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Today’s question:
Today’s Dec.1, which means it’s officially, officially Christmastime.
QUESTION: What’s your favorite Christmas movie of all time?
Talk about it….
Christmas Story
White Christmas
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Make that two votes for A Christmas Story.
“It’s a Major Award!”
“Fragile” pronounced “Frageelay”.
“Must be Italian!”
I can’t put my arms dowwwwwnn!!!!!!!
Die Hard
Honorable Mention:
Christmas Vacation
Elf
Christmas Story
The Rest:
Grinch (Jim Carrey)
Gremlins
The Ref
Scrooged
Rudolph (1964 Burl Ives)
The Santa Clause
#1: Die hard
#2: Christmas Story
I forgot
#3: ELF
I don’t have one favorite, but I enjoy Home Alone and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. I have a video of It’s a Wonderful Life that was given to me several years ago, but I haven’t seen it yet. One of these days I’ll watch it.
I also like The Lemon Drop Kid with Bob Hope and William Frawley, and the 1938 version of A Christmas Carol.
So, if I have to pick one, it would be Home Alone because I think it’s the funniest, and I love slapstick comedy.
Ditto…Home Alone!!
The very first time we saw It’s a Wonderful Life,..it’s cute-funny, serious-heart warming, and brings happy tears at the end,.. 🙂
I haven’t seen a lot, seen Scrooged a few times, different versions. You absolutely should watch “It’s a wonderful life”. It is my favorite I try to watch it almost every year, because it’s message is so uplifting. Also helps that Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reid play the 2 major roles.
From you post Dawg I think we are about the same age, so although this is from the forties I think you can identify, because it is our parents generation.
Have some favorites Danish Christmas movies, mostly because they remind me of the landscape, customs and actors I grew up with.
Love Actually
Bad Santa
Off the top of my head, a few good ones are National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, Christmas with the Kranks, Christmas Story, Home Alone (1st one only) Four Christmas’s and last but definitely not least….How the Grinch Stole Christmas (old cartoon version)
Yes, the Boris Karloff “Grinch”…that voice just makes it.
Can’t nail it down to just one. In no particular order:
Die Hard
Lethal Weapon
Elf
Home Alone
Scrooged
A Christmas Story
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Honorable mention to Santa’s Slay, featuring Bill Goldberg as Santa who was a demon that a curling to an angel and is cursed to deliver toys for 1000 years.
Love the TV specials too: Charlie Brown, South Park, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, any of the claymation Rankin/Bass features
South Park Christmas episodes are always good but “Red Sleigh Down” the one where Santa is shot down over Iraq…. that’s the best.
Batman Returns
Runner up: It’s a Wonderful Life
What you put in your toilet, I put on my mantle
All Mine To Give ….makes you grateful for what you have.
Did I Say That Out Loud, I been watching All Mine To Give since the early 60’s.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
That was the first movie I ever saw at a Theater.
The only reason I got to see it, is my neighbors paid for my ticket.
It wasn’t till I started dating my now Hubby that I got to see movie.
He took me to all the Disney movies I never saw as a kid. 🙂
1. The Thin Man (with William Powell)
2. While You Were Sleeping
Fatman, the new Mel Gibson christmas movie is an instant classic!
Bad Santa comes to mind for me though the sequel I found a bit lacking. I think that movie scores with some because it speaks of the cynicism that the commercialization of the holiday has created.
There are a number of interesting Christmas themed movies in the horror or even sci-fi genre and I’ve been looking for more older ones that have been missing but due to the success of streaming, studios are pulling from their vaults to show. The rest are often too syrupy or sentimental to watch. A foreign favorite Christmas movies of the horror genre is “Rare Exports” which is a Scandinavian entry. It can be found on Hulu and Shudder and probably other services too.
Growing up, it was always Die Hard.
Then one day, my inner Capricorn realized Gruber’s escape plan with the ambulance made no sense whatsoever.
Sad day
First off: finally a post without the bitterness of politics and sarcasm! Thank you!
I look forward to watching these movies during the holidays:
Any of the old claymations (ie. A year without a santa clause)
Elf
White Christmas
Home Alone (1 & 2 only)
The Santa Clause (Tim Allen versions)
This list could go on!!!!
Dirty Harry
Home alone 1 and 2. Jingle all the way with Arnold. The Night Before. Both bad Santa’s. Bad moms Christmas is a staple now. As is the Harold and Kumar Xmas movie. And my all time favorite How The Grinch Stole Christmas with Jim Carrey
Tough to call favorite, so like others, I will add the few to many…
We’re No Angels (Oh, to be a painter!)
Scrooge/A Christmas Carol – Alistair Sims version
A Christmas Story
Christmas Vacation (I love the last line….”I did it”)
The Santa Clause (and 2)
Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Haven’t seen it, but from what I heard it is an action movie. Isn’t a Christmas movie a movie with a Christmas theme, such as Scrooged, Miracle on 34th Street, White Christmas etc. Not just a movie you want to see this time of the year.
Ups, just went to IMDB and looked up Die Hard, it does have a Christmas theme, not sure it has a Christmas message such as Scrooged and It’s a Wonderful life.
Good grief, stop overthinking this…Christmas is the season of miracles as John McClane will attest, and doesn’t get more Christmas-y than lines like “Now I have a machine gun…HO-HO-HO.” Die Hard absolutely IS a Christmas movie, and in fact it’s the GOAT.
It is one man’s struggle, who traveled cross country, battling European terrorists who are heavily armed who crash a Christmas party (Christmas, a time for miracles-the FBI) all to spend Christmas with his estranged wife and kids. It does have a slightly higher body count than your normal Christmas movie.
It’s A Wonderful Life
Auntie Mame
1) It’s a Wonderful Life
2) A Christmas Carol – George C. Scott version
3) A Christmas Story
4) Elf
5) Home Alone
You’ll shoot your eye out.
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So many from this movie…a few:
“my father wove a tapestry of obscenity that as far as we know, is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan”
“Randy lay there like a slug, it was his only defense”
It’s a clinkerrrrrrr!!
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Goodfellas.
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Beginning Dec 1rst I try to watchj one a day through Dec 24th. No favorite but definitely watch JIngle All The Way, Elf, I’ll Be Home For Christmas, Surviving Christmas, Mr. Magoo Christmas Carol, Charlie Brown Christmas, All Mine To Give, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation and Scrooged to name a few.
You’re all wrong.
#1 – Year Without a Santa Claus – Nothing beats Heat Mizer & Frosty.
I forgot about that one…an oldie but goodie! I remember the Snow Miser singing, “He’s too much…” Yeah! Thanks for the memory, Burnbabyburn…
Happy Holidays!
It’s a Wonderful Life … classic
1. A Miracle (on 34th street)
2. Rudolph (the Red Nosed Reindeer)
3. It’s A Wonderful Life
4. A Christmas Carol 1934
5. A Christmas Carol 1951
Fake news. It’s Advent, not Christmastime.
But anyway… It’s a Wonderful Life is my fave Christmas movie. By far.
Actually, it’s tied with the version of A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim as Scrooge. Super good.
Die hard
Lethal Weapon
Gremlins
How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
When Christmas comes around and I get the urge to watch a movie, it’s always “Lawrence Of Arabia.” I don’t know why.
I’ll tell you why, because you want something to put you to sleep. Great visuals, but other than that a dull, painful slog of a movie at a nearly 4-HOUR runtime.
1 Christmas Story
2 Elf
3 Christmas Vacation
4 Daddy’s Home 2
5 Home Alone
Top 5 period !!
The answer is Home Alone 1&2. But thanks for all the honorable mentions – my family and I will try to watch a few
Bad Santa – in the parking lot in the car where she’s saying something over & over again about Santa.