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Postby rocklobster » Sat Nov 27, 2010 5:59 am

I love to watch Christmas movies and specials during the holiday season. So, I thought we'd share our favorites. Here are some of mine:
1. A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott and Patrick Stewart versions are my personal favorites)
2. It's a Wonderful Life
3. Charlie Brown Christmas
4. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
5. Miracle on 34th Street (I like the original best, but the one with Richard Attenborough isn't too shabby either)
6. The Life and Times of Santa Claus (little known stop-motion cartoon based on L. Frank Baum's book of the same name. It plays on ABC Family annually, check it out if you haven't seen it)
7. Nightmare Before Christmas (yes, it totally counts as both a Halloween movie and a Christmas movie)
8. That one Don Bluth did. I forget the title
9. The Little Match Girl. (A Disney short you can find on youtube or on the Little Mermaid DVD. It's so heartbreaking! :waah!: )
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Postby Atria35 » Sat Nov 27, 2010 9:38 am

1. HOw the Grinch Stole Christmas
2. A Christmas Carol (though I'm fond of teh mupphet version, myself)
3. Nightmare before Christmas
4. It's a Wonderful Life
5. The Santa Clause
6. A Christmas Story
7. White Christmas
8. Holiday Inn
9. Miracle on 34th Street
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Postby rocklobster » Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:52 pm

um, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't White Christmas and Holiday Inn the same thing?
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Postby FllMtl Novelist » Sat Nov 27, 2010 4:44 pm

No, they're not. White Christmas was a song sung in the movie Holiday Inn, and later there was a movie of the same name.

Holiday Inn was a black-and-white movie made in 1942 starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. Wikipedia link.

White Christmas was a color film made in 1954 starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. Wikipedia link.

I only saw Holiday Inn once, sadly, so my memory of that film isn't very good. However, White Christmas is hands down my favorite Christmas movie, and I watch it every year. :)

I think I saw It's a Wonderful Life once, and meant to last year, but didn't get around to it.

Can't think of any more personal favorite Christmas movies, though I just saw all but the last half hour of A Muppet Christmas Carol today, and I wish I could have seen the rest.
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Postby Atria35 » Sat Nov 27, 2010 5:11 pm

rocklobster (post: 1439925) wrote:um, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't White Christmas and Holiday Inn the same thing?


Well, no. White Christmas was a partial remake of Holiday Inn.
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Postby TWWK » Tue Nov 30, 2010 5:31 am

It's a Wonderful Life
Charlie Brown Christmas
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Home Alone

These are the only ones I pretty much try to watch annually...I'm surprised no one's mentioned A Christmas Story, yet!
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Postby the_wolfs_howl » Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:42 pm

I hate most Christmas movies with a passion, because they tend to go for shallow sentimentality while completely ignoring the true meaning of Christmas. There are a few that I like, though:

It's A Wonderful Life
The Christmas Shoes (the biggest tear-jerker I've ever seen)
A Christmas Carol (new performance-capture CG one)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated, starring Boris Karloff)

And the Charlie Brown Christmas movie isn't too bad, I suppose, but I think I've just seen it one too many times -_-
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Postby Atria35 » Thu Dec 02, 2010 5:29 pm

TWWK (post: 1440545) wrote:These are the only ones I pretty much try to watch annually...I'm surprised no one's mentioned A Christmas Story, yet!


Atria35 (post: 1439900) wrote:6. A Christmas Story


Yep, I like it!
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Postby Tamachan319 » Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:55 pm

1. A Christmas Story- watched it every Christmas for as long as I can remember.
2. Elf
and otherwise, I'm not much for Christmas movies.
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Postby ich1990 » Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:53 pm

Lately, any Dr. Who specials.

Also, Die Hard.

Definitely not White Christmas. There is probably nothing especially bad with the movie itself, but the annual family viewing has definitely outworn its welcome in my mind.
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:31 pm

I love White Christmas. But I also didn't discover it until a couple of years ago. Didn't care for Holiday Inn as much.

Home Alone. I liked it as a kid. I still like it as an adult but for different reasons.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas. NOT the live-action abomination.

I didn't much care for It's a Wonderful Life actually.

Also you must not have liked the Don Bluth special that much if you can't remember the name...
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Postby Okami » Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:42 am

Tamachan319 (post: 1441144) wrote:1. A Christmas Story- watched it every Christmas for as long as I can remember.
2. Elf
and otherwise, I'm not much for Christmas movies.


Beat me to it and took the words right outta my mouth. XD I watch all the old claymation Rudolph shorts with my family, too, because those are tradition. :)
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:14 am

I really want to see The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus again. It's not very "Christmas" in the traditional "deck the halls with boughs of holly" sense, but I remember it being a pretty neat fairy tale. I used to have it recorded a long time ago but I haven't seen it in years.
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Postby rocklobster » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:36 pm

ShiroiHikari (post: 1441170) wrote:
Also you must not have liked the Don Bluth special that much if you can't remember the name...

Just googled it. It was called The Small One. Gimme a break I only saw it once.
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Postby Furen » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:52 pm

A Christmas Carol (Mickey mouse version)
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Postby Nate » Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:33 pm

No one in this thread has said Scrooged yet?

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Postby ShiroiHikari » Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:49 pm

Dude, I love that movie!
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Postby ABlipinTime » Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:51 pm

Rocklobster and Atria pretty much have the same list as I would've posted. :D
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Postby Nate » Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:54 pm

ShiroiHikari wrote:Dude, I love that movie!

Then I do not disown you. I still disown everyone else.
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Die Hard is the greatest Christmas movie ever made. I also think Scrooged ties with it.

I would also like to add in the Santa Claus Conquers the Martians and Santa Claus episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
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Postby rocklobster » Mon Dec 06, 2010 6:03 am

Don't disown me, Nate. I love it too. Just haven't seen it in awhile.
Anyway, here's a cartoon that a local independent station (today it's a Fox affiliate) would play every year around this time. It dates back to 1938 and is a true classic. I loved it as a kid, even though it's uber-depressing. There's a part of me that thinks this will be our legacy.
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Postby Sheenar » Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:53 am

I enjoy the old claymation Christmas specials like:

Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Frosty the Snowman
Nestor the Long-Eared Donkey
and the one about the blind shepherd boy --can't remember the title

Also:
A Charlie Brown Christmas
A Muppet Christmas Carol
It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Elf
and many others I can't think of right now
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Postby airichan623 » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:19 pm

Elf
A Christmas Story
the Phineas & Ferb Christmas Special
Chuck season 2 christmas special

and cmon, no love for home alone?
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:23 pm

Pretty sure I mentioned liking Home Alone.
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Postby Nate » Tue Dec 07, 2010 3:20 am

I never was particularly fond of Home Alone. I don't think it was a bad movie, just not my thing I guess. The sequels were all horrendous though.
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Postby Yuki-Anne » Tue Dec 07, 2010 5:36 am

My family didn't watch anything particular every year at Christmas, I think because my parents had seen a lot of the old specials so much they were sick of them. I still haven't seen "A Christmas Story," and I didn't see the Charlie Brown Christmas until I was in college.

The Invader Zim Christmas episode. I think this is the only film-related tradition my family has at Christmas time.
The Pinky and the Brain Christmas episode. Also very good stuff. Pinky and the Brain is classic.

Yes to Die Hard.
Yes to the old Boris Karloff Grinch Who Stole Christmas.
Yes to The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Yes to It's a Wonderful Life.
And an oh so emphatic yes to the Doctor Who Christmas episodes.

While You Were Sleeping is both a favorite Christmas movie, and my favorite romantic comedy.

Also, I think of the Harry Potter films as being at least slightly Christmas related, partly because Christmas happens in them, and partly because the first time I ever saw the first Harry Potter movie was at Christmas time at my grandparents' house, and I only ever watch them when I'm with my family. So they feel kind of Christmas-y to me.
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Postby Blitzkrieg1701 » Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:26 pm

Discussions like these always make me kind of sad, since there never seems to be anyone other than me who likes The Snowman
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:34 pm

I like The Snowman but it's not one of my all-time favorites.
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Postby FllMtl Novelist » Tue Dec 07, 2010 5:10 pm

I saw The Snowman a while back. My [then] baby sister fell in love with it, so I saw it several times. But I think I still liked it. ^^; I'd forgotten about it, though.
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Postby Atria35 » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:03 pm

Well, after tonight I have two new ones-

The Eureka Christmas special, and the Warehouse 13 Christmas special. Both were awesome- though the Eureka edged out W13,
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Postby rocklobster » Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:44 am

Hey they got the Charlie Brown one on Hulu now!
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