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By Patrick Day, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

When it comes to Christmas, movie fans usually land in one of two camps, best summed up by a movie quote: there’s Tiny Tim’s “God bless us, every one!” from “A Christmas Carol” and there’s John McClane’s “Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho” from “Die Hard.”

The “God bless us every one” camp has time and tradition on its side. It's the Christmas-lovers, the carolers, those lovers of the holiday immortalized in Dickens’ beloved novel and countless films, from “It’s a Wonderful Life” to “Elf.”

But those whose holiday feelings tend toward the misanthropic find a kindred spirit in McClane’s blood-spattered note, scrawled on the chest of a dead terrorist. Finally, the anti-Christmas movie fans had their Tiny Tim and he looked like Bruce Willis.

In the proud spirit of this anti-season, we look back at the least Christmas-y Christmas movies we could find.