The Polar Express (2004) / producers, Gary Goetzman, Steve Starkey, William Teitler, Robert Zemeckis ; screenplay by Robert Zemeckis, William Broyles Jr. ; directed by Robert Zemeckis -- National Lampoon's Christmas vacation (1989) / producers, John Hughes, Tom Jacobson ; written by John Hughes ; directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik -- Elf (2003) / producers, Jon Berg, Todd Komarnicki, Shauna Robertson ; written by David Berenbaum ; directed by Jon Favreau -- A Christmas story (1983) / producers, by Ren©♭ Dupont, Bob Clark ; screenplay, Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, Bob Clark ; directed by Bob Clark.