Christmas movies
 

crazily...that time is right around the corner...

My faves..

Christmas Story
Christmas Vacation (GOLD!!)

anyone else care to share?

P.S.: If you think i'm starting this thread too early...abc family is doing a "Countdown to the 25 Days of Christmas" starting on the 21st...if you check out the list on the site, it seems like they are showing a bunch of good movies as well.

My favorite Christmas movies are All I Want For Christmas and Miracle On 34th Street (the newer version).

Miracle on 34th Street (the ORIGINAL version)
A Christmas Carol (almost any version except the one with Fonzie in it)
All of the Rankin-Bass claymation movies, especially "The Year without a Santa Claus" (the one with Heat Miser)

I have a VCR recording of all the good oldies. I think it has Rudolph, Frosty, Charlie Brown and The Night Before Christmas. This tape is so old, it was recorded the year Bo Jackson won the Heisman Trophy. There is a commercial announcing it during the recording. I know I still have it somewhere but I haven't watched it in years to see if it still works.

My favorite Christmas movie is an oldie; Meet Me in St Louis. with Judy Garland.

That is my absolute FAVORITE!! I still sing along with it whenever it comes on. Christmas Story is my other must see.

Be envious of my snowman that sings the cold miser song and swings a lighted snowflake around...

Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol!

La la la la la la la,
La la la la la,
La la la la la la la,
We're just blankety blank blank
NO GOOD!

Is that the one with the mice where the guy builds the clock? If so, I love that one too!

And I forgot a big, big, big fave -- Scrooged, with Bill Murray. LOVE that movie. Still try to watch it at least once a holiday season.

My all time favorite Christmas movie is

Scrooge starring Albert Finney.


"I like life"...go on say it...

"I like life, Life likes me...life and I fairly fully agree...
life is fine, life is good, 'specially mine which is just as it should be"...

"thank you very much, thank you very much, its the most remarkable thing that's ever been done for me"

Oh yes...it *is* a musical!

The Santa Clause. Count it.

If A Christmas story isn't on your list you fail!

Oh and you can't forget about A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Home Alone 2

It was my Grandpa's favorite, and will forever remind me of him sitting in his chair laughing his @$$ off (every time, mind you - it never got old), as Marv gets pelted with bricks. "Harry? HAAAAA-RRRRY!"

Bad Santa anyone?

A recent goodie...
 

"Love Actually"

ha ha..that one was great.
I also like:
Home Alone (the first one)
The movie where the kid wants a BB gun
Charlie Brown Christmas
Love Actually

Mr Sageofages gets all teary-eyed every time he watches it. It ranks up there as his all time favorite movie.

Absolutely!!

I never liked it until fairly recently, but I now appreciate "It's a Wonderful Life".

Those are the only two I ever care about watching.

I hate the Rankin-Bass claymation movies. (nittanyalum, hope that won't be a problem on TAR. ;))

A Christmas Story is the only must-see in my house.

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MysticCat and nittanyalum, y'all are cracking me up with your TAR references. I hope you decide to actually try out. I've never watched the show, but I definitely would if I got to see the two of you in action. :)
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The cartoon Grinch is my all-time favorite. I also really like the Garfield Christmas (i just ordered it!!!!) and I love, love, love teh claymation Rudolph.

It's often overlooked but Die Hard is a great Christmas movie.

Just bought it, Walmart and their cheap cheap prices got me this year!

And I was just looking for Crash for a term paper I swear!

Ok, fair enough. Because I am apparently one of the only people alive that isn't a big "A Christmas Story" fan, so as long as you promise to leave your ACS copy at home and I leave my R-B collection here on my shelf, we'll be just fine. Hey, differences make a team stronger, right? ;)

Oh, and such action it will be! I'm still waiting for tryouts for the next season to be posted, but we'll let you know what's up when the time comes! :cool:

HOW did I forget that one!!!!! I also try to watch that at least once a holiday season. Classic, classic, classic. Good choice, Kevlar!

A Christmas Story. Ralphy's house is now open for tours. The lines were so long last year that I never had a chance to get in. And the Chinese Restaurant did a booming business (Peking Duck is on the menu)

http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/

There's no need for us to leave them at home (except for the whole keeping our packs light thing). This is just one of the ways that we will complement each other. :cool:

hey all dont forget

Crash

is a Christmas movie too...heheh

JUST thought of another Christmas-set movie that I love: While You Were Sleeping.

Totally a chick flick and my husband can't stand it but I love, love, love that movie!!!

Favorite exchange:
Sandra Bullock: "I love you."
Bill Pullman: "I love you back." <- I don't know why I love it so much, but I love that line!!

Rankin-Bass claymations
Charlie Brown
Grinch
A Christmas Story
The Sound of Music (not an actual Christmas movie but when we were little, we used to watch this with my mom every year during the holiday season)

I promise y'all that we were just now in a Chinese restaurant and as we started on the main course, they began to play "Deck the Halls". I had to hide my face in the corner of the booth so I wouldn't fall over laughing and we thanked God fervently that Baby Berry wasn't with us.

Probably mine as well. My IRL sisters and I can pretty much quote the entire movie.