Favorite Christmas Movie

[Julien]

When you finish your Christmas shopping and are tired, all you want to do is relax in your favorite chair. You sit in front of the tv and on comes a Christmas movie old or new. Tonight I watched White Christmas (1954) with Bing Crosby. Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. This is one of my favorite Christmas movies. So I wondered what is yours.:cc::present::santa1:

[Soft*Silver]

all time favorite classic is Its A Wonderful Life..

new old time favorite classic is The Bishops Wife

[katsarecool]

This is what I was going to say!!!! the very best!!!When you finish your Christmas shopping and are tired, all you want to do is relax in your favorite chair. You sit in front of the tv and on comes a Christmas movie old or new. Tonight I watched White Christmas (1954) with Bing Crosby. Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. This is one of my favorite Christmas movies. So I wondered what is yours.:cc::present::santa1:

[blush]

Emmit Otter's Jugband Christmas

and

A Christmas Story

[sharkchomp]

It's a Wonderful Life. I love this movie so much I bought it on dvd.

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[Gemme]

It's hard to pick just one. For classics, Miracle on 34th Street is awesome. For more modern choices, I love the Santa Claus trilogy with Tim Allen.

[Miss Scarlett]

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" reminds me so much of the holiday insanity in my house when I was a kid. I especially love the line: "It's Christmas, we're all miserable."

[Glenn]

The Greatest Story Ever Told

[The_Lady_Snow]

I always watched "The Bells of St. Mary's"

[citybutch]

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[citybutch]

Oh... whoops... you said MOVIE! not music... :doh:

[Linus]

There are two movies that I will watch over and over again for Christmas: A Christmas Story and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Ah, the memories.

[DomnNC]

Smoky Mountain Christmas, A Christmas Story and National Lampoons Christmas Vacation

[WolfyOne]

I don't have a personal favorite because I grew up watching all the old ones made in the 40's and 50's and liked them all.

I do however enjoy watching Polar Express this time of year

[lipstixgal]

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is funny so its my favorite...

[dixie]

How the Grinch Stole Christmas...the cartoon or the movie, I love either version...lol

[DomnNC]

I don't have a personal favorite because I grew up watching all the old ones made in the 40's and 50's and liked them all.

I do however enjoy watching Polar Express this time of year

Oh, I forgot about Polar Express, love that one too. I have a ton of different Christmas movies, chuckles.

[Kenna]

Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (TV 1977)
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[BullDog]

It's A Wonderful Life. I've always related to Jimmy Stewart and said if I ever had a guardian angel it would probably be someone like Clarence, lol.

For a good laugh you can't beat Ralphie in A Christmas Story.

[theoddz]

I have 2 favorites....... A Christmas Story and Polar Express. :winky:

One other one that I also like...some folks might or might not classify it as a "Christmas" movie, but I remember the television stations showing it around Christmas time. It is "Ben Hur" with Charleton Heston.

~Theo~ :bouquet:

[pajama]

It's a Wonderful Life.

It's actually what gives me my "faith". As an atheist, I can't fall back on "It's god's will" or "God will make it better" when things go wrong or get tough. But what I fall back on is that we may not understand why things happen and we may not be able to see an effect. But like George's brother that he saved from falling through the ice, there was a ripple effect that noone was aware of until that one event didn't happen. So I just trust that whatever happens, there is some person that will affect some person that will affect some person, and that outcome is why this or that had to happen.

And then just for fun and whimsy I love ALL the Santa Clause movies with Tim Allen.

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[always2late]

Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas (all time favorite!)

Its A Wonderful Life

Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey

The Muppets Christmas Carol

The Year Without A Santa Claus

[Julien]

What a great list of films. I forgot some of them. Here is another one that I like and I haven't seen it in a long time. It is Scrooge (1970)with Albert Finney. I love Alec Guinness as Marley's ghost. Very cool. Yes this one is a musical too, not that all Christmas films should be musicals.:sunglass:

[Jet]

Nester, The Long-Eared Donkey

[Enchantress]

The Bishops Wife.

Pure perfection.

Cary Grant
David Niven
and
Loretta Young

[Martina]

The Holly and the Ivy. Not in print, unfortunately. Celia Johnson and Ralph Richardson.

[DapperButch]

...The Year Without A Santa Claus

YouTube - Snow Miser - Heat Miser :hangloose:

And The Grinch - animated version

[Starbuck]

I've watched A Christmas Story at least once every year since I was a kid and I still love it. What I love even more is knowing the lines to the movie...not necessarily saying them out loud, but knowing them :)

[Sunny]

My all time favorite film is Scrooge with Alister Sim. It is kind of scary the way it was filmed. I would have a few drinks on Christmas eve and watch this.

Also I like Polar Express, It's a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th St. They help my Christmas spirit. It reminds me to believe.

[Turtle]

Ralphie!!

and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with Burl Ives

[atomiczombie]

The cartoon version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966).

[Jesse]

One that I like is, The Nightmare Before Christmas

[bigbutchmistie]

Da Da Da Da GRINCH :)

[Pretty Woman]

Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire star in Holiday Inn as a popular nightclub song-and-dance team. When his heart is broken by his girlfriend, Crosby decides to retire from the hustle-bustle of big city showbiz. He purchases a rustic New England farm and converts it to an inn, which he opens to the public (floor show and all) only on holidays. This barely logical plot device allows ample space for a steady flow of Irving Berlin holiday songs (including an incredible blackface number in honor of Lincoln's Birthday). Oddly enough, the most memorable song in the bunch, the Oscar-winning White Christmas, is not offered as a production number but as a simple ballad sung by Crosby to an audience of one: leading lady Marjorie Reynolds. Fred Astaire's best moment is his Fourth of July firecracker dance. Ah, but what about the plot? Well, it seems that Astaire wants to make a film about Crosby's inn, starring their mutual discovery Reynolds. Bing briefly loses Reynolds to Astaire, but wins her back during the filming of a musical number on a Hollywood soundstage (eleven years earlier, Bing enjoyed a final clinch with Marion Davies under surprisingly similar conditions in Going Hollywood). As with most of Irving Berlin's "portfolio" musicals of the 1940s, the song highlights of Holiday Inn are too numerous to mention. This delightful film is far superior to its unofficial 1954 remake, White Christmas. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

[daisygrrl]

Scrooged is one of my faves...it makes me laugh and cry with joy!

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Oh, and I adore the entire claymation series--Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, A Year without Santa Clause, and Rudolph's Shiney New Year!

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[Sparkle]

White Christmas (1954)

it makes me nostalgic, giggly & a little bit weepy.

[CrankyOldGuy]

Jimmy Stewart-The Shop Around the Corner

[Cyclopea]

Life of Brian

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And

Christmas Evil

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I likes the funny!

[Semantics]

The Family Stone.

[Kätzchen]

The Holiday (2006)

starring: Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Cameron Diaz & Jack Black.

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[loremar]

My favorite would be christmas carol. Have to love the ghost of Christmas past, present, and future.

[*Anya*]

Love Actually- absolutely adore it. I have watched it so many times and never get tired of it.

All I want for Christmas is you, is also on my IPhone. Listen to it year-round:)


For totally bad taste but funny: Bad Santa. Cracks me up.

[Dominique]

Charlie Brown Christmas

[puddin']

mixed nuts. funny as...

[ruffryder]

A Christmas Story

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

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[Ms. Tabitha]

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[Amber2010]

"How the Grinch Stole Christmas" The cartoon one. I watch it ...
Well let's just say more then once every year and sing with the music every time. Ha Ha
I do like the one Jim Carey was in as well and the little girl who sang that
song just brought tears to my eyes.
What was the name of that song again? Ha Ha Ha

[Scorp]

My all time favorite Christmas Movie is " A Christmas Carol" (1951):

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Other TV favorites:

Rudolph:

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Year without a Santa Claus:

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Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town:

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The Little Drummer Boy:

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The Grinch Movie:

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** Seeing all of these movies/tv shows makes it feel more like Christmas to me! I'm a kid at heart ;)

[Julien]

I thought I would bump this thread considering today is the first shopping day for Christmas. Happy Shopping.

[Hollylane]

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[Leigh]

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[ruby_woo]

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Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color?

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If there's a way to watch this movie without bawling, I haven't discovered it yet.

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[Julien]

Scrooge: The Musical with Albert Finny in the title role and Alec Guinness as the ghost Marley. Watch the clip and see the excellent Guinness and his ghostly manner.

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[Lazy Daze]

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation - my dad and I would watch it every year after Thanksgiving dinner, and then once a week until christmas eve...then all day christmas eve. I miss hearing him laugh before the funny part would even happen bc he knew what was coming :)

[DapperButch]

2012 Bump!

[Prudence]

The Legend of Bagger Vance. ..

[Bèsame*]

The Polar Express

[deb0670]

I have three..
1. It's a Wonderful Life: It makes me think every year about all the blessings in my life
2. ELF: Enough said.
3. Polar Express: i dunno about anyone else.. however, i wanna always be able to hear Santa's sleigh bells.

[femmeandstrong]

...watching the remake of " miracle on 34th st" as we speak...
very nice... very sweet

[anotherbutch]

It's a Wonderful Life.

[Nomad]

Love, Actually

[Duchess]

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[DamonK]

I have an extremely hard time with Christmas.

So, in order to get any measure of the holiday spirit in me...

I wanna watch...

The Grinch

[Glenn]

The Greatest Story Ever Told

[spritzerJ]

There are a few holiday movies I don't like... Yet my favorite is the original "Miracle on 34th Street".

[puddin']

movies:

"miracle on 34th street"
"the polar express"
"the santa claus"
"love actually"
"jack frost" (1979)
"elf"


tv shows:

"rudolph the rednosed reindeer"
"how the grinch stole christmas"
"a charlie brown christmas"

[Amber2010]

I know this Christmas show is a kid one and I guess not a movie but I just love "Dr Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas" I stop everything to watch it when it comes on. Can't help myself. :)
I am with Miss Scarlett though since I just adore Chevy Chase in "Christmas Vacation" I still can't believe his wife and how she sticks by him through everything. hahaha
Sparky there can sure get into a ton of trouble huh????

[macele]

pre teens, i always looked forward to frosty the snowman, rudolf the red-nosed reindeer, a charlie brown christmas. i still love watching. as i got older, the christmas story!

"you'll shoot your eye out!"

"fra-gee-lay. that must be italian."

"sons of bitches papa says!"

"some men are baptists, others catholics. my father was an oldsmobile man."

and so on.

now, i am just lovin' the polar express! o my, if you haven't seen, ... it's worth all the hot chocolate, ... hot hot hot!

at dollywood, they have the 4 D ride of the polar express. loved it!

[chefhmboyrd]

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[QueenofSmirks]

Scrooged with Bill Murray- sooo funny. but really cheesy ending. ugh

Elf with Will Ferrell. another funny one!

[jac]

There are a few holiday movies I don't like... Yet my favorite is the original "Miracle on 34th Street".

Yes, agreed!! The original Miracle on 34th Street... Owned and watched even when it's not Christmas!! :D

[Jrio91]

That is SUCH a hard decision. I love them all! Rudolph, Frosty, The Grinch, Charlie Brown Christmas, Elf, A Christmas Story, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, Love Actually, The Polar Express.

I'm sure I'm forgetting plenty! But like I said, I love them all. Give me some snow falling outside, cozy pajamas, a cup of hot cocoa and ANY of those movies and I'm one very happy girl. :)

[Scorp]

Some of my favorite Christmas movies & Christmas TV Shows are:

Scrooge (the 1951 version)
The Grinch (w/Jim Carrey)
The Polar Express
It's A Wonderful Life
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
The Little Drummer Boy
Santa Claus is Coming To Town
The Year Without A Santa Clause

[takehimaway]

The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue: When an unemployed Detroit man is arrested for a crime he didn't commit, his three children is determined to get him out of jail in time for Christmas and they decide to enlist the help of "the most powerful man in the world" - President Hoover. En route to the White House, they meet an array of colorful characters.

[For some reason, this has always been my favourite. I don't even think it's on TV anymore..]

[Ginger]

Elf, hands down.

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[Sparkle]

My personal favorite is 'White Christmas'. My sister and I usually watch it together, it reminds us of our Grampa.

I also love more contemporary films like 'Love, Actually' and 'The Family Stone'

This weekend I have a date with my Best Bear (he is having a particularly tough surgery on Friday and won't be feeling so well this weekend) - his request is that we watch the old kids classics: 'Rudolf', 'Frosty' and his absolute favorite 'Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas'

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[WingsOnFire]

I have an extremely hard time with Christmas.

So, in order to get any measure of the holiday spirit in me...

I wanna watch...

The Grinch

It is set to record December 17th. Let's plan a date to watch it!

Love you!

[homoe]

Remember the Night ~:smileyXmasTree:


1940 Barbara Stanwyck

[Zimmeh]

One of my favorite Christmas movies is, "Frosty The Snowman" from the 1950's :) I watched it the other night with Ruff and our Babygirl pup :)

Zimmeh

[macele]

home alone 1 and 2. i surely should not have forgotten to mention!

[RNguy]

Do you know what ralphy just said ?
What ?
Lady whispers in phone the word ....
Lady on phone screams WHAT !!!!!!!!
Do you know where he heard it from ???
Lady on phone says ... Probably from his father .
Nooooo he heard it from your son.
Lady on phone says what what what and then you hear the poor boy in the background gettin hit and he's sayin mom mom what did I do what did I do.

:) it would have to be the christmas story for me.

Polor express is up there

Then Halloween the rob zombie version :)

[Metro]

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Never gets old... esp the "Airing of Grievances" and "Feats of Strength".

:superfunny:

OK, not technically a movie...

[MegBluEyz]

I like the movie, Elf.

[Okiebug61]

Do you know what ralphy just said ?
What ?
Lady whispers in phone the word ....
Lady on phone screams WHAT !!!!!!!!
Do you know where he heard it from ???
Lady on phone says ... Probably from his father .
Nooooo he heard it from your son.
Lady on phone says what what what and then you hear the poor boy in the background gettin hit and he's sayin mom mom what did I do what did I do.

:) it would have to be the christmas story for me.

Polor express is up there

Then Halloween the rob zombie version :)



I love The Christmas Story Movie. My second is Christmas Vacation. And I love all the old cheesy classics. :-)

[homoe]

Family Stone

An uptight, conservative, businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life:smileyXmasTree:

[C0LLETTE]

"Fiddler on the Roof", "A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum", "Blazing Saddles", and "The Greatest Story Ever Told"

[homoe]

"Fiddler on the Roof", "A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum", "Blazing Saddles", and "The Greatest Story Ever Told"

I'm impressed you've seen so many movies BUT are any of these actual Christmas movies..LOL

[JDeere]

A Christmas Story

You'll shoot your eye out!

[MysticOceansFL]

Santa "Clause" with Tim Allen in it.

[Bèsame*]

I'm waiting for...The Coopers!

[Gemme]

Too early!!! It's not even Thanksgiving yet.

[AmazonDC]

I think My fav xmas movies are the old santa claus movies that are claymation.. and santa claus is coming to town

[homoe]

The Apartment:smileyXmasTree:

[Orema]

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Die Hard

[homoe]

The Holiday:smileyXmasTree:

[Orema]

Three Days of the Condor

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It's not a Christmas movie, but it does take place over the holidays.

[homoe]

Trading Places:grinch:

[Gemme]

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[Lecheloco]

The year without a Santa Clause.. I love the heat miser
Frosty the Snowman
A Charlie Brown Christmas
It's a Wonderful Life
Holidaze
The Christmas kiss

[LeftWriteFemme]

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[armani14]

A Christmas story

[Orema]

Peter's Friends

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[*Anya*]

Love Actually

I have watched it so many times and still love it.

Still on Netflix the last time I checked.

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[Chad]

I always look forward to A Christmas Carole with George C. Scott.

I will try and think of others and come back to this.

[jools66]

Not ya traditional christmas movie, but I love this just the same.

[angelface]

It's a wonderful life
Santa Clause 1,2 & 3
Scrooged
Nightmare before Christmas
Bad Santa

[homoe]

I just love this movie BECAUSE it isn't really NYC they shot it in! Most of the scenes if you look real close are in Chicago...OK so more than likely that shot of Trump is in New York and at the Plaza:jester:

[Talon]

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.🎄

[kittygrrl]

Breaking Dawn 2

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[Orema]

Lion in Winter

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It's not cheery, but it's damn good.

[homoe]

...
:movieguy:


How did I miss this thread this year? .............:popcorn:

[Chad]

Love Actually

A Christmas Carol with George C Scott

[homoe]

~~


BUMP BUMP........:santa1:

[kittygrrl]

A Xmas Carol

[RebelDyke]

Die Hard hahaha that's so cliche...but it is a good movie .. ummmm

I'd have to say National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation... is for comedy and

the one where Clarence get's his wings..
but it gets redundant because it is played on every channel...still a good one when it's snowing heavily (yes!) and you have a nice big cup of cocoa...a fire...someone to snuggle up with and no where to go.

[Tuff Stuff]

A Christmas Story...there's just something about that leg lamp..which reminds me. :writer:

[Chained Daisy]

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[RebelDyke]

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I was a sound technician for this show and fell in love with it too.

The little girl loved it when i boosted her mic on the line of a 'loooooong ski jump!" she would pop the p and got an audience laugh...sooo I told her to wet her lips just before that line and it popped even louder creating a louder audience laugh... she loved it..

[RebelDyke]

A Christmas Story...there's just something about that leg lamp..which reminds me. :writer:

YES! the infamous leg lamp! haha i had a client who had a shade similar to that leg lamp..and i go.. ummmm .. where is the leg lamp!?!? hahaha she did not have one.... oops

[kittygrrl]

I enjoy White Xmas ((at least)) half dozen times between now and Yule

[RebelDyke]

i am adding in a new fave...

my students convinced me that the newer animated Grinch movie was worth watching... and eh.. i'll agree..it is a cute updated version