PHMustang2000

In December I will be Collecting my favorite Christmas movies and I wondered,
Which is your top ten list of favorites?

Here are mine:

Home Alone 1 and 2
Jingle All The Way
A Christmas Story
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Charlie Brown's Christmas
Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas (or some form of A Christmas Carol)
Scrooged
It's A Wonderful Life

RobCA

in alphabetical order:

Elf
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
It's a Wonderful Life
Miracle on 34th Street
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Ref
Scrooged
The Shop Around the Corner
White Christmas
Yogi's First Christmas

tommyp007

Christmas Vacation
Die Hard
Die Hard 2
Scrooged
Love Actually
Nightmare before Christmas
A Christmas Story
Animated How The Grinch Stole Christmas (not the Carrey POS)
It's a Wonderful Life
Charlie Brown Christmas Special

story

Die Hard

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Indy24LA

Here are mine in no particular order:

Gremlins
Home Alone
Elf
It's a Wonderful Life
Santa Clause
Santa Clause 2
Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Story
Die Hard
Scrooged

Gobear

In order of awesomeness. . . dates are given when one version is markedly superior to remakes or is unknown to most people

Die Hard
It's a Wonderful Life
Scrooge (1951)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
White Christmas
A Christmas Story
Bad Santa
Miracle on 34th Street (1947 ONLY)
Holiday Affair (1949)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)

Honorable mention: a short subject, Star in the Night, a modern-day (well, 1945 modern-day) retelling of the Nativity story which never fails to melt my crusty heart and reduce me to a teary puddle. It can be found on the Christmas in Connecticut DVD

The Monkees

It's a Wonderful Life
Home Alone & Home Alone 2
Christmas Vacation
Christmas Story
Scrooged
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Muppet Christmas Carol

Blu Man

Christmas Vacation
Home Alone
The Polar Express
Die Hard
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Disc-Flipper

Scrooge (1970 musical)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
The Christmas Star (Ed Asner)
Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish (VHS)
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (VHS)
A Claymation Christmas
Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Scrooged
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Rankin-Bass)
Shrek the Halls

Trevor

Very difficult to pick just ten. Here are three definites in my top 5, more later.

It's a Wonderful Life
Scrooged
A Christmas Story

SkipKassidy

The quartet of Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Lethal Weapon and Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.

manicsounds

Elf

In Bruges

Die Hard

Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (MST3K)

(off the top of my head)

mike07

Hard to list only 10 but these gotta be in the top 10:

1. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
2. A Christmas Story
3. Miracle on 34th Street
4. It's a Wonderful Life
5. Jingle All The Way
6. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
7. Charlie Brown's Christmas
8-10. Santa Clause 1-3
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11. The Christmas Carol
12. Home Alone
13. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
14. Bad Santa
15. Elf

KaBluie

It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
It's Garry Shandling's Christmas Show (1987)
John Denver & The Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979)
How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964) on MST3K (1991)
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
Scrooged (1988)
Miracle On 34th Street (1947)

hasslein

It's A Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story
Miracle on 34th Street (TVM 1973 Awesome cast! not on dvd)
An American Christmas Carol (Henry Winkler)
A Christmas Carol (Chuck Jones Animated- best version ever! not on dvd)
The Homecoming:A Christmas Story
Scrooged
It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
The Family Stone

RevKarl

A Christmas Carol (1951)
A Christmas Story (1983)
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Scrooged (1988)
White Christmas (1954)

A Charlie Brown Christmas (TV-1965)
How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV-1966)
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (TV-1962)
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (TV-1964)

Mr. Salty

Bad Santa
Christmas Story
Die Hard

OldBoy

Love Actually
Die Hard
It's a Wonderful Life
Gremlins
Scrooged
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
About a Boy
Life as a House
Serendipity
When Harry Met Sally...
Bad Santa (HM)

Drake

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Holiday Affair (1949)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Holiday Inn (1942)

How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV-1966)
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (TV-1964)

dkedvd

My top 10 favorite full length X-Mas movies...
- A Christmas Story (1983)
- Home Alone (1990)
- Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992)
- How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
- Jingle All The Way (1996)
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
- The Night They Saved Christmas (1984)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
- Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
- The Santa Clause (1994)

Other X-Mas DVDs/VHS I Own (though i'm sure i missed a few)...
- An All Dogs Christmas Carol (1998)
- Alvin And The Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Christmas (1981)
- Badder Santa (2003)
- Bam Margera Presents: Where The #$&% Is Santa? (2008)
- Beauty And The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997
- Black X-Mas (2006)
- Brand Spanking New! Doug: Doug's Secret Christmas (1996)
- Cartoon Network Christmas Rocks (1997-2004)
- Cartoon Network Christmas: Yuletide Follies (1997-2003)
- Casper's First Christmas (1979)
- Christmas At Home (1933-1979)
- A Christmas Carol (1951)
- Christmas With The Kranks (2004)
- Cricket On The Hearth (1967)
- Deck The Halls (2006)
- A Dennis The Menace Christmas (2007)
- Die Hard (1988)
- Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)
- Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
- Elf (2003)
- Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
- The Family Man (2000)
- Fred Claus (2007)
- Frosty The Snowman (1969)
- Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976)
- Garfield Holiday Celebratons (1985-1989)
- Gremlins (1984)
- He-Man She-Ra: A Christmas Special (1985)
- Home Alone 3 (1997)
- Home Alone 4: Taking Back The House (2002)
- How The Flintstones Saved Christmas (1964)
- How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
- Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas (1992)
- It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
- It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
- I'll Be Home For Christmas (1998)
- The Legend Of Frosty The Snowman (2005)
- Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
- Merry Madagascar (2009)
- Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed In At The House Of Mouse (2001)
- Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas (1999)
- Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas (2004)
- Miracle On 34th Street (1947)
- Miracle On 34th Street (1994)
- Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
- The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas (1996)
- The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003)
- Party With The Penguins (2009)
- Peanuts 1960's Collection (1965-1969)
- Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)
- The Polar Express (2004)
- Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street (2001)
- Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998)
- Rudolph And Frosty's Christmas In July (1979)
- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
- Rugrats Holiday Celebration (1992-2002
- Santa Claus Conquers The Martains (1964)
- Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (1970)
- Santa Clause 2 (2002)
- Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
- Saturday Night Live: Christmas (2003)
- Scrooged (1988)
- Shrek The Halls (2007)
- Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
- Snow Day (2000)
- Surviving Christmas (2004)
- Trapped In Paradise (1994)
- The Vandals: Oi To The World! - Live In Concert (2002)
- White Christmas (1954)
- Winnie The Pooh And Christmas Too (1991)
- Winnie The Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002)
- Winnie The Pooh: Seasons Of Giving (1999)
- The Year Without A Santa Claus (1974)
- Yogi's First Christmas (1980)

PopcornBandit

I'm not a big Christmas movie fan (love the holiday though), so I can only give you my top three.

1. Jingle All The Way
2. Bad Santa
3. Elf

Arthur Dent

Die Hard
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Gremlins

Regulus

Best Theatrical Movies:

It's a Wonderful Life
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The Santa Clause
The Polar Express
Home Alone 2
Home Alone
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Home Alone 3
How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Best TV Movie:

The Homecoming

Best TV Specials

A Charlie Brown Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Little Drummer Boy

Dane

Die Hard
Die Hard
Die Hard
Die Hard
Die Hard
Die Hard
Die Hard
Die Hard
Die Hard
Die Hard

bigjim25

Lethal Weapon