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What are your favorite Christmas/Holiday Movies?
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KeriVit
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Nov 29, 2007, 07:39 PM
 
This will be the first time we celebrate Christmas in the new house and the first time celebrating the holiday together since 04. But, what I realized that when I set up the entertainment system this time around, I didn't bother with the VCR. I was surprised to find out now that all my Christmas movies are VHS. So, it's time to pick up some DVDs for holiday viewing.

I'm definitely getting:
Miracle on 34th street
It's a Wonderful Life
Nightmare Before Christmas

What are some of your favorites that I should watch or buy?
     
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Nov 29, 2007, 07:42 PM
 
The Muppet Christmas Carol is actually quite good and well done. It is starring Michael Caine.
     
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Nov 29, 2007, 07:45 PM
 
Rudolf. you can't go a Christmas without the 15 fps stop motion, not lipsynced wonder that is Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer.
The Grinch, too.
     
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Nov 29, 2007, 07:54 PM
 
Scrooge, the 1970 version.
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Nov 29, 2007, 08:56 PM
 
A Charlie Brown Christmas
A Christmas Story
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Not to be confused with Jim Carrey's "The Grinch" which I'm not fond of)
Unaccompanied Minors (My wife and I got this on Halloween, not knowing it was a christmas flik. It's a good one.)
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Nov 29, 2007, 09:08 PM
 
A Christmas Story
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Bad Santa
     
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Nov 29, 2007, 09:17 PM
 
A Christmas Story & A Charlie Brown Christmas are the only christmas movies I love watching.
     
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Nov 29, 2007, 09:23 PM
 
A Christmas Story
Home Alone 1
Scrooged
     
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Nov 29, 2007, 09:24 PM
 
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
It's A Wonderful Life
Scrooged
     
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Nov 29, 2007, 09:34 PM
 
Elf
A Christmas Story
Miracle on 34th Street
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Nov 29, 2007, 09:35 PM
 
Originally Posted by jonasmac View Post
Home Alone 1
good call.. i wasnt even thinking about that.
     
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Nov 29, 2007, 09:47 PM
 
A Christmas Story
Just about any of the old Rankin & Bass flicks.
And while not a Christmas movie per se, Edward Scissorhands.
     
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Nov 29, 2007, 09:52 PM
 
oh and the Grinch is solid too
     
KeriVit  (op)
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Nov 29, 2007, 10:08 PM
 
I haven't seen Elf, Bad Santa, or the Santa Clause 2/3- how are those?
     
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Nov 29, 2007, 10:38 PM
 
Looks like this could've possibly been a poll.

I second Muppet Christmas Carol, but I'm a Muppet freak.
It's A Wonderful Life is a must for every Christmas.
The Grinch
     
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Nov 29, 2007, 10:41 PM
 
Picked up White Christmas- haven't seen that one.
     
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Nov 29, 2007, 10:42 PM
 
Charlie Brown Christmas
Christmas Vacation
My wife would say Mixed Nuts, but I'm not particularly fond of it.
     
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Nov 29, 2007, 10:45 PM
 
Miracle on 34th Street (the original)
It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story
Scrooge (1951)
Rudolph the Red Nosed-Reindeer
Frosty the Snowman
The Snowman (1982) <= perhaps the most depressing Christmas movie ever, but so darn good
Christmas Vacation
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Nov 29, 2007, 10:58 PM
 
Bad Santa
A Christmas Story
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the Original, not Jim Carrey version)

In that order.
     
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Nov 30, 2007, 09:27 AM
 
White Christmas
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
It's a Wonderful Life

I try to alternate them so I see them different years.
     
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Nov 30, 2007, 10:01 AM
 
A Christmas Carol




Nightmare Before Christmas




How The Grinch Stole Christmas
     
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Nov 30, 2007, 10:04 AM
 
I forgot a few:

Charlie Brown Christmas
Scrooged
Elf
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
The Grinch (the original)

honorable mention: that Tom Hanks animation with the creepy CG.
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Nov 30, 2007, 10:11 AM
 
How The Grinch Stole Christmas (the cartoon more than the movie)
A Christmas Story
A Muppet Christmas Carol (how you manage to get real pathos out of felt hand puppets I don't know, but Henson did it).
A Charlie Brown Christmas (I finally got this on DVD, so I'm not at the mercy of the networks anymore).

I just watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas on ABC this week, and they butchered it!!!!! It was shorter, with way too many commercials, and they actually cut parts out! TRAVESTY!!!! Spend the money and get it on DVD. You'll get to hear all of Boris Karlof's wonderful reading, as well as seeing all of Chuck Jones' fabulous animation.

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Nov 30, 2007, 10:29 AM
 
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation is my favorite. Bad Santa was great, and I love all the Charlie Brown specials.
     
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Nov 30, 2007, 11:55 AM
 
Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas
(another Jim Henson movie)
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Nov 30, 2007, 02:24 PM
 
I'll have to tally up all the answers and make my own handmade poll to decide the WINNARZ!
     
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Nov 30, 2007, 03:06 PM
 
I would suggest Love Actually - a great movie. Since it came out it is tradition to watch it on Christmas Day with the family.
     
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Nov 30, 2007, 03:24 PM
 
ALIENS

One year we went to the video store on Christmas eve (just an after thought) and, of course, all the Christmas videos were rented. ALIENS had just came out on VHS so we rented that instead. Now we watch ALIENS almost every Christmas.
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Nov 30, 2007, 03:24 PM
 
Peter's Friends
It's a Wonderful Life
Little Lord Fauntleroy
     
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Nov 30, 2007, 04:32 PM
 
animated grinch.

I got a boxset of the stop-motion stuff last year, and while I love it for the nostalgia, Rudolph has these sexist undertones.
     
   
 
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