DM72 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 1. A Christmas Story 2. Home Alone 2 3. Home Alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Another one I like is the stop motion Rudolph movie that Burl Ives narrates and sings in. It's darker than I remember though. Lots of angst about being misfits and they pulled the Snow Monster's teeth out. Also that mountaineer's tongue is kind of bizarre. This one was left off my list but is one of my favorites from my childhood and still. Tell that to the networks who've played It's a Wonderful Life during Christmas season for a million years. It's a Christmas tradition now. Yeah it's definitely part of the season now which is one thing just incorrectly considered a Christmas movie which bugs me. Never noticed the Sound of Music being on a lot. I'll probably notice it all the time now. Die Hard should never be considered a Christmas movie either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I remember seeing Christmas In Connecticut with my grandparents one year. I barely remember what it was about ( I was about 8-9), but my grandmother loved it (she was a huge Barbara Stanwyck fan). But yeah, my single most favorite is probably Jingle All The Way, followed closely by Home Alone 2: Lost In New York. I can't get enough of either. I've seen both probably at least 40 times at this point, but they never get old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckus Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Die Hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibbsFactor Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Where do you think you're going? Nobody's leaving. Nobody's walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. No, no. We're all in this together. This is a full-blown, four-alarm holiday emergency here. We're gonna press on, and we're gonna have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny ****ing Kaye. And when Santa squeezes his fat white ass down that chimney tonight, he's gonna find the jolliest bunch of assholes this side of the nuthouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I like Elf a lot, and Bill Murray's Scrooged is a lot of fun ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldysknzfn1 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I love A Christmas Story Christmas Vacation The Santa Clause Elf Jingle All the Way A Christmas Carol(the old one..lol) And Scrooged(thanks Bang..had forgot about that one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsluggo Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 nothing warms the heart like a good christmas eve family viewing of Debbie Does Dallas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Thurl Ravenscroft FTW! Every single verse (the tv version cuts a couple of them out) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--aSgNEbmnI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I like Elf a lot, and Bill Murray's Scrooged is a lot of fun ~Bang Scrooged is all over the map tonally. I think Roger Ebert wrote that when Murray yells in that movie, it feels like he is really yelling. It has moments, but it kind of makes me depressed to watch it straight through. Elf is probably the best recent Christmas movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Does How the Grinch Stole Christmas count? Not that crap Jim Carrey movie but the animated Dr. Suess version. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmq9i7_how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-1966_shortfilms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Thanks for the great thread. Just watched Home Alone with my 8 year old son. He had never seen it. Can't remember laughing this much in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I will watch A Christmas Story on TBS 24 hours straight. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted December 21, 2013 Author Share Posted December 21, 2013 Thanks for the great thread. Just watched Home Alone with my 8 year old son. He had never seen it. Can't remember laughing this much in a long time. It's a funny thing that Home Alone. We decided to watch Christmas movies at work on the TV in our office (which has a waiting area for customers) this year. We were limited to Netflix and about a dozen DVD's. We quickly ran out of movies and started repeating movies... Home Alone captured our customer's interest like none of the other movies. It's as if they were drawn to it. I'd look over the desk and people were just drawn into the movie. Add to that, I did not mind watching it over and over and over and over. One day we watched Home Alone 4 times in a row and I didn't get tired of it. It really speaks to how great that movie is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxiumone Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 In no order: A Christmas Story A Christmas Carol (for some reason the George C Scott Version) National Lampoons a Christmas Vacation It's a Wonderful Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Home Alone is my favorite. A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott is bad ass. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mike Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 This one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Along with many others listed I will add.... A Christmas Carol ( The recent animated one with Jim Carrey) very well done and faithful to the story. Also the George C Scott version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble Screen Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I don't watch any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I was talking with a coworker about this topic this past week at work, and we basically said if they decided to re-film these movies today that none of the plots of these movies would work anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobaga Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 No love for Just Friends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I don't watch any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Yeah, another vote for A Christmas Carol( George C Scott). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobaga Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Arthur Christmas is another good one that I did not see mentioned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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