarely render any surprise , multiple showing of a moviecanallow you to part to notice some things get going on under the surface . With the rise of Reddit and other societal medium networks , fan theorieshave become a popular pursuit for many pop culture fiends — and these substitute interpretations can sometimes go to some pretty dark place .
FromRudolph the Red - Nosed ReindeertoHome Alone , here are some outlandish fan theories about the vacation movies you only thought you knew .
1.The Santa Clauseproves that the North Pole is full of cannibals.
On the surface , The Santa Clauseseries is the heartwarming tale of Tim Allen taking on the duty of a fallen Santa in need . But Twitter substance abuser Hannah Priest thinks it ’s about something else entirely : The North Pole is inhabited by cannibal . Her grounds ? The elves ’ casual attitude toward death and a “ new ” Santa just taking over , the hundreds of elves ( and Mrs. Clauses ) who patently go missing over the course of the series , and the size of it of the oven in the kitchen . “ The elves are clearly baking woman ( & possibly children ) in their oven , then using the bodies to make ceremonial cocoa , which they then feed to future Santas , ” Priesttweetedin 2017 . But this is one theory that ’s best read in full ( which you’re able to dohere ) .
2. Santa inThe Santa Clauseis actually an exiled wizard fromHarry Potter.
AnothertheoryaboutThe Santa Clausewould have you think that Santa is an alumnus ofHogwarts . We all know Santa is wizardly , but the evidencedoesstack up . How doesSanta get up and down chimney ? Floo powder , of course . And why ca n’t we see him ? And how does he get to every theatre in one night ? These jobs are made a footling easier with aninvisibility cloakand a prison term turner , of course .
3.Home Alone’s Kevin McCallister grew up to beSaw’s Jigsaw.
In 2014 , Grantland ’s Jason Concepcionproposeda brilliant , if dastardly , possibility that paint a picture a association between holiday classicHome Aloneand the terrifyingSawhorror franchise . In a nutshell , he believe that Kevin McCallister and Jigsaw are the same somebody — and he made some middling solid points .
For one , even at the ship’s boat age of eight , Kevin show a talent for setting up some pretty elaborate traps , and he also has a well-defined compulsion with recorded video . He ’s also almosttoointerested in the rumor about Old Man Marley , his neighbor , who is rumored to be a serial killer . Some of the straining from theSawmovies also end up beingeerily similarto the “ put-on ” Kevin pulls on the Wet Bandits . Concepcion work even deeper , and you should translate all of ithere .
4. John Candy’sHome Alonecharacter is the devil.
Kevin McCallister is n’t the onlyHome Alonecharacter with a purported blue side . There ’s a lot of suspicion surroundingJohn Candy ’s part , Gus Polinski ( a.k.a . the “ Polka King of the Midwest ” ) as well . OneReddit theorygoes like this : At one point inHome Alone , Kevin ’s ma says that she would “ sell [ her ] soul to the devil ” if could just get back to Chicago to be with her son . The next clock time we see her , Gus Polinski appears and offers her a ride back to the Windy City . conjunction ? Not everyone intend so — and this theory goes even deeper . Gus plays the clarinet , which is a woodwind instrument instrument , andwoodwindsare conceive the tool of Satan .
5. No, wait: Mia fromLove Actuallyis the devil.
Not to be outgo , yet another popular vacation flick fan theory state that Mia ( Heike Makatsch)—Alan Rickman ’s wannabe home - wrecker of an assistant fromLove Actually — is actuallythe Old Nick . This one is actually a two - part theory , which posit that Rowan Atkinson is an angel while Mia is the devil . Adding credence to the latter part of this is the fact that the motion picture ’s author / director Richard Curtis in reality confirmed the former part .
Atkinson ’s characterwasmeant to have a larger function and serve as a sorting of guardian angel to several of the film ’s characters , but the filmmaker finally resolve it would be too much . But Mia ’s devilish behavior is on full show : In plus to her repeat attempts to entice Harry ( Rickman ) away from Karen ( Emma Thompson ) , she shows up at a company holiday party wearing devil horns .
6. Buddy the Elf is a creep.
Buddy , Will Ferrell ’s maple syrup - loving character inElf , is beloved for his simple conduct and over - the - top Christmas purport . But some masses believe this supposed naiveté may all be a ruse . And if that is in fact the case , then Buddy ’s doings is … confutative at best . Buddy , under this theory , would be a sociopath who forces his way into a random dwelling house through coercion and befriend a young child , all while stalk a random cleaning lady ( Zooey Deschanel ) he forgather through a job for which he was never actually take .
7. Rudolph is Donner’s bastard son.
As compelling as it is ludicrous , one Redditor trust that Rudolph is n’t being told the truth about his parentage . We know , of track , that Rudolph does n’t seem like either his female parent or his father . And that the other reindeer “ used to laugh and call him name calling . ” And that the beginner of Rudolph ’s love interest , Clarice , seems thurify at the musical theme of his daughter being experience with a red - nosed reindeer . “ The only account is that the red - nose is like a scarlet missive A , ” the hypothesis goes . “ Rudolph is an outlawed kid , a bastard , an soiled birth . ” ( you’re able to record the full schedule of evidencehere . )
8. Arnold Schwarzenegger is psychotic inJingle All the Way, and Sinbad is a figment of his fractured mind.
InJingle All the direction , Arnold Schwarzeneggerdefinitely seems stressed out about trying to gain a Turbo - Man — the hot toy of the holiday season — for his Word . But has all that stress led to a psychotic break with reality ? One Redditorbelievesthat might be the casing , as Howard Langston ( Schwarzenegger ) suspiciously only seems to see Myron ( played by Sinbad ) in his most stressful moments . It could be a happenstance , but as Arnold ’s hijinks escalate , there ’s Sinbad egg him on every time .
A version of this narrative ran in 2018 ; it has been update for 2021 .
