What's your Favorite Christmas Movie?

[ifuweregay93]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 8:19pm

?

[TimeSquare3]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 8:26pm

Ron Howard's Grinch.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 8:31pm

Ron Howard's Grinch.

No it isn't.

[ifuweregay93]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 8:36pm

It was ok, not the best!

It was my first DVD, though!

[wexy]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 8:38pm

Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol. Great Jules Styne songs.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 8:42pm

Isn't that a television special? Does that count as a movie?

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 8:46pm

"Scrooge" with Albert Finney.

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[Radiana]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 8:52pm

I love A CHRISTMAS STORY, I never get tired of it.

[Robert Taylor]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 8:52pm

Meet Me In St. Louis.

As far as modern Christmas movies, I love the "Miracle on 34th Street" remake. Not as good as the original (then again, I doubt many things could be) but still endlessly enjoyable. I particularly liked the new ending, which has a more spiritual twist in setting Kris free as opposed to the blind luck of the post office.

[mauriposa]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 9:01pm

::points to avatar::

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 9:03pm

"A Christmas Carol" with Alastair Sim - he is the Best Scrooge and the adaptation is wonderful.

[Taryn]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 9:13pm

DIE HARD.

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 9:27pm

REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940)

Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He gets the trial postponed because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmastime. But he feels sorry for her and arranges for her bail, and ends up taking her home to his mother for Christmas. Surrounded by a loving family (in stark contrast to Lee's own family background) they fall in love. This creates a new problem: how do they handle the upcoming trial?


At least once each December I set aside special time to watch this movie. It isn't perfect, but its message about the power of love to redeem always hits home for me.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 9:31pm

I've never seen it, BFB, but that sounds wonderful!

[colorandlight2]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 9:34pm

It's very, very recent but "The Family Stone" is one of my favorites to re-watch. The Judy Garland montage with all of the different family members is gorgeous.

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 9:55pm

Oh do see it, Best12.

It may be hard to find. I don't think it is on DVD yet.

There is one especially powerful scene when Stanwyck surprises her long estranged mother with a holiday visit. The look of defiance mingled with shame on Stanwyck's face while her mother coldly recounts Stanwyck's past mistakes is HEARTBREAKING.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 10:05pm

If we're talking one desert island DVD, I guess I'd have to go with Sim's "A Christmas Carol."

Favorite new one, though, is "Elf." I've managed to watch it three times this season, with no dimishing of pleasure.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 10:20pm

It's more of a childhood favorite, but I love A Muppet's Christmas Carol. I wish I still had the tape.

[caitiesus1522]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 10:34pm

A Muppet's Family Christmas is my favorite! Put Muppets, Sesame Street, and Fraggle Rock together and you get some incredibly funny stuff.

It's A Wonderful Life is a very close second

[Usnavi]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 10:56pm

it will always be MIRACLE ON 34th STREET for me.

the ORIGINAL 1947 version starring Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara, John Payne and Natalie Wood in BLACK & WHITE...no other version exists for me.

[Shannon Bo Dannon]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 11:02pm

My top 3:

A Christmas Story
It's A Wonderful Life
Elf

I will never get tired of any of them.

[Taryn]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 11:03pm

Seriously, as much as I love Die Hard, Christmas isn't Christmas unless I've watched A Child's Christmas in Wales on Christmas Eve. It's a family tradition that I believe has been around my entire life, cause it first aired in '87, the year I was born. It's a TV adaptation of the Dylan Thomas poem, starring Denholm Elliot. It's absolutely fantastic. It follows a simple, perfect childhood Christmas in Thomas's Welsh hometown.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 11:13pm

I have several...


It's my favorite Will Ferrell film, and the only one I can watch repeatedly.


Is it wrong that this is my favorite adaptation of the Dickens classic? I mean, really, it doesn't get any funnier than this.


As someone else mentioned, it was great to see all the different muppet characters come together. Unfortunately, the DVD is heavily and poorly edited, with entire sequences cut out (and it's really obvious where a missing scene is too). If you remember the show on TV, as I did growing up, try to find the VHS release, which is more complete. Best part about this, a lovely cameo from Jim Henson at the end, looking at all his creatures, than lamenting to Sprocket (the dog) that they've got a lot of dishes to wash.


The predecessor to Toy Story. Very touching story about Rugby, a tiger who was last year's "Christmas toy." Rugby misunderstands the meaning of Christmas, and thinks on Christmas Eve he needs to go back downstairs and climb into a box, so he can be "opened" again. When he gets down there, he entcounters She-Ra, the new Christmas toy.

Finally, my all-time favorite....


Cheesy, cheesy, cheesy, I know. But hey, I loved it as a kid growing up, and I can't get enough of it now. Dudley Moore was hilarious, John Lithgow is way over the top (and hilarious) and David Huddleston was Santa. Still enjoyable to watch.

[nealb1]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 11:25pm

Now, both of these are completely different types of movies........"Holiday Inn" & "Home Alone."

[jenna2]

Posted: 12/10/08 at 11:43pm

Scrooged
Love Actually (even though I watch it year round)
Elf
A Muppet Christmas Carol
... I NEVER get tired to these.