Christmas movies!

[michchick98]

Okay, I don't know if this has been done before. I did a search and didn't find anything so I'm guessing not.

Anyway, I was just wondering what everyone's favorite Christmas movie is? Or movies as the case may be, because I know I have more than one.

My all time favorite Christmas movie is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

No matter how many times I watch that movie, I still laugh my ass off.

I'm also partial to It's a Wonderful Life (non-colorized) and the original Miracle on 34th Street (also non-colorized.)

So, what is your "must see" Christmas movie, one that you watch every single year?

 

[3113]

"A Christmas Carol" of course. I'll watch almost any version, but, as all us "Carol" aficionados agree, the Alister Sims one is still the very best one.

 

[Dianthus]

Die Hard.

 

[SweetMaj]

It's A Wonderful Life.

 

[lovecraft68]

Well you beat me to National Lampoon's Vacation.

Another one I like that people don,t consider a Christmas movie but did occur around Christmas was Gremlin's.

 

[michchick98]

"A Christmas Carol" of course. I'll watch almost any version, but, as all us "Carol" aficionados agree, the Alister Sims one is still the very best one.

I'll agree, but another of my favorites,and I suppose it's a remake, but I've always loved SCROOGED with Bill Murray, too.

 

[sr71plt]

Miracle on 24th Street

 

[LettersFromTatyana]

White Christmas and Holiday Inn. I watched them every time I stayed with my grandmother around Christmas (she loved Bing Crosby). They're campy, I know all the words to the songs, and they brings back great memories.

The Best Years of our Lives. This isn't a Christmas movie per se (if anything, it's a Veterans Day movie), but my mom and I watched it every year at Christmas.

Oh, and love the AV, Michchick.

 

[D_Lynn]

When I was a kid (many, many moons ago), I looked forward to all the 30-minute Christmas specials that they broadcasted only once, sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. You know the ones I'm talking about: Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, A Charlie Brown Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Little Drummer Boy. They were all sponsored by Dolly Madison, and the network would show three of them back-to-back.

I'd watch for the commercials so I'd know when they were coming on. This was a time way before DVRs, even before VCRs. Those shows used to practically define Christmas for me and they still bring back wonderful childhood memories when I see them now.

For my kids, though, The Family Man seems to be associated with Christmas in our home. My son just brought it up the other day. I guess we watched it one year, then bought it on DVD and watched it the next season. Now it's sort of a tradition.

 

[rgraham666]

Nightmare Before Christmas.

 

[michchick98]

Oh, and love the AV, Michchick.

Thanks! That was from the Elf Yourself website from last year. http://www.elfyourself.com

 

[Neonurotic]

I guess along with "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", I like "Elf" with Will Ferrel. It's so silly it makes me laugh every time I watch it. Also, with my daughter, we watch "Wizard of Oz".

When I was a kid (many, many moons ago), I looked forward to all the 30-minute Christmas specials that they broadcasted only once, sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. You know the ones I'm talking about: Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, A Charlie Brown Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Little Drummer Boy.

Also, "The Year without a Santa Claus (1974)" That's the one with Heat Miser and Snow Miser. Loved that movie when I was a kid.

 

[PayDay]

Anything is better than more 'sale' commercials.

Die Hard.

This,

I'll agree, but another of my favorites,and I suppose it's a remake, but I've always loved SCROOGED with Bill Murray, too.

and this.

I also have to include A Christmas Story. That leg lamp, and the use of 'Fra-gi-le... it must be Italian' gets me every time.

I am a bit partial to The Ice Harvest as well.

 

[PennLady]

The Shop Around the Corner with Jimmy Stewart.

Nightmare before Christmas because -- I mean, how can you not?

And the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim.

For TV, I always liked "The Year without a Santa Claus." And I miss the California Raisins special.

 

[estragon]

Miracle on 24th Street

I thought that was "Lost In Space".

 

[sethp]

The stop motion Rudolph the red nosed Reindeer. The animated Grinch who stole Christmas. Charlie Brown Christmas. it's just not Christmas without those three. i know they ain't movies but...

 

[sr71plt]

I thought that was "Lost In Space".

That should have been 34th Street. But I'll have to agree with Letters that I preferred White Christmas and Holiday Inn. I'd forgotten about them.

 

[PennLady]

That should have been 34th Street. But I'll have to agree with Letters that I preferred White Christmas and Holiday Inn. I'd forgotten about them.

This is where I must make my annual confession that I have never seen (at least in completion from start to finish)

* It's a Wonderful Life
* White Christmas
* Holiday Inn
* A Christmas Story

Reallly. I have not. I have seen bits and pieces, but not the complete movie. I'm not sure why.

 

[sr71plt]

This is where I must make my annual confession that I have never seen (at least in completion from start to finish)

* It's a Wonderful Life
* White Christmas
* Holiday Inn
* A Christmas Story

Reallly. I have not. I have seen bits and pieces, but not the complete movie. I'm not sure why.

White Christmas and Holiday Inn are just fun romps with music by icons in pop singing. I avoid It's a Wonderful Life like the plague. It's preachy and insipid (and the acting is god awful).

 

[PennLady]

White Christmas and Holiday Inn are just fun romps with music by icons in pop singing. I avoid It's a Wonderful Life like the plague. It's preachy and insipid (and the acting is god awful).

LOL It may be insipid, but I feel it incumbent as a movie buff (or wannabe movie buff) that I should see all of them.

On the other hand I have The Shop Around the Corner and for all its silly little flaws -- like being set in Hungary and no one having a Hungarian accent, least of all Jimmy Stewart -- it's sweet and fun and well done. Plus it has Frank Morgan, who played the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz.

 

[TE999]

"A Christmas Carol" of course. I'll watch almost any version, but, as all us "Carol" aficionados agree, the Alister Sims one is still the very best one.

Word up, 3! Ol' Alistair rules! What's cool is Patrick MacNee (John Steed in 'The Avengers') plays Scrooge's nephew.

I also like 'A Christmas Story' (who doesn't?), 'Holiday Inn', 'Miracle on 34th Street (with Natalie Wood), All the animated and stop motion Rankin-Bass Christmas specials; Rudolph, Frosty, Santa's origin, etc.,'White Christmas' and 'Scrooged'.

I hate It's A 'Wonderful Life' (CapraCorn at it's worst) and all the remakes of 'Christmas Carol', 'Miracle' and the others.

 

[Cruel2BKind]

A christmas story (duh)
Nightmare before christmas
The most horrible x-mas ever (invader zim)
All of the christmas specials from 30 rock and the big bang theory
Merry christmas charlie brown
And how the grinch stole christmas, the animated one. The jim carrey version was an abomination

 

[kimbalee]

Surprised I didn't see "Elf" mentioned before, but then, maybe I missed it.

I'm not sure how anyone could see "A Christmas Story" with Ralphie and not like it, and the follow up movie "My Summer Vacation" is pretty cool too, although they used different actors to play the lead characters.

I also love the Charlie Brown Christmas movie.

 

[sethp]

Surprised I didn't see "Elf" mentioned before, but then, maybe I missed it.

I'm not sure how anyone could see "A Christmas Story" with Ralphie and not like it, and the follow up movie "My Summer Vacation" is pretty cool too, although they used different actors to play the lead characters.

I also love the Charlie Brown Christmas movie.

OH shit yes. Elf. That's a new classic. Yes. Christmas story with Ralph...the only problem is that it's so overplayed. but every damn time I see "...who's mommy's little piggy.." I laugh so hard I actually snort! LOL

 

[3113]

Oh, almost forgot...Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. A hip and groovy sci-fi classic