UPDATE . . .

Broke down and picked up the 2-Disc Deluxe Edition of How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Jim Carrey) last night. Got it new/sealed for a little over $11 shipped on Half.com . . . not bad considering all of the e-tailers are selling it for twice that price. There are a bunch of other copies still there for any other interested parties.

P.S. - Gilbert . . . Lost In Paradise is kind of fun, but it comes on HBO so much, I don't feel like I need to buy it.

Does anyone know if the studio plans to make a special edition DVD of the original Miracle on 34th Street? The DVD that's been available since 2001 is rather basic. Maureen O'Hara has done commentaries on other DVDs, which would be a nice feature for Miracle. Also, there's an AMC Back Story on the film, which would be great for the DVD.

Peace and Love,

Hermey the Elf

I think Will Ferrell's Elf is a must-own Christmas-themed movie now.

If you wanted something a lil unorthodox, you could get Bad(der) Santa.

My christmas collection includes:

-Die Hard 1 and 2
-Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Home Alone 3
-The Grinch (live action and the animated)
-Rankin/Bass Holiday Collection (Rudolph, Frosty, etc etc)
-National Lampoon Christmas Vacation
-A Christmas Story
-Nightmare Before Christmas
-Santa Claus, Santa Claus 2
-A Muppet Christmas Carol

I'm debating if I want Elf or not. Will Ferrell is funny to me only in small doses, a whole movie with him.... eh.

Wow, I'm so surprised no one's mentioned this yet.

Frosty's Winter Wonderland/Twas the Night Before Christmas

Twas the Night Before Christmas is my favorite Christmas movie too! Got mine during the 20% off sale, but it's still backordered.

From Amazon:

you might try:

mickey's once upon a christmas
mickey's twice upon a christmas
mickey's magical christmas

I just watched twice upon a christmas and enjoyed it very much.

Yeah, I ordered a copy from Amazon last week. Forgot about this thread but I love this cartoon. I can't believe it's a throw-away "bonus" cartoon on the Frosty disc, since that's not even the Frosty cartoon that got a lot of network play, whereas the "Twas The Night Before Christmas" played every year throughout the 80s and early 90s, often after the omnipresent "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

I haven't picked up "It's a Wonderful Life" yet because I heard rumours of a new SE coming out - but so far no word about that. So I guess I'll pick up the current version.

I also recommend:

"The Christmas Star" with Ed Asner as an escaped convict posing as Santa Claus so he can enlist the help of kids to find his loot.

"Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special" from the 80's is great stuff.

There's also the badly-done but gimmicky CGI sequel "Rudolph and the Island of Misfit Toys".

If you're looking for a bullet riddled Christmas, I second the recommendations for Die Hard 1&2 and also I'd add Reindeer Games in there as well.

I believe it's actually called Trapped In Paradise, for those looking to pick it up.

K

You are correct, and it is now available on DVD this season, pretty cheap too I might add.

Dang it! I didn't know that was on this disk either or I would have ordered it at DDD last week. I seem to remember the Frosty special to be pretty lame (Frosty getting married, ok...) but I always liked "Twas a a lot.

Believe it or not, but Henry Winkler actually does a nice job playing a Depression-era Scrooge in An American Christmas Carol. It was a made for TV flick from 1979-80 or so. Image's DVD looks OK, certainly better than both the VHS and LD.

I like "House Without a Christmas Tree," with Jason Robards and Mildred Natwick (and Lisa Lucas as "Addie"). My VHS is almost worn out; hope this one comes to DVD soon. Another favorite is Pee-Wee's Christmas Special (Paul Reubens is a comedic genius). I also like all the Rankin Bass specials, especially Rudolph.

Peace and Love,

Hermey the Elf

Given that Christmas is coming up (and that there is still a day and a half to get orders in for the DDD sale ), I thought it would be a good time to resurrect this thread.



As an update, my Christmas collection now stands at:

- A Christmas Carol (1984 - George C. Scott)
- A Christmas Story (20th Anniv. 2-Disc DE)
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2-Disc DE - live action)
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (cartoon)
- Elf (Infinifilm)
- the Father Christmas / The Snowman combo
- Home Alone
- It's a Wonderful Life
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Special Edition
- the "Original Television Holiday Classics" set (Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town, The Little Drummer Boy, Frosty The Snowman, Frosty Returns, and Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer)
- A Charlie Brown Christmas / It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown (from the Peanuts - Classic Holiday Collection)
- The Santa Clause (SE)
- Saturday Night Live - Christmas
- Scrooge (1970 - Albert Finney)
- Scrooged
- Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (SE)
- White Christmas
- the The Year Without a Santa Claus / Rudolph's Shiny New Year / Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey combo

I'm also picking up the Frosty's Winter Wonderland / Twas The Night Before Christmas combo, A Christmas Carol - The Musical (2004 - Kelsey Grammer), and Miracle On 34th Street (1947) from the DDD sale.

I may pick up Polar Express in the near future, but I haven't seen it yet, so I'm holding off for now.

Here's a few things that I have that aren't on your list (which may or may not interest people, depending on taste):

Christmas Carol (Alastair Sim)
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
A Christmas Past (Kino collection of holiday-themed silents)
The Christmas That Almost Wasn't (highly recommended!)
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Jack Frost
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians ()

I actually just got done hunting this DVD down (got in at half.com) In addition to "Mickey's Christmas Carol", it also has The making of Mickey's Christmas Carol featurette and the short "Pluto's Christmas Tree"

Plus it never hurts to add to your Walt Disney Treasures collection.

He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special all the way! It's coming December 6!