10 Most Annoying Christmas Movies Of All Time

Maybe it's a bit unfair to include a made-for-TV movie in this list, but when the end result is as rampantly obnoxious as The Christmas Shoes, exceptions must be made.

Based on a novel of the same name, which itself was based on an ultra-depressing song, which was voted one of the worst Christmas songs of all time by various institutions, this schmaltzy bit of holiday cheerlessness spends its entire runtime aiming right for your tear ducts in the most manipulative of ways.

A little boy's mother is dying from congenital heart failure, and his father has no money, so in order to buy her a pair of expensive red shoes for Christmas (aaaaand there's your title), the boy collects tin cans to try and scrape together enough money. That's a pretty sad story, but unfortunately the real focus of the movie is much cornier.

See, this appropriately disheartening situation has to be used to teach a very handsome, well-to-do, workaholic attorney (Rob Lowe) the true meaning of Christmas. Every tearjerking moment in this poor kid's life has to be stapled onto -- and promptly overshadowed by -- Lowe's own narrative.

So much suffering. So much permanent heartache. Just so Rob Lowe can learn an incredibly simple lesson about the importance of family.