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The Best Christmas Movie...

MacNut said:
you should say "Bader Santa", that has the naughty parts.😛
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That's the version I've got on DVD. I've never seen the rated theatrical version. A cruder, ruder Christmas movie I could hardly imagine. Fortunately it's also very funny.
 
Scrooged ("Oh, oh, look Frank. It's a toaster! " LOL)
A Christmas Story ("Fra-Jee-Lay. It must be Italian. and Deck the Halls - LOL")
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation (I still laugh so hard I cry)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (that truly is a good one)
Holiday Inn (the premier of White Christmas ... I love Bing's voice, it reminds me of my father's father ... sigh)

Well, those are my favorites although my wife would add, The Santa Claus 1 & 2, all the stop motion greats (which we have as a DVD set), A Charlie Brown Christmas, and others I'm forgetting I'm sure.
 
I hate to be one of those people who post numerous favorites but when it comes to Christmas movies I just can't help it...

Muppet Christmas Carol - my first "must watch" Christmas movie when I was a child.

A Muppet Family Christmas - I love this movie because not only do the normal muppets show up but other muppets such as Sesame Street and the Fraggles appear (even the old man and his dog Sprocket are in it!)

It's a Wonderful Life is my favorite movie no matter what time of the year -- but it's 4x better around Christmas

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation -- I always laugh at this movie and I've seen it a dozen+ times

A Charlie Brown Christmas -- I have to watch this movie at least once a week in December, I couldn't tell you why

Applespider said:
The original or the remake? The new one has grown on me slightly... but yeah, it's my Christmas movie for watching while I ice the Christmas cake.
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I love both versions
 
There are two more that I enjoyed at different times in my life.

Mr MaGoo's "A Christmas Carol": A great way to enjoy the Dickens classic, without having to try to follow the old black and white version.

The last one is actually a short story by Truman Capote, "A Christmas Memory". I used to read it to my nieces and nephews each Christmas. It was a kind of mini-tradition. After they quit being kids, the story no longer continued. So, I was shocked, and caught completely by surprise, when last year they asked me to read it to them one more time (two of them are in college).
 
I would have to say my top 5 best christmas movies are :

The night They saved Christmas ( with Jackyln smith its a family tradition when I was younger me and my brother and sisters would put that on and watch it while we decorated the tree).
Christmas Story
Muppet Christmas Carrol
Charlie Brown Christmas
National Lampoons christmas Vacation

also like its a wonderful life but I think it gets over played in the hoilday season.
 
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is a Christmas Eve tradition in our family.

When we used to go to church on Christmas Day my sisters and I would do the "Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Kiss my arse, Kiss his arse, kiss your arse" bit when the priest asked us all to shake hands with the people around us.

So, we watch Christmas Vacation and then Carols by Candlelight on TV whilst drinking very strong egg-nog trying to get good and drunk so getting to sleep on what is normally one of the hottest nights of the year is that much easier. Air conditioning has been brilliant for that very reason. I love a hot Christmas if I can spend it inside in the air conditioned cool but before we got AC it was hell trying to sleep on Christmas Eve when it was 35°C+ outside for most of the night.
 
geez, there were movies listed that I just forgot about.

One of my all time favorites for Christmas is: Christmas in Connecticut (the original not the remake).

I watch that every year, it just isnt christmas without it.
 
I always watch Edward Scissorhands around Christmas time. Not sure why, it has very few Christmas-like scenes in it, but I love watching it this time of year.
 
Bubbasteve said:
A Muppet Family Christmas - I love this movie because not only do the normal muppets show up but other muppets such as Sesame Street and the Fraggles appear (even the old man and his dog Sprocket are in it!)
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This one is hands down one of my all time favorites. Unfortunately the DVD I have seems to be missing a sketch or two. Luckily it has the one that pushes it straight to the top.

How can you top a duet of Mel Torme's "The Christmas Song" sung by Big Bird and the Swedish Chef?
 
Blue Velvet said:
Before anyone chimes in with 'It's a Wonderful Life', I'll just say it makes me want to vomit.

Seasons Greetings. 😀
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me too!


For me:

A Christmas Story (the narration is priceless)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (awwwwww)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (clever)
Home Alone (brilliant)
Frosty The Snowman (classic)
Scrooged (dunno why)
Bad Santa (damn funny)
Groundhog Day (no idea, just reminds me of christmas time)
 
Another vote for 'Scrooged.'

The only reason that 'It's a wonderful life' is shown during the holidays is that the studio let it's royalties contract lapse (I think by accident) and the networks didn't have to pay anyone to show it. It was free content that became a tradition. It's nice to know that money trumps all during the Holidays, it's sweet, really.
 
Bring out the barf bags because I have It's a Wonderful Life on DVD and it's played each and every Christmas season in this household.

But you can't go wrong with A Christmas Carol (the 1938 version), or the TV adaptation with George C. Scott (and a veritable ensemble cast of actors, like Superman's mom and Batman's butler!) 🙂

luv ya bunches! xoxoxo
 
spicyapple said:
Bring out the barf bags because I have It's a Wonderful Life on DVD and it's played each and every Christmas season in this household.

But you can't go wrong with A Christmas Carol (the 1938 version), or the TV adaptation with George C. Scott (and a veritable ensemble cast of actors, like Superman's mom and Batman's butler!) 🙂

luv ya bunches! xoxoxo
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Clarence Oddbody would be so proud of you. 🙂 The only disturbing plot unresolve is that Potter (Lionel Barrymore) doesn't get his due.
 
xsedrinam said:
Clarence Oddbody would be so proud of you. 🙂 The only disturbing plot unresolve is that Potter (Lionel Barrymore) doesn't get his due.
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SNL had a deleted scene once... After the bell ringing/auld lang syne, Uncle Billy come in and says he remembers what happens with the money. They gather torches and pitchforks and go after Potter who gets out of his wheel chair and tries to run away. He's called a fraud and the beat him.

Is it just me or does Potter remind people of FDR?
 
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