Holiday Movies That Make the Holiday

A Christmas Story: Ralphie and the Red Ryder BB-gun; a must-see every year.

Miracle on 34th Street: The original, not the lousy remake from a few years ago.

Love Actually: A funny, date-movie kind of Christmas film.

Christmas Vacation: Hands down, the funniest Vacation movie, IMO.

Gremlins: Well....I think it's a good Christmas film...(shrugs).

A Christmas Carol: doesn't matter what version, it's just a good story all around, though I prefer either the Muppet's version or the one with Patrick Stewart as Scrooge.

Jingle All the Way: Arnold Schwarzeneggar and Sinbad fight over the last TURBO MAN action figure in the toy store. One of those lousy, but amusing films.

Home Alone: I hate to admit it, but I laugh every time. I blame it on watching the "Three Stooges" and "Little Rascals" in sydicated re-runs on Saturday mornings as a kid.

Any others?

A Christmas Story: Ralphie and the Red Ryder BB-gun; a must-see every year.

Miracle on 34th Street: The original, not the lousy remake from a few years ago.

Love Actually: A funny, date-movie kind of Christmas film.

Christmas Vacation: Hands down, the funniest Vacation movie, IMO.

Gremlins: Well....I think it's a good Christmas film...(shrugs).

A Christmas Carol: doesn't matter what version, it's just a good story all around, though I prefer either the Muppet's version or the one with Patrick Stewart as Scrooge.

Jingle All the Way: Arnold Schwarzeneggar and Sinbad fight over the last TURBO MAN action figure in the toy store. One of those lousy, but amusing films.

Home Alone: I hate to admit it, but I laugh every time. I blame it on watching the "Three Stooges" and "Little Rascals" in sydicated re-runs on Saturday mornings as a kid.

Any others?

Any (or better yet all) Wallace & Gromit movie. (A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave, Curse of the Were Rabbit, A Matter of Loaf and Death (NEW!))

And, in the UK, at least, it's not Christmas until The Great Escape comes on the tv.

Die Hard 1 & 2? ~innocent look~

"It's a Wonderful Life"
Merry Christmas you old Building and Loan! Honestly, I do an awesome Jimmy Stewart...you'll have to trust me.

"It's a Wonderful Life"

Merry Christmas you old Building and Loan! Honestly, I do an awesome Jimmy Stewart...you'll have to trust me.

That is actually my favorite Christmas movie of all time.

Yeah, I'm a big guy, I kick puppies and eat kittens for breakfast...but I will cry when I watch that move. It matters not how often I have seen it. My Thai fiancee missed a lot of US pop culture and will hardly watch B&W movies, but when I finally got her to watch it, she was blown away. In the realm of the blessed, Jimmy Stewart is sitting next to Charles Dickens while St Nick serves them hot buttered rum.

Agreed on 34th street, and it has to be black and white.

A Christmas Carrol, both the George C. Scott and the Patrick Stewart Versions.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The cartoon, not the movie.

Edit: I forgot, I hate Its a Wonderful Life. I love the alternate ending Saturday Night Live did.

Scrooged. Yes, the one with Bill Murray. The one noone ever seems to know about when I mention. Well that and the Charlie Brown christmas specials. I love that little tree.

Scrooged. Yes, the one with Bill Murray. The one noone ever seems to know about when I mention.

That's quite a good version of A Christmas Carol, add it in with the others.

And add Chicken Run as an alternative to The Great Escape. One or the other is on every Christmas

Agreed. Scrooged is a good one. I love his office, decorated with the definition of "Cross: Noun. A thing they nail people to."

Oh yeah, and suggesting stapling antlers onto hamsters.

This might be an odd one, and I have not seen it in over ten years, but there was a movie called An American Christmas Carol that was very good.

I generally watch A Christmas Story at least five times a holiday season, so that one's on the top of the list. I'd follow it with A Holiday Affair, A Nightmare Before Christmas, Ernest Saves Christmas, and Holiday Inn. There are so many Christmas-themed movies and television specials, though, that I tend to watch almost nothing but them from mid December through New Years. There aren't many I can't stand at all, but Ron Howard's Grinch certainly tops that short list.

My friends and I, when we were a single and bitter, would get some pizza and beer and watch The Ref with Dennis Leary. Lady, your husband ain't dead, he's in hiding.

A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Christmas Vacation are a must. Has anyone tried the non-stick spray after seeing it?

Irving Berlin's White Christmas

It won't be long until we'll all be there with...

Yeah, I'm a big guy, I kick puppies and eat kittens for breakfast...but I will cry when I watch that move. It matters not how often I have seen it. My Thai fiancee missed a lot of US pop culture and will hardly watch B&W movies, but when I finally got her to watch it, she was blown away. In the realm of the blessed, Jimmy Stewart is sitting next to Charles Dickens while St Nick serves them hot buttered rum.

...and if you ask me, Frank Capra is one of the most criminally underrated directors of all time.

Besides that, there is the short Raymond Briggs animation Snowman and that's it for definite holiday movies (unless we are talking about other holidays, Rosemary's Baby is my Easter movie).

Irving Berlin's White Christmas

I've always found that, aside from the title song, this movie has next to nothing to do with Christmas. I watched it for the first time a few years ago and was amazed at how untopical it really was. But I do love that song.

My personal christmas favorite is "House of 1000 Corpses" by Mr. Rob Zombie. Nothing puts me in the yuletide spirit faster than seeing Mr. Zombie's wife perform "I wanna be loved by you"

My Christmas Movies?

Lethal Weapon.

Long Kiss Goodnight.

Die Hard.

Die Hard 1 & 2? ~innocent look~

Heck yeah for me they were Christmas movies (Or at least they were always shown at Christmas)

Emmitt Otter's Jugband Christmas

Heh-heh. I remember them....

A Christmas Story: Ralphie and the Red Ryder BB-gun; a must-see every year.

Miracle on 34th Street: The original, not the lousy remake from a few years ago.

Christmas Vacation: Hands down, the funniest Vacation movie, IMO.

A Christmas Carol: doesn't matter what version, it's just a good story all around, though I prefer either the Muppet's version or the one with Patrick Stewart as Scrooge.

I love these choices, but for me, A Christmas Carol has to be the one with Alastair Sim. He's just so expressive.

My wife thinks Harry Potter movies are very Christmasy as well.

My wife thinks Harry Potter movies are very Christmasy as well.

Yes well the next one will be out in the middle of the summer.

Bells of St. Marys

It's a Wonderful Life

Charlie Brown Christmas
I have a statue of the little tree on my desk at work right now.

White Christmas

Die Hard
Although I just can't get into the second movie.

Any and all of the old Christmas Specials.... Rudolph, Frosty, Santa is coming to town.... Sigh I feel so Childish But I have kids so I have an excuse to watch them :)

Probably mentioned already, A Christmas Story.

*I want a red Ryder BB gun with the compass in the stock.*
*You'll put your eye out kid.*

Mairkurion {tm} wrote:

"It's a Wonderful Life"

Merry Christmas you old Building and Loan! Honestly, I do an awesome Jimmy Stewart...you'll have to trust me.

That is actually my favorite Christmas movie of all time.

Me and my wife watch it every year and make it whole big to-do. It is a tradition that I love.

hehe; I like the nightmare before xmas :) lots of funny scenes Santa Claws hehe

The Snowman film I mentioned before has been kindly youtubed. Sound on, the music is gorgeous.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

I have to say my favorite Christmas movie has to be Santa's Slay. If you ever get frustrated working the holiday season this movie is for you.

I also like alot of the traditional Xmas films. Its a Wonderful Life, White Christmas, and March of the Wooden Soldiers.

Invader Zim: The Most Horrible X-Mas Ever!

Bow Down, bow down
Before the power of Santa!
Or be crushed, be crushed
byyyyyyyy
His jolly boots of doom!