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Dodfather
12-20-2009, 04:50 AM
Hi everyone,

Now that they're all over the tv I was wondering: what is your favourite Christmas movie? The one that it just isn't Christmas without and you must watch every year? Mine are:

The Muppet Christmas Carol: Curled up in front of the fire with a huge mug of hot chocolate and this movie...bliss!

It's A Wonderful Life: Cliched choice but it's quite rightly one of the best Christmas films ever and I still either cry, or almost do, at the end no matter how many times I've seen it. Damnit!

Elf: I like smiling. Smiling's my favourite!

GypsySorcerer
12-20-2009, 09:21 AM
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. I love the Griswold's yuppie neighbors.
It's a Wonderful Life. Yes, it's overly sentimental, but I don't care. I cry every single time too, especially at the line "To my brother George, the richest man in town." Hell, my eyes are welling up just thinking about it.
Scrooge. The Alastair Sim version of A Christmas Carol. I think this is the best of the million versions on the story.

AgeOldDesire
12-20-2009, 09:36 AM
Santa's Slay.

If for no other reason than to see Fran Drescher, who has a cameo appearance, get set on fire and then drowned in a bowl of egg-nog.

Just thinking about it makes me feel all Christmasy.

FMlex
12-20-2009, 10:00 AM
Christmas Vacation. My family & I have been watching that for years and I always find something new to laugh at. It's just hilarious.

White Christmas. Classic. I <3 Bing.

Elf. Hilarious.

Gypsy-Rhiannon
12-20-2009, 10:02 AM
Love Actually
Meet Me in ST Louis

Miss Vicky
12-20-2009, 10:39 AM
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
The Nightmare Before Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the classic animated one. Don't even get me started on that other one)

Also it's not a movie, but I love the Blackadder Christmas Carol special.

GypsySorcerer
12-20-2009, 11:22 AM
Love Actually
Meet Me in ST Louis

I can't believe I forgot these!

golddustdrummer
12-20-2009, 11:25 AM
my favorite without a doubt...

A CHRISTMAS STORY!!!

starshine
12-20-2009, 02:39 PM
**Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer/original special/no computer crap.:thumbsup:
**It's A Wonderful Life--Jimmy Stewart is the best....love it!!:thumbsup:
**Charlie Brown Christmas
**A Christmas Carol. I like the older versions/some b/w one color version that I like has George C Scott.
**I wish they had 'old' Christmas music specials that they used to have on as well....sad thats all but gone now a days......
I may have forgot something but to me those are the best ones to me anyway......just like I like things more simplistic /music/sometimes flashy is just that....no substance.....simple is sometimes good......:thumbsup:

mylittledemon
12-20-2009, 04:35 PM
A Christmas Story
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (Griswold is the epitome of my father)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
A Charlie Brown Christmas

gypsy4life
12-20-2009, 05:26 PM
A Christmas Story
The Polar Express
How The Grinch Stole Christmas,
National Lampoon movie,
The Preacher's Wife (w/ Denzel Washington),
It's A Wonderful Life
The Walton's Christmas (the very first episode)
Many more!

I'm kind of a Christmas freak..lol

hippilil86
12-20-2009, 07:46 PM
Rent (not usually thought of as a Christmas movie, but really, it's centered around Christmas)

Love Actually

Elf

David
12-20-2009, 08:23 PM
Fave Christmas movie is CHRISTMAS IN JULY because it's not the coffee, it's the bunk.

cristochango
12-20-2009, 08:26 PM
Christmas with the Kranks

Erin
12-20-2009, 08:28 PM
Movies:
The Lion in Winter:p
Alastair Sim's Christmas Carol
Love Actually
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Story

TV:
The Office Christmas Special (BBC)
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Frosty the Snowman

EnchantedKiwi
12-20-2009, 10:53 PM
Love Actually

mylittledemon
12-20-2009, 11:22 PM
Christmas with the Kranks

I'll pretend I didn't see that. :distress:

DoubtfulMiracle
12-21-2009, 03:21 AM
Love Miracle on 34th Street

I confess to having only seen the 90s remake, but Mara Wilson is just too cute for words. Maybe this Christmas I will break with tradition and check out the original...

And I'm always torn as to whether Love Actually is really a 'Christmas movie', but it is so fantastic that I would probably let it count ;)

Black_Moon
12-21-2009, 07:18 AM
Love Actually, it's got some brilliant actors in there and parts of it still make me cry now (when Jamie leaves that Spanish girl, anyone?) even though I've seen it x475635543 times.

I loathe Elf.

TrueFaith77
12-21-2009, 08:58 AM
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

mylittledemon
12-21-2009, 12:16 PM
I really love Scrooged with Bill Murray as well.


Yes! I can't believe I forgot this one!


I loathe Elf.

:lol: Me too.

GypsyBlueEyes
12-21-2009, 01:23 PM
They've all already been mentioned but Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without them

Love Actually
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Story

mylittledemon
12-21-2009, 01:38 PM
God... where is my brain? How could I forget Tim Burton's "A Nightmare Before Christmas"?!! :sorry:

Black_Moon
12-21-2009, 03:06 PM
God... where is my brain? How could I forget Tim Burton's "A Nightmare Before Christmas"?!! :sorry:

I LOVE that film so bloody much.

ragrsrocalot
12-21-2009, 05:53 PM
Charlie Brown
Rudolf
Miracle on 34th Street
A Christmas Story
Polar Express

cristochango
12-21-2009, 06:31 PM
I'll pretend I didn't see that. :distress:

haha dude, great movie.
I'll give you Christmas Vacation is the best christmas movie,
but I dig the kranks

mylittledemon
12-22-2009, 03:55 PM
I watched the Santa Clause 2 last night. Terrible. :laugh:

Almost Simon
12-24-2009, 04:54 AM
Bad Santa...............love it. Have it ready to watch this evening :laugh:

mylittledemon
12-24-2009, 05:52 AM
I have to admit, Bridget Jones' Diary is a good Christmastime flick ;)