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Best Christmas Film Ever?
There are three films that I watch about this time every year, to get me in the christmas spirit!
It got me thinking, which is the best christmas film ever? I know there are some classics such as It's A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol and White Christmas, but they're not really one's for me. My personal top 3: 1. Die Hard (well, its set at christmas anyway!) 2. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (100% the same as my family!) 3. The Nightmare Before Christmas Oh yeah, and not forgetting 4. Jingle All The Way (kidding! :lol: ) |
For me, it's A Christmas Story.
You'll shoot your eye out kid! |
I hate Christmas movies, for the most part, they are so cheesy. But I do like one, and that is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
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National Lampoons Christmas Vacation,
Christmas Story, and Scrooged. I've watched these movies SO many times! I've probably watched Christmas Story more than I've watched Starwars, and I only watch it during the holiday season :) |
A Christmas Story, for sure. How can you NOT love a movie that involves Santa Claus pushing a kid down a slide with a boot to the face?
Miracle on 34th Street (the original one)... A damn fine Christmas movie, if I may say so myself. Last night I saw The Polar Express, and it turned out to be a very beautifully-done holiday movie that really put me into the spirit of the season. I'll throw it in there too. |
Gremlins.
(Interestingly "Gremlins." is less than 10 characters long) |
national lampoon's christmas vacation is watched every year at my house....it's #1 in my book.
bad santa will get some mention from me as well. this flick made me cry from laughing so hard last year....it's a ways behind, but still #2 to me |
Die Hard
Scrooged and I know it is a Thanksgiving movie, but there arent that many and I will lump it in with Christmas: Trains, Planes and Automobiles |
What about the Charlie Brown Christmas movie... with the shit-ass tree?
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My favorites: Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, Christmas Carol, Nightmare Before Christmas and Christmas Story.
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Never mind the Christmas theme
Guys, if you wanna see a really great movie during Christmas , then watch Roman Polanski's The Pianist.
Great movie...You will love to watch it again and again...the story is compelling, I am glued to the screen every time it is shown on Sky movies :thumbsup: |
Home Alone, Rudolphe the Red Nosed Reindeer, and A Christmas Carol
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It's a Wonderful Life... makes me do the big blubber every time.
A Christmas Carol... the one with Alistair Sims... reminds me of my grandfather |
Love Actually!!!
Okay, so Christmas is just the backdrop, but seriously! It's an awesome movie. I laugh, I cry, I oogle Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman and Liam Neeson to my heart's content...Heck, any movie with those four men is going to be a favorite of mine...but it really is a good movie! |
A Christmas Story, Charlie Brown's Christmas, and National Lampoons Christmas Vacation rocks...drum roll please.....
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A Chritmas Story is my favorite, but I'll also watch Bing in White Christmas - so bad it's good.
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All good ones so far...but what about Emmet otters jug band christmas??? You all know that the Riverbottom nightmare band rocked!
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Christmas Vacation; Gremlins; Miracle on 34th Street
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It sure is NOT Polar Express, cute, nice, but of so forgettable.
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Die Hard has always been my mom's favourite Christmas movie...
I've gotta say mine are It's a Wonderful Life, Scrooged, and Christmas Vacation. Generic choices, but oh so good... |
We have a slightly odd Christmas film tradition in our family. Sometime back in the 80's someone in the family videotaped "Mickey's Christmas Carol" off ABC. Now every Christmas me, my brother, and my cousins all watch it togther, the blurry VHS quality just adds to the memories. :)
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My list would look something like: It's a Wonderful Life, It's Christmas Charlie Brown!, Fantasia (original and 2000), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (not the new one, the original), Die Hard, and any old christmas special with Perry Como or Nat King Cole or Bing Crosby.<--- They knew how to sing christmas songs.
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A Chistmas story...I love the leg lamp.
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My personal favorites are:
It's a Wonderful Life - I don't think there is a movie that makes me feel better than this movie. It really makes the problems in my life seem trivial. Charlie Brown Christmas - Childhood favorite and christmas tradition A Christmas Story - "You'll shoot your eye out" |
A Christmas Story -- Ralphie in the pink bunny jammies, the Bupkis's dogs, does your tongue really stick to a metal pole, Fa Ra Ra Ra Ra, Ra Ra Ra... so many classic moments....
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the animated version) The mUppet Christmas Carol The Bishop's Wife |
To everybody that said a Christmas Story...I love you guys!
The best Christmas movie ever. Every year on Christmas eve I sit down and watch the 24 hour marathon on TNT. I usually average seeing it completely through about 3 times and catch bits and pieces of my favorite scenes about another 3-4 times. I identify SO much with this movie it's not even funny. I remember being about 8 and I wanted a Voltron SO bad and my mom would give me every excuse in the book why I couldn't have it. But my dad came through and hooked me up and ever since I saw that movie for the first time I felt like I was watching that Christmas being played back for me. My family doesn't understand it but that's my own little tradition I've made and I plan on passing it on to my kids. I even got a DVD of it last year to make sure I'll always have the ability to watch it endlessly on Christmas eve and day even if they stop showing it on TV for whatever reason. I love that movie so much I think I've probably seen it more times than Star Wars which is my "official" favorite movie... I even have half the lines memorized and say them along with the movie. Scut Farkus...What a rotten name! There he stood between us and the alley. Scut Farkus staring out at us with his yellow eyes. He had yellow eyes! So help me God YELLOW EYES! Sons of bitches! Bumpuses! |
1. A Christmas Story
2. It's a Wonderful Life 3. Miracle on 34th St. (the original) |
The favorite, Love Actually, and as already mentioned, Die Hard. Yes, they are an interesting combination for favorite Christmas moves.
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Hooray! Maleficent listed my favorite, Muppet Christmas Carol. I think Love Actually will become a favorite, but it hasn't been out long enough to make that spot for me.
And, of course, Reindeer Games. Haha! |
Mikey's Christmas Carol is a classic at my house too. And yes, the grainy VHS taped off of the Disney Channel version :)
Along with that for me its: A Christmas Story Miracle on 43th Street (original) It's A Wonderful Life Love Actually (this is a new one, but it's such a great movie) And the Christmas Trilogy: Charlie Brown Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer. |
A Christmas Story
Nightmare before Christmas What....no one liked 'Silent Night, Deadly Night"? |
national lampoons christmas vacation
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Emmet Otters jug band Christmas brings back good memories. Holiday Inn does to, the one the song "White Christmas" was originally in.
A Christmas story is responsible for my friends and I going out for Chinese on Christmas day, y'know after the relatives have all gone and nothing good is on TV and the leftovers are all put away. |
I prefer plays over movies for Christmas!
I like the story of Scrooge, and the Christmas Story. |
It's a Wonderful Life
Never sat through the Christmas Story all the way =( |
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Can't believe I forgot that one! |
Definitely Christmas Vacation and Christmas Story are the top two! I need to see Bad Santa as I;ve heard good things.
We can't forget a new potential classic...Elf! Will Farrell is comedic genius! |
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Its a wonderful life
Xmas Vacation 2 to really get you in the mood. |
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Miracle on 34th Street. The better Christmas films are the true classics. Also, Rudolph. Those misfit toys still put tears in my eyes.
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trains,planes, and automobiles.
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for me has to be and always will be A Wonderful Life.
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Great lists, people.
Except for The Pianist, all of the listed movies are on my holidays "To watch" list. I haven't seen Love Actually yet, either. My favorite is A Christmas Story, as well. Did you know you can buy a leg-lamp all your own? :D [HOLY COW!]http://img36.exs.cx/img36/8108/_achr...oryleglamp.jpg[/HOLY COW!] http://www.wonderfullywacky.com/leglamp.htm |
A Chirstmas Story, watch it every year.
Course you could go for something like Santa with Muscles. |
Saw the title of this thread and though "awesome, I bet hardly anyone else will say Die Hard!" Ooops.
But yeah, Die Hard is definately up there. Also a recent film that will join my favorite christmas movies is Bad Santa (especially the Badder Santa DVD). I bought the poster a few weeks ago just so I could have it grace my wall through the holiday season. |
The Grinch, Rudolph, et al. And I can't believe the clay-mation classics haven't gotten more of a mention!
The Year Without a Santa Claus is one that's so funny...:D Heat Miser's Song Heat Miser..........................Heat Miser Hair-Du! http://www.northpolesantaclaus.com/Images/bigheat.jpghttp://www.northpolesantaclaus.com/Images/dk.jpg I'm Mister Green Christmas I'm Mister Sun I'm Mister Heat Blister I'm Mister Hundred and One They call me Heat Miser, What ever I touch Starts to melt in my clutch I'm too much! He's Mister Green Christmas He's Mister Sun He's Mister Heat Blister He's Mister Hundred and One They call me Heat Miser, What ever I touch Starts to melt in my clutch He's too much! Thank you! I never want to see a day That's under sixty degrees I'd rather have it eighty, Ninety, one hundred degrees! Oh, some like it hot, but I like it REALLY hot! Hee hee! He's Mister Green Christmas He's Mister Sun Sing it! He's Mister Heat Blister He's Mister Hundred and One They call me Heat Miser, What ever I touch Starts to melt in my clutch I'm too much! Too Much Snow Miser http://www.northpolesantaclaus.com/Images/snow2.jpg |
BAD SANTA!!!!
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A Christmas Story, and of course National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. "Merry Christmas! Shitter was full!" Classic.
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It's a Wonderful Life
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Many others have posted both my most favorite AND least favorite christmas movies
I'd have to say that as a kid I HATED A Christmas Story, bored me to tears My FAVORITE Christmas movie (actually one of my favorite movies of all time) would have to be Nightmare Before Christmas. My family tradition was to watch it every Halloween AND Christmas time. Well, just me and my two (female) cousins about my age, man we love'd that movie. Funniest thing was walking in the middle of a snow filled forest singing "Making Christmas" haha Sadly enough, I have to admit that as a child I was also very partial to the movie Prancer. I'd watch it even when it was the middle of summer...::sigh:: |
Christmas story, cause because i looked excactly like Raphy as a little kid
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the cartoon movie)
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A Christmas Story and Charlie Brown Christmas. When I was younger I always told my mom that I wanted to get a "charlie brown tree". I didn't want a perfect one.
I was driving down King Street in Alexandria VA earlier this week and someone has the leg lamp in their window. Its amazing! My wife and I just broke into laughter when we saw it. |
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I can't watch It's a Wonderful Life anymore, but I realized the other day when I was in a room where it was on that the part that makes me cry isn't the end, but rather when there's a run on the bank. The first guy demands all his money, then the second and third guys ask for $20, and then the next person is a quiet little woman who asks in a small voice "Can I have $17.50?" as if she were asking for too much.
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It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Carol all the old favourites . . . . Plus 1 other .. .. .. .. The Apartment. Not about Christmas, but set at Christmas time, and the loneliness that can happen at that time of year. Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine & Fred MacMurray - won the Best Picture Oscar in 1960. Fantastic movie :) |
Scrooged, A Christmas Story, one of those silly claymation movies, or whatever else is coming out on TV at the time.
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1. A Charlie Brown Christmas
2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas 3. A Christmas Story In that order. |
The Nightmare Before Christmas.
it's my most favouritest christmas move Ever! |
1 A Garfield Christmas(I need to re download it to my computer)
2 A Christmas Story my younger brother and I got smart and bought my Dad the DVD last year. He still watches TNT's 24 hours of it though. 3 Rudolph 4 How The Grinch Stole Christmas. |
of corse the Christmas story, Scrooged, the nightmare before christmas, National lampoons x-mas
does anyone remember the tv claymation musical that used to come on every year with the california rasiens and was hosted by dinosaurs? that was alwasys favorite growing up |
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The Blue Christmas Medal goes to kjroh for pulling out "Year Without a Santa Clause"! Nice. I am suprised mine hasn't come up yet. Understand it is now a tradition for my niece and nephew to break into tears when they are sent from the room every year because they are too young to watch The First South Park Christmas Special with the introduction of Mr. Hankey!! I also throw in a copy of the original South Park which was designed as a video Christmas card, called The Spirit of Christmas, complete with Jesus vs. Santa Deathmatch... We put the fun in dysfunctional, as they say! |
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I'm a big fan of Christmas Story and The nightmare before christmas (I love the mayor :)) |
I can't believe no one has mentioned The Ref. That's a great movie for christmas.
Not better than Rudolph, but still, it's pretty good. |
A Christmas Story.....hands down
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I'm glad someone else said they didn't like A Christmas Story. It's just.....annoying. I'm really into Love Actually at the moment. My favorites would have to be, in no particular order:
Rudolph Santa Claus is Coming to Town The Year Without A Santa Claus How the Grinch Stole Christmas (cartoon) A Christmas Carol (George C Scott) |
Nightmare before Christmas, Christmas story, Star Wars Holiday special.
Smile for the camara Itchy and Malla! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../itchymala.jpg |
Ernest Saves Christmas
That's all I gotta say |
Nightmare before Christmas and A christmas story. Gotta watch them every year! :thumbsup:
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I love the Nightmare Before Christmas. It reminds me of Darren. |
Sorry but I have to go with the crowd with this one....
A Christmas Story |
It doesn't matter if it's Christmas time or not. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is one of the funniest movies ever. I love it. Don't get me wrong, A Christmas Story is cute and kinda funny, but it's got nothing on Chevy.
"Checked our shitters lately honey?" |
It's a Wonderful Life
Bad Santa |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Charlie Brown Christmas Meet John Doe (I think it qualifies) |
1.) A Christmas Story
2.) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 3.) It's a Wonderful Life |
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i'd have to say "Bad Santa", that movie was hilarious.and it had a moral to it's plot.
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Definitely A Christmas Story....I'm surprised that no one mentioned the scene @ the end where [SPOILER]:
Spoiler: They go to the chinese restuarant since the turkey is eaten by the neighbors' dogs Reminds me when my sister and brother-in-law had to go to McDonald's on thanksgiving day [on the way home] because the in-laws' food was so bad. Plus, I hold some sentimental value for the movie since it was filmed in my hometown :) |
Love your interpretatin of Die Hard as a christmas movie, barring that, gotta say Scrooged or Christmas vacation.
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Has nobody mentioned Bernard and the Genie yet? What's wrong with you people?
That's my absolute favorate, but I like a lot of the standards too. -A Christmas Carol (Alistar Sims) -How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the original) -A Christmas Story -and several scenes from A Wonderfull Life, but not all of it at once. -And Die Hard. But they always show the version with the really awfull editing out of the swearing. |
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, then Bad Santa, then How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated)...
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