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title: Holiday Movie Stars of Your Youth: Best Christmas Movie Stars
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# See What the Holiday Movie Stars of Your Childhood Look Like Now
by
[Joseph C. Lin](https://time.com/author/joseph-c-lin/)
## Joseph C. Lin
Dec 22, 2014 2:00 PM UTC
Peter Billingsley - A Christmas Story, 1983
Peter Billingsley - A Christmas Story, 1983MGM/Getty Images
by
[Joseph C. Lin](https://time.com/author/joseph-c-lin/)
## Joseph C. Lin
Dec 22, 2014 2:00 PM UTC
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Peter Billingsley - A Christmas Story, 1983 MGM/Getty Images
Mara Wilson - Miracle on 34th Street, 1994 20th Century Fox/Getty Images
Macaulay Culkin - Home Alone, 1990 20th Century Fox/Getty Images
Johnny Galecki - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, 1989 Warner Bros./Getty Images
Tim Allen - The Santa Clause, 1994 Disney/Getty Images
Taylor Momsen - How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 2000 Universal/Getty Images
Bill Murray - Scrooged, 1988 Paramount/Getty Images
Chevy Chase - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, 1989 Warner Bros./Getty Images
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Jingle All the Way, 1996 20th Century Fox/Getty Images
Zooey Deschanel - Elf, 2003 New Line Cinema/Getty Images
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