Essential holiday viewing at your house?
11-25-12, 04:35 PM
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The Peanuts Specials
Rankin/Bass Specials
Home Alone
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
A Christmas Story
Christmas Vacation
Black Christmas
Silent Night, Deadly Night
It's a Wonderful Life
Gremlins
Santa Clause; The Movie
11-25-12, 05:12 PM
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I don't know why but I've always been partial to the Mr. Magoo Christmas Carol, where we're watching a play being performed by Magoo as Scrooge.
Does anyone know why the Family Circus Christmas Special never runs? I remember it as a kid. They lost an ornament and the ghost of the dead grandfather helped the younger son find it. He almost fell and got badly hurt and the father, awakened by his noise, made a diving catch to save him.
Does anyone know why the Family Circus Christmas Special never runs? I remember it as a kid. They lost an ornament and the ghost of the dead grandfather helped the younger son find it. He almost fell and got badly hurt and the father, awakened by his noise, made a diving catch to save him.
11-25-12, 05:20 PM
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This thread reminds me to FINALLY watch Elf next month (Memorable for it's DVDtalk-member cameo....Even though he hasn't been on this site for years)
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The Scrooge movies have always been my biggest property whenever it comes to Xmas viewing. I love (Nearly) all of them:
Scrooge (1935)-Finally saw the uncut version last year.
Scrooged-I expected a lot more when I first saw this in theaters. Since then, It's become perfect to me now.
A Christmas Carol (1938)-This has always been my most favorite of the classic versions. Sorry, but I find the much-beloved Alastair Sim version to be sloooow.
Diva's Christmas Carol-C'mon! It's got John frickin' Taylor as the Ghost of Xmas Present!!!
Mickey's Christmas Carol-Even though ABCFamily edits the hell out of this, for some odd reason.
A Christmas Carol-George C. Scott/Patrick Stewart-It's nice to see the Scott version re-appear on TV lately (I think BBC plays it) but I'd love to see the Stewart version air more often. The scene where he regains his laughter is one helluva moment.
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The Scrooge movies have always been my biggest property whenever it comes to Xmas viewing. I love (Nearly) all of them:
Scrooge (1935)-Finally saw the uncut version last year.
Scrooged-I expected a lot more when I first saw this in theaters. Since then, It's become perfect to me now.
A Christmas Carol (1938)-This has always been my most favorite of the classic versions. Sorry, but I find the much-beloved Alastair Sim version to be sloooow.
Diva's Christmas Carol-C'mon! It's got John frickin' Taylor as the Ghost of Xmas Present!!!
Mickey's Christmas Carol-Even though ABCFamily edits the hell out of this, for some odd reason.
A Christmas Carol-George C. Scott/Patrick Stewart-It's nice to see the Scott version re-appear on TV lately (I think BBC plays it) but I'd love to see the Stewart version air more often. The scene where he regains his laughter is one helluva moment.
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11-25-12, 05:23 PM
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11-25-12, 06:15 PM
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Christmas Vacation is pretty much the only one, unless I can find my disc of Charlie Brown's Christmas. The old claymation Christmas videos are cool, but I generally forget about them until after Christmas.
11-25-12, 06:27 PM
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I don't watch all of them every year, but I tend to rotate in:
The Nativity Story
It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story
Scrooge (1951)
The Black Cauldron
SCTV Christmas specials
Mr Bean Christmas shorts
Blackadder Christmas Carol
The Nativity Story
It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story
Scrooge (1951)
The Black Cauldron
SCTV Christmas specials
Mr Bean Christmas shorts
Blackadder Christmas Carol
11-25-12, 07:31 PM
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It's A Wonderful Life
A Diva's Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol (Patrick Stewart version)
Garfield Christmas Special
Miracle On 34th Street
ELF
Home Alone/Home Alone 2
Holiday Inn
Rudolph
Frosty
Year Without A Santa Claus
Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus
One Magic Christmas
The Night They Saved Christmas
He-Man/She-Ra Christmas Special
Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
A Christmas Visitor
A Diva's Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol (Patrick Stewart version)
Garfield Christmas Special
Miracle On 34th Street
ELF
Home Alone/Home Alone 2
Holiday Inn
Rudolph
Frosty
Year Without A Santa Claus
Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus
One Magic Christmas
The Night They Saved Christmas
He-Man/She-Ra Christmas Special
Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
A Christmas Visitor
11-25-12, 07:47 PM
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A Charlie Brown Christmas
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Story
Love Actually
Die Hard
Lethal Weapon
The last two take place at Christmas, so they're Christmas movies.
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Story
Love Actually
Die Hard
Lethal Weapon
The last two take place at Christmas, so they're Christmas movies.
11-25-12, 07:52 PM
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A Nightmare Before Christmas
A Christmas Story
Bad Santa
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
It's a Wonderful Life
Jingle All The Way
Home Alone
Home Alone 2
Gremlins
A Christmas Story
Bad Santa
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
It's a Wonderful Life
Jingle All The Way
Home Alone
Home Alone 2
Gremlins
11-25-12, 08:21 PM
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MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS is a must-see. As is THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER and BABES IN TOYLAND.
I'm a little over A CHRISTMAS STORY but I still watch it every year. I managed to go my entire life without seeing IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE until about 2-3 years ago, and while I enjoyed it, I don't have a sentimental attachment to it.
The BLACKADDER CHRISTMAS SPECIAL is holy, if only for the line "may the yuletide log slip from your fire and burn your house down". The way Stephen Fry delivers that line should be studied by comedic actors for decades.
I'm a little over A CHRISTMAS STORY but I still watch it every year. I managed to go my entire life without seeing IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE until about 2-3 years ago, and while I enjoyed it, I don't have a sentimental attachment to it.
The BLACKADDER CHRISTMAS SPECIAL is holy, if only for the line "may the yuletide log slip from your fire and burn your house down". The way Stephen Fry delivers that line should be studied by comedic actors for decades.
11-25-12, 09:17 PM
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11-25-12, 09:26 PM
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SCROOGED is an awesome satire. I didn't love it when I was younger but the older I get the more relative it becomes partially because TV really has become as dumb as the spoof shows in the movie.
11-25-12, 09:50 PM
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11-25-12, 10:21 PM
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Scrooged
Love Actually
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Bad Santa
Elf
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Funny Farm
A Christmas Carol-'38 version with Reginald Owen.
Love Actually
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Bad Santa
Elf
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Funny Farm
A Christmas Carol-'38 version with Reginald Owen.
11-25-12, 10:22 PM
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I try to catch all the usual Christmas favorites. I tried Love Actually last year after reading all the recommendations here, but it didn't feel Christmasy enough to me. But strangely enough we really like watching Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), which doesn't have any Christmas at all. Maybe because it has the same sort of sentimentality as Its a Wonderful Life.
11-26-12, 12:22 AM
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Many favorites already listed. My top 3 would probably be:
It's A Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story
Christmas Vacation
11-26-12, 05:50 AM
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The ones essential to watch every year:
Charlie Brown Christmas
Christmas Carol (1951)
Holiday Inn
Twilight Zone - "Night of the Meek"
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (WTF? You Say? Originally released at Christmas (I was 11) and takes place at Christmas.
Everything else get's rotated every few years.
Charlie Brown Christmas
Christmas Carol (1951)
Holiday Inn
Twilight Zone - "Night of the Meek"
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (WTF? You Say? Originally released at Christmas (I was 11) and takes place at Christmas.
Everything else get's rotated every few years.
11-26-12, 05:50 AM
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As for It's A Wonderful Life, I liked it better when it was public domain and aired 30 times a day.
11-26-12, 06:09 AM
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11-26-12, 10:25 AM
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I love how Die Hard has become a mainstream Christmas staple at this point.
I'll watch that, Bad Santa or Elf. I need to give The Ice Harvest another go too.
I'll watch that, Bad Santa or Elf. I need to give The Ice Harvest another go too.
11-26-12, 10:46 AM
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Moonstruck: not really about Christmas, but wintery and about family.
Where Eagles Dare: again, not about Christmas, but the untimate winter action movie.
Elf: the kids love it
Where Eagles Dare: again, not about Christmas, but the untimate winter action movie.
Elf: the kids love it
