Favorite Holiday Movie

[Phantasm]

Mine is A Christman Story.The film is pure genius.

[JDuncan]

Gremlins, with Die Hard as a moderately distant second.

[Michael24]

I don't know about #1, but my favs are (in no order) . . .

1. CHRISTMAS VACATION
2. A CHRISTMAS CAROL (George C. Scott; best version ever)
3. A CHRISTMAS STORY ("You'll shoot your eye out! You'll shoot your eye out!")
4. GREMLINS
5. LETHAL WEAPON
6. DIE HARD

[sag_2002]

Gotta go with A Christmas Story ("You'll shoot your eye out" and the legendary "triple dog dare" scene)

[True Noir]

A Christmas Story. Period.

[James]

Christmas isn't Christmas without a showing of Walt Disney's The Black Hole. One of my fav movies, period.

[Wesyeed]

Home Alone


Most Perfect Christmas movie.

Ever.

[Frank Castle]

1.A Christmas Story
2.Christmas Vacation
3.Home Alone
4.Batman Returns
5.Die Hard

[Sumi_Masen]

A Christmas Story, definately!

[Lord Dalek]

A Christmas Story. Scott Farkas 4ever!

[Brainiac]

Even though it was a TV special--"A Muppet Family Christmas"

-Brainiac

[Spike Mcdougal]

Gotta go with A Christmas Story ("You'll shoot your eye out" and the legendary "triple dog dare" scene)
You left out...

"You'll shoot your eye out kid. Merry Christmas, Ho Ho Ho."

[g_UnIt_GaNsTa]

Miracle on 34th Street is my favorite.

[Eddy]

The Nightmare Before Christmas and A Christmas Story are my favorites.

Elf is good too.

[Phantasm]

Is A Christmas Story airing on TV anytime soon?I've been flipping channels to see it all day...

[ToOn~g@l]

Here are my top five

1. Christmas Vacation (you got to love aunt Edna)
2. Muppet Christmas Carol
3. How the Grinch stole Christmas (live action and toon)
4. Jingle All the way
5. The Santa Clause

[The Penguin]

Is A Christmas Story airing on TV anytime soon?I've been flipping channels to see it all day...While I can't understand the love for this movie, one of the Turner networks usually airs it for a full 24 hours tomorrow or the day after.

[Michael24]

Yes, starting Christmas Eve at 8PM, TBS will begin their "24 Hours of A Christmas Story." (Followed by "Home Alone" right after it ends on Christmas night.)

[Chad Bonin]

"A Christmas Story" IS classic, but for me... "Christmas Vacation".

"Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Happy Chaunukkah, Merry Christmas, kiss my ass, kiss my ass, kiss his ass..."

[PaQ]

It has to be A Christmas Story for me. I always make an effort to watch that movie during the Turner marathons on Christmas. A little weird to have it on TBS and not TNT this year, but whatever.

"FRA-GI-LE" :p

[Kury Wagner]

Home Alone has such memories for me. Closely followed by Christmas Vacation, Jingle All the way, and The Santa Clause. :D

[Joker85]

All time favorite Christmas movie of all time is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Close seconds include:

A Christmas Story
Home Alones 1 and 2
A Miracle on 34th Street (the original)

[Mr. Pedro]

My favorites include:

-Home Alone
-Home Alone 2 (tell me you weren't begging your folks for that tape-recorder thingy after you saw it in the movie)
-Nightmare Before Christmas
-Batman Returns (favorite Bat movie BTW)
-It's A Wonderful Life

And since no one else has mentioned it yet, Bad Santa.

[cross blues]

favorite holiday movies:

1. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
2. The Santa Clause
3. Home Alone, Home Alone 2
4. Jingle All the Way
5. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
6. Elf
7. Die Hard


other favorite movies to watch at the holidays:

Toy Story
Toy Story 2

[wolverine0815]

A Christmas story
White Christmas
Miracle on 34th Street(original)
The Santa Clause
Die Hard
Its a Wonderful Life
ELF

[thedarkknight]

Every year I've got to watch Batman Returns,Christmas Story,and Christmas Vacation

[Aquadementia]

It's really more of a Christmas special, but I have to go with
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (The cartoon, no need to ever see the live action one twice)

Actual movies,
It's a Wonderful Life


Christmas isn't Christmas without a showing of Walt Disney's The Black Hole. One of my fav movies, period.There's a dark side to you SJJ. :)

[Nick K.]

It's a Wonderful Life, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Gremlins, Elf

[Damien]

1. Scrooged (and the Patrick Stewart version of A Christmas Carol is also great)

2. Home Alone & Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated original)

4. Batman Returns

5. A Christmas Story

[bluelightstar]

My favorite has always been, "The Year Without a Santa Claus."

[Shaggy&Daphne]

For me, Christmas is not complete without watching It's A Wonderful Life, and Batman Returns. They are my two all time favorite Christmas movies, as well as two of my all time favorite films period.

[Lord Dalek]

While I can't understand the love for this movie, one of the Turner networks usually airs it for a full 24 hours tomorrow or the day after.TBS. Right Now.

[Phantasm]

TBS. Right Now.Right.I just watched it once again and was reminded of just HOW much I love it!

[Cogliostro]

I would have to say off the top of my head in no particular order:

-How the Grinch stold Christmas

-Nightmare Before Christmas

-Rudolph the red-nose reindeer

-Bad Santa

-Reindeer Games

[Jean_Grey]

The Nightmare Before Christmas
Christmas Story
Elf
The Santa Clause
How the Grinch Stole Christmas

[Beyond Batman]

As much as I adore A Christmas Story, my vote goes to A Christmas Carol (the original black and white version). It really feels like Christmas watching that film.

[Elven Moon]

The Santa Clause 1 and 2

Muppet Christmas Carol

[Marvel_Knight]

Well, I haven't seen a lot of X-Mas movies (including the ones that start with "A Christmas...") but I love Jingle All the Way. People say it's horrible, I love it. The animated Grinch is great also. But my favorite is probably Batman Returns. You just can't get anymore of that christmas spirit without watching it. :D

[EJill34]

Jingle All The Way.

We get a great glimpse into what makes The-Future-President-Of-The-United- States-Of-America (Arnold for short) such an incredible actor and person.

[Fone Bone]

Jingle All The Way.

We get a great glimpse into what makes The-Future-President-Of-The-United- States-Of-America (Arnold for short) such an incredible actor and person.Uh, you're kidding about the future president thing, right?:eek: :p

[EJill34]

Uh, you're kidding about the future president thing, right?:eek: :p
'Course. I'm a musician--I don't have a Republican bone in my body.

[Fone Bone]

'Course. I'm a musician--I don't have a Republican bone in my body.Then a Happy New Year as well!:D

[EJill34]

Then a Happy New Year as well!:D
Heh. Same to you, buddy.

[Fone Bone]

Heh. Same to you, buddy.Thanks.:)

While I'm here, I'm gonna post my favorite specials and movies:

The Muppet Christmas Carol
Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (cartoon)
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Amends
Justice League: Comfort and Joy
A Claymation Christmas Celebration
Batman: Holiday Knights
Opus and Bill in A Wish For Wings That Work
Elmo Saves Christmas
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Gremlins

[BonyT]

Hope everyone had a happy & blessed Christmas, and here's wishing the same through the New Year!


Jingle All The Way.

We get a great glimpse into what makes The-Future-President-Of-The-United- States-Of-America (Arnold for short) such an incredible actor and person.Heh, heh. Being a naturalized citizen, of course, Arnold can't ever run for President. :)


I stayed offline on Christmas & a day or two before, so here are my late entries on the favorites list:

1. It's A Wonderful Life (1947).

2. A Christmas Carol (1951) starring the incomparable Alastair Sim, "the once and future Scrooge," the man who owns the role of Scrooge, along with a simply perfect cast all the way around.

3. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) -- nobody but nobody has the Santa Claus twinkle in the eyes like Edmund Gwenn.

Our family watches 'em all every year ... and sometimes How the Grinch Stole Christmas as well.

[JackieChan]

Home Alone 1 & 2 are my favorites. They're hilarious Christmas movies:D .

[SirLemming]

It's a Wonderful Life

A Christmas Carol - George C. Scott as Scrooge (He does the best job as Scrooge by far, and the other actors put on great performances as well. This version perfectly captures all of the story's emotion -- and all of its subtle humor.)

A Christmas Story (The ridiculously eloquent narrations just never get old.)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (Probably the one I watch the least, since it's half Christmasy and half Halloweeny, but in the grand scheme of things this is probably my favorite of these movies.)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean (It's not really a movie and it doesn't particularly get my Christmas spirits up, but it sure is funny.)

[Lu775]

Even though it was a TV special--"A Muppet Family Christmas"

-Brainiac
I totally agree, one of the best specials ever!

And for Christmas movies, I always love, "It's a Wonderful Life". :)

[Road to Gotham]

"Meet Me in St. Louis" Judy Garland introduces the song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".

"Lemon Drop Kid" Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell introduces the song "Silver Bells".

"Holiday Inn" Bing Crosby introduces the song "White Christmas".

[Terminatah]

1. Christmas Vacation (you got to love aunt Edna)Aunt Edna was only in the first movie, National Lampoon's Vacation.

I would say the five best Christmas movies are Christmas Vacation, Bad Santa, Love Actually, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and I suppose Home Alone. Honorable mentions go to Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Jingle All The Way, and The Santa Clause.

Of course, there are some other excellent movies that take place during Christmas, such as Trading Places and Die Hard, but I don't think we should count them as Christmas movies if the Christmas theme isn't prevalent enough.

-Terminatah

[Duke]

When my mom used to wrap X-Mas gifts (before being lazy and just going with gift bags), she always watched The Sound of Music.

Personally, I've developed a sort-of an X-Mas tradition where I watch the Love Hina Christmas Movie and Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz every Christmas, and starting this year I add Invader Zim: The Most Horrible X-mas Ever to that list.

[Boy Wonder]

Well, its obvious or your eye will be shot out...

[Terminatah]

I meant to add this to my original post -- I saw A Christmas Story once in high school and I thought it was really stupid. It baffles me that it's so beloved. Maybe people think it's the same thing as The Wonder Years? It's not. The Wonder Years was, you know, good. If we're ever going to be a reasonably intelligent planet, we can't keep kidding ourselves. Stop watching A Christmas Story.

-Terminatah

[SirLemming]

And it baffles me that you think it's stupid, and that you prefer Jingle All the Way. So there.

I've never seen The Wonder Years, though. But what I do know is that A Christmas Story is a very intelligent comedy, which doesn't mean that people who don't like it are stupid, but it does seem to me like the kind of movie that stupid people wouldn't like very much. Most of the humor comes from the juxtaposition of childhood simplicity with extremely eloquent narration, like when he describes opening presents as diving into the veritable cornucopia with unbridled avarice.

[Terminatah]

And it baffles me that you think it's stupid, and that you prefer Jingle All the Way. So there.

I've never seen The Wonder Years, though. But what I do know is that A Christmas Story is a very intelligent comedy, which doesn't mean that people who don't like it are stupid, but it does seem to me like the kind of movie that stupid people wouldn't like very much. Most of the humor comes from the juxtaposition of childhood simplicity with extremely eloquent narration, like when he describes opening presents as diving into the veritable cornucopia with unbridled avarice.To me, parts of it got old pretty quick, and certain other parts weren't even funny to begin with (the whole "you'll poke your eye out" thing). Also, they kinda screw with the adult/child juxtaposition by having the kid constantly curse. I tried watching part of it again this year, and it was even more insufferable. But we'll have to agree to disagree.

As for Jingle All The Way, it's a very simple movie (guy has to buy toy for Christmas) sprinkled with some hilarious moments. And seeing Arnold in it never gave me the feeling of dread I got from that trailer to The Pacifier (Vin Diesel as a nanny). He's pretty good in it, as are Sinbad and all the minor players he comes across throughout the day. It also happens to contain one of Phil Hartman's funniest roles.

-Terminatah

[Mynd Hed]

Also, they kinda screw with the adult/child juxtaposition by having the kid constantly curse.

In my experience, children among themselves tend to use more profanity than adults among themselves. Also the specific words used (especially the one kid who calls everyone "smartass") strike me as the sorts of things children say-- just bad enough to make them seem "cool" to each other, but still shying away from perceived "worse" words like the almight Eff Dash Dash Dash Word. I thought that was one of the cuter and more perceptive bits of the film.

[SirLemming]

He cursed, like, 3 times!

But as I said, I feel about Jingle All the Way how you feel about A Christmas Story, so that's that. Except I do enjoy Jingle All the Way because it's the entertaining kind of bad.

[The Penguin]

I meant to add this to my original post -- I saw A Christmas Story once in high school and I thought it was really stupid. It baffles me that it's so beloved. Maybe people think it's the same thing as The Wonder Years? It's not. The Wonder Years was, you know, good. If we're ever going to be a reasonably intelligent planet, we can't keep kidding ourselves. Stop watching A Christmas Story.

-TerminatahBless you. I saw it twice in high school and I felt exactly the same way. I don't hate A Christmas Story, but it also baffles me how a 24-hour marathon is viewed as good programming and everyone says its their "Favorite Holiday Movie." I haven't seen it in so long I can't say "these are the parts I didn't like" I just didn't think it was that good.