All time favorite X-mas movie?

ChrisDurano
ChrisDurano Posts: 372
edited December 2002 in Music & Movies
I'd have to say "A Christmas Story" would be mine. Seems like I never get tired of watching that one. Hilarious!
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited November 2002
    "It's a Wonderful Life" - I was watching this movie on a VHS tape that I had recorded off of TV long before it became "popular".
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited November 2002
    I second - A Christmas Story

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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited November 2002
    3rd for a Christmas Story.

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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited November 2002
    Miracle on 34th Street. I like It's a Wonderful Life more, but Miracle gets me more festive.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited November 2002
    A Christmas Story is on of my favorite movies, and so is The Santa Clause....Tim Allen is a hero in my house!!
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited November 2002
    National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.
    No excuses!
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  • liv4fam
    liv4fam Posts: 311
    edited November 2002
    A Christmas Story was an awesome movie.

    I can watch that movie every holiday season and never get sick of it.

    Good Call.

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  • Paul Connor
    Paul Connor Posts: 231
    edited November 2002
    Second National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation!!
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited November 2002
    RonP's vote will be 'A Nightmare before Xmas'.

    I'll vote for Miracle on 34th. Additionally, even though the sequels BLOWED, Home Alone was a must-see.

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  • jdavy
    jdavy Posts: 380
    edited November 2002
    I vote for "It's a Wonderful Life" then "Miracle on 34th Street" For our DTS friends go with "Nighmare Before Christmas."
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  • burdette
    burdette Posts: 1,194
    edited December 2002
    I think "It's A Wonderful Life" remains the ubiquitous Christmas movie. We usually watch it once a year, as close to Christmas Eve as possible. I think it best touches those warm feelings everyone seems to be able to conjur up at Christmas-time.

    A Christmas Carol - the old one with Allistair Simms. For me, this has replaced It's A Wonderful Life as my once-a-year sure thing. I think SOME version of Dicken's story is a must at Christmas. Book is a good read. I just bought a $7 VHS animated musical version for my kids.

    For pure entertainment pleasure, I vote for Christmas Vacation. I love the stupid humor, but this movie also really touches on the spirit of Christmas, getting carried away with commercialism, etc. "If that thing had nine lives, she just spent'em all." And how can you not feel those warm Christmassy feelings when hearing "**** was full."

    I noticed no one else mentioned this.. and it isn't as well known.. but I *really* like Bill Murray in Scrooged. Notice the panhandler street band... Paul Schaefer, Miles Davis, David Sanborn...

    We also like... but don't have a copy of.. A Christmas Story. Classic movie... fa ra ra ra raaaa, ra ra ra raaaaaaaa....

    We've also got copies in varying degrees of quality of Rudolph, Frosty, the Bloom County Christmas special that has aired only once, Charlie Brown, the mouse and the clock one, Grinch, etc etc etc. We bought The Santa Clause this year.. but won't be bothering with Jim Carey's Grinch.

    Actually.. while not exactly a Christmas movie.. though sort of.. I think TOYS is a pretty good fantasy movie. Don't go in expecting reality, and you might enjoy it.

    Anyone notice how VCRs and cable and video tapes have really changed the "importance" of TV scheduling? I remember when A Charlie Brown Christmas was an EVENT... it was on once a year, usually on a Friday night.. and if you missed it this year, you missed it. Not any more.. my daughter has seen it almost as often in her five years as I did in my first 18!
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  • phuz
    phuz Posts: 2,372
    edited December 2002
    I have to go with a Christmas Story as well. Some close seconds were all of the Christmas cartoons like Charlie Brown, Rudolph the red nosed raindeer, and so on.

    The nightmare before Christmas is slowly becoming one of my newer favorites.
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  • Billm57
    Billm57 Posts: 689
    edited December 2002
    Black CHristmas
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,519
    edited December 2002
    Edward Scissorhands


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  • PETERNG
    PETERNG Posts: 918
    edited December 2002
    "plane, train and automobile" is one of my favorite holiday movie.
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  • schumach
    schumach Posts: 199
    edited December 2002
    It's a Wonderful Life.

    Best Buy has it on sale for 12.99.
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  • goingganzo
    goingganzo Posts: 2,793
    edited December 2002
    my 2 favoriter are white x mas and who the grench stole christmas the origonal not the crapy carey re make
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  • davidein
    davidein Posts: 8
    edited December 2002
    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
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  • kberg
    kberg Posts: 974
    edited December 2002
    For me, it has to be It's a Wonderful Life. Potter kills me!
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