What's your favorite Christmas movie?

[GregV814]

"The Road to Bethlehem" with Hope and Crosby..... 1948...... those wacky guys ride a camel from Iseral to some A-rab hideout and meet the Three Stooges... a classic... interesting turn of events, Larry gets eaten by a lion.....

 

[PJay]

From 1993, a Kathy Bates movie "Home of our Own". Not really a Christmas movie (though part of the movie is at Christmas)
Great movie!

Yep.
Off Topic:
If you like that one you may also like Homecoming (1996 Film) w/Anne Bancroft.

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[luvmygdaughters]

A Christmas Carol (my favorite version is with Reginald Owen). The Ref, Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story.
I just watched Die Hard last night. Definitely a Christmas Movie!

 

[Homer J]

Gremlins.

 

[CPUSA]

And don't say "Die Hard"

Mine is probably Miracle on 3th Street, the original with little Natalie Wood. Or maybe Meet Me in St. Louis, which isn't really a Christmas movie but they play it at Christmas so it counts.

Die Hard

 

[DaSDGuy]

The Ghosts of Christmas Eve

 

[NOTSMC]

The Godfather

 

[mitzi]

And don't say "Die Hard"

Mine is probably Miracle on 3th Street, the original with little Natalie Wood. Or maybe Meet Me in St. Louis, which isn't really a Christmas movie but they play it at Christmas so it counts.

That's my favorite too along with It's A Wonderful Life.

 

[gemma_rae]

Is The Little Drummer Boy close enough?

I always cry when his lamb gets run over.

 

[Merlin99]

It happened on fifth avenue.

 

[thurley42]

@Kyle @Grumpy is Die Hard a Christmas movie?

Die Hard IS a Christmas movie and is my favorite!

 

[Gilligan]

And don't say "Die Hard"

Mine is probably Miracle on 3th Street, the original with little Natalie Wood. Or maybe Meet Me in St. Louis, which isn't really a Christmas movie but they play it at Christmas so it counts.

pfffft....

 

[Grumpy]

Dialing up the Wayback Machine..

 

[GURPS]

Brazil

 

[SamSpade]

If it were, Christmas would be essential to the plot. It is not. The robbery and the events to follow could take place any time of the year. Substitute Christmas with any other type of corporate gathering.

Agreed. By that measure though, my favorite really ISN'T a Christmas movie either - "It's a Wondeful Life" - because Christmas has very little to do with the story - it just happens to be Christmas at the end. But I agree - A Christmas Story, Elf, How the Grinch Stole Christmas - without Christmas, there's no story. Home Alone - not so much.

I feel the same way about Christmas songs EVEN IF THEY MENTION CHRISTMAS. Like "Last Christmas" - you could insert any other day, it works the same. In fact, some work better logically, like New Year's or Valentines.

But easily half of the songs we hear at Christmas don't have anything to do with Christmas - just snow, and winter, and jingle bells.

 

[Sneakers]

Elf

Speaking of which.... did you know that one of the elves in Elf was actually Peter Billingsley, ie Ralphie from 'A Christmas Story'?

 

[PeoplesElbow]

A Christmas Story, saw it in the theater when it came out, I was in 4th grade I think.

Honorable mention Bad Santa.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Speaking of which.... did you know that one of the elves in Elf was actually Peter Billingsley, ie Ralphie from 'A Christmas Story'?

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Something I just learned about A Christmas Story, the bullies name wasn't Scott, it was Scut. Who the hell is named Scut?

 

[vraiblonde]

A Christmas Story, saw it in the theater when it came out, I was in 4th grade I think.

Honorable mention Bad Santa.

Huh. When I saw this post I thought, dang, he's a youngster. Then I looked it up and that movie came out in 1983. I didn't see it until the late 90s, early 2000s and it's stuck in my mind that that's when it came out.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Huh. When I saw this post I thought, dang, he's a youngster. Then I looked it up and that movie came out in 1983. I didn't see it until the late 90s, early 2000s and it's stuck in my mind that that's when it came out.

Yep, I'm 50. Saw it at an old fashioned single screen theater that had a balcony.

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