It just wouldn't be the holiday season without watching...

[Elven Moon]

What are some TV specials, movies, what have you, that you just have to watch at this time every year? Me? I watch:

Jim Henson's the Christmas Toy (my all-time favorite)
A Muppet Family Christmas
A Garfield Christmas

For me, it's not officially (sp?) the holiday season until I watch these :) Yeah, go ahead and laugh. I'm a dork :p

YAY, my first thread! And it turns out that Excite@home only pulled the plug on AT&T users, so I'm back on (for now).

[Clayface]

For me, its not the Christmas season until I've watched:

A Christmas Story
It's A Wonderful Life
Christmas with the Joker and/or Holiday Knights
And at least one of the old clay-mation classics

[Joe Tully]

The Grinch (Chuck Jones, I don't think I'll ever see the live action one)

That's the one that I really HAVE to see, but I also like the Muppet specials that Elven Moon mentioned. Do you know if those will those be playing on Odyssey this year, Elven Moon? If not, I might have to scrounge around for the copies I taped off of the Disney Channel.

Also, Christmas with the Joker, and The Night Before Christmas (Tom & Jerry) are great.

Any classic theatrical Christmas cartoons help me get in the Christmas spirit.

[Karkull]

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Gremlins.

[Kal-el]

..."A Christmas Story" and "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"...two classics in my book.

[langden alger]

for me it just doesn't feel right until i see:

rudolph the red nosed reighndeer

the charlie brown christmas special

garfield's christmas

any version of a christmas carol

and yeah, i used to love that jim henson special the christmas toy..when it first aired i taped and and i must've watched it at leasy a million times as a kid...i gotta look for that tape again so i came make it one milllion-and one :D lol...

[Zebi]

For me, the holidays aren't the holidays without watching The Grinch Who Stole Christmas and A Christmas Carol (any version).

Although I prefer the animated Grinch to Jim Carrey's version, I really enjoyed the movie, and I'll likely watch both versions this year.

[LightAngel]

I couldn't imagine a Christmas without Garfield!
Honorable mentions go to:Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer
Charlie Brown's Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas

[Vin]

Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Charlie Brown Christmas Special, A Christmas Story, The Santa Clause, Miracle on 34th Street, It's a Wonderful Life (which I missed, unfortunately) and anything that airs on ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas. I LOVE the Holiday season and I can't miss Holiday specials.

[Oracle]

A Christmas Story
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
The Grinch (I haven't seen the live action one yet)
I haven't seen It's a Wonderful Life before. :rolleyes:

[Ricochet]

To survive the holiday season, I need the following cinema:

A Garfield Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas
White Christmas
Lemon Drop Kid
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
The Grinch (animated, the live action one is blasphemy!)
the Patrick Stewart version of a Christmas Carol (a new fave)

and any Xmas flick around!

[optimal321]

Originally posted by Vincent Benenati
Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Charlie Brown Christmas Special, A Christmas Story, The Santa Clause, Miracle on 34th Street, It's a Wonderful Life (which I missed, unfortunately) and anything that airs on ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas. I LOVE the Holiday season and I can't miss Holiday specials.

All of those you listed, plus Jingle All the Way, Pinky and the Brain Christmas Special, and Garfield Christmas Special.

[The Mad Hatter]

A Wish For Wings that Work, all the way! (That's the one with Opus and Bill from Bloom County/Outland in it.)

[Elven Moon]

Originally posted by Joe Tully
The Grinch (Chuck Jones, I don't think I'll ever see the live action one)

That's the one that I really HAVE to see, but I also like the Muppet specials that Elven Moon mentioned. Do you know if those will those be playing on Odyssey this year, Elven Moon? If not, I might have to scrounge around for the copies I taped off of the Disney Channel.

Also, Christmas with the Joker, and The Night Before Christmas (Tom & Jerry) are great.

Any classic theatrical Christmas cartoons help me get in the Christmas spirit.

No, I don't get Odyssey, so I have no idea. You could probably check their webpage or something, though ;)

*smacks forehead* HOW could I forget A Charlie Brown Christmas? And if I feel like it: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, A Chipmunk Christmas, Smurf's Christmas (the name escapes me). Oh yes, and when I was little, I watched Santa Claus: The Movie every year. I don't watch it so much anymore. Sure it wasn't that great a movie, but...

All the holiday specials I watch were taped from the TV was I was a kid, so even the commercials of yesterday spread a little holiday spirit :)

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

I actually haven't had a full sitting of "It's a Wonderful Life," but this year is the time to do it, as I've "discovered" Capra recently.

"A Christmas Story."--Gotta love the kid who gets his tongue stuck on the pole.

[Jowy Blight]

A Christmas Carol (any version)
How the Grinch stole Christmas (animated version)
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Miracle on 34th Street
A Garfield Christmas
A Christmas Story

[Jimmy Kustes]

Originally posted by The Mad Hatter
A Wish For Wings that Work, all the way! (That's the one with Opus and Bill from Bloom County/Outland in it.)

I remember this.

Am I being crazy but have I seen Hagar the Horrible and Ziggy animated specials?

[Trent Lane]

Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story, The Santa Claus, It's A Wonderful Life, and Christmas Carol (George C. Scott)....

[langden alger]

Am I being crazy but have I seen Hagar the Horrible and Ziggy animated specials?


i remember a ziggy christmas special a long while back too..they hardly ever run it anymore though..i don't really remember a hagar special, but i'm sure they must've made one at some time.

[Captain Caps]

"Scrooged", "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", "Lethal Weapon"...and I must convince myself to watch "Die Hard" this year. Everyone else has gotten over the September 11th attacks...I must, too, or I shall be an outcast for all eternity.

Sincerely,

John "Captain Caps" Kilduff

[JustJack]

my "THING" must be "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". It's my absolute favorite.

And this year, I'm thinking Grinch vs. Jim Carry Grinch! hehehe...that'll take up all Christmas Eve for me!

[The Dork Knight]

Originally posted by Elven Moon
Jim Henson's the Christmas Toy (my all-time favorite)
A Muppet Family Christmas


Hmmm... Another Muppet fan on toonzone? Cowinscidense? I think not!

Anywho, heres my list in no particular order....


[list=1]
Charle Brown Christmas
Simpsons Roasting On A Open Fire
A Muppet Family Christmas
Garfield's Christmas
[/list=1]

[PlopKat]

Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol is my number one favorite, followed closely by Rankin-Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Chuck Jones' How The Grinch Stoel Christmas.

A newer special I really like is Olive The Other Reindeer.

-PlopKat

[Oracle]

I forgot to mention 'Meet Me in St. Louis' and the version of 'Little Women' with Wynona Rider.

[Lodoss War Fan]

It's a wonderful life
Frosty the snowman cartoon
Charlie brown's christmas :)