This may be shocking, but I finally popped my "It's a Wonderful Life" cherry last night. The night before i watched "White Christmas" for the first time too. Gotta say, I love these old xmas movies. I think we are planning on "Miracle on 34th St" tonight. Those are the only big name ones I can think of, but I'm guessing there should be a bunch more, right?

Don't forget A CHRISTMAS CAROL. The best versions are still MGM's 1938 with Reginald Owen and England's 1951 with Alastair Sim.

OH yeah ... we were planning on watching the new one from 2019 that's on hulu, but maybe checking out the 1938 one is a better idea!

Holiday Inn and The Shop Around the Corner

Die Hard

Never heard of these 2 ... I'll check them out, thanks!

Sorry, my partner has a very strict "no bruce willis" policy.

A Christmas Story
It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Carol (1951)
Love Actually

THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1939) was remade as IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME (1949), starring Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli's very first onscreen appearance), then the Broadway musical, "She Loves Me" and ultimately re-worked as YOU GOT MAIL.

It's A Wonderful Life (colorized version)




Define whats an "old timey" Christmas movie? Anything before the 1990s?

I would say 70s and earlier. 80s has too much cheese, and anything later than that I've probably purposely avoided.

We actually watched the colorized version last night. I was surprised how good it looked.

Dude, it’s bastardized.

Well I can't say I've ever watched Its a Wonderful Life but have watched the original Miracle on 34th Street. I would like to watch White Christmas with Bing Crosby so maybe I will do that this year.

How so? Are there changes beyond just the color?

If it is pre-1990 then it's a Christmas Story. Otherwise, gotta go with It's a Wonderful LIfe.

I guess The Thin Man (1934) counts as a Christmas movie.

I'll add "The Apartment".

https://www.thedailybeast.com/billy-wilders-the-apartment-is-the-best-and-booziest-holiday-movie

https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/dec/23/my-favourite-christmas-film-the-apartment

The Bishop's Wife.

Babes in Toyland (1934)
Three Godfathers (1936)
Christmas In Connecticut (1945)
Lady in the Lake (1947)
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
Susan Slept Here (1954)
We're No Angels (1955)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Bundle of Joy (1956)
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
The Lion in Winter (1968)
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)

I was going to point out that Christmas Vacation is 33 years old. Not exactly a recent release.

But going back further, I'm not really big on the older ones especially the longer movies, but I always watch the old Rankin Bass Rudolph and then of course the two vintage MST3K Christmas movies.

Good ol' fashioned nightmare fuel.

Mr. Soft touch
the cheaters
the holly and the ivy
o henry's full house
it happened on 5th avenue
holiday affair
remember the night