Okay, so I was watching ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ yesterday, (and I've been walking around humming 'Let's kidnap the Santi Claws and put him in a sack' ever since) and it occurred to me that just about everyone has a list of movies which it’s just not Christmas (or Hanukah or Hogmanay or whatever it is that you personally celebrate) without. It doesn’t have to actually be about Christmas / your holiday of choice, but just something you associate with it.
Mine have to be: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ of course, and really anything else which is black and white and has Jimmy Stewart in it.
‘Little Women’ the newest one with Winona Ryder because the whole film just looks and feels like a great big glass of mulled wine.
‘The Muppet’s Christmas Carol’ because it’s not Christmas without Kermit.
‘Indiana Jones’ all of them, just because they always used to be on TV at Christmas.
‘Singing in the Rain’, ‘Casablanca‘ and ‘Some like it Hot’ same reason.
‘Gone with the Wind’ because it’s great to have an excuse to spend over 3 hours curled up on the couch next to the Christmas tree with an endless supply of hot chocolate.
So what’s your favourite holiday movie?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
A Christmas Story. (You'll shoot your eye out)
Posted by raventh1 (Member # 3750) on :
White Christmas. Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger. Not to mention these characters are in world war II situations. Overall A++. Linkage: http://imdb.com/title/tt0047673/
This is one of the last christmas movies I like. I do like the oldschool movies though.
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Charlie Brown Christmas
Christmas Story (although that did not happen until my senior year in highschool)
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
Thanks, Bella, now I'm humming it, too.
"Kidnap the Sandy Claws lock him in a box. Dig him up in fifty years then see if he talks."
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
For me, it's "The Nightmare Before Christmas." Or "A Muppet Christmas Carol."
Posted by Sharpie (Member # 482) on :
I'm a big fan of "Mixed Nuts", but when I say that people either say, "I've never heard of that movie" or "oh, hm, that was a very ... quirky movie. Hm."
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I hate to admit it, but I have this collection of recorded cartoons from Christmases past, such as "Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer", "Chipmunk's Christmas", "Sylvester and Tweety Christmas" and so on. I pull that thing out every Christmas but the tape is almost gone now.
[ December 14, 2004, 11:02 AM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
"A Christmas Carol".
Two specific versions of it. The one where Scrooge is played by Patrick Stewart, which I have on DVD and can watch at my leisure. And the one where Scrooge is played by Scrooge McDuck, which I usually miss because I never know when they're going to show it.
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
Dude! I'm a sucker for mixed nuts! how could i have forgotten about that one? up until two years ago i had it on VHS but no more. i need it on DVD for this year.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
quote: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ of course, and really anything else which is black and white and has Jimmy Stewart in it.
You just became my new best friend. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Both versions of A Miracle on Thirty-Fourth Street (I like the new one better, but still have to watch the old one), and (ducks to avoid the insults and assaults) The Santa Clause. Posted by Wussy Actor (Member # 5937) on :
For some unknown reason, it became traditional at our house to watch The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence at Christmas. Because nothing says Christmas more than Lee Marvin being gunned down in the street.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
On my husband's side it's tradition to watch some sappy piece of junk every year. That's because his uncle's kids aren't allowed to watch anything with nudity, violence (unless it's the Jackie Chan kind, oddly enough), blood, cussing, sexual innuendo, homosexual innuendo, bad-mouthing, sassing, not doing homework, being lazy, sleeping on weekends, or wearing boxer shorts.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
A Christmas Story National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. How I LOVE that movie.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
quote: I hate to admit it, but I have this collection of recorded cartoons from Christmases past, such as "Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer", "Chipmunk's Christmas", "Sylvester and Tweety Christmas" and so on. I pull that thing out every Christmas but the tape is almost gone now.
Me too! *runs off to find tape*
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
Christmas Story Say Anything Christmas Vacation almost any version of A Christmas Carol - I saw the musical version with Kelsey Grammer the other night and haven't yet decided if I liked it.
My son's list: The Santa Clause The Santa Clause 2 Prancer
My husband's list: The Jesus Movie
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
Nightmare Before Christmas Scrooged
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
I forgot about Scrooged! I remember seeing that movie in the theater and how hard we all laughed. I'm a sicko, but my favorite part of that movie was when he suggested stapling the reindeer hats on the mice. I laugh every time. And one of my most prized possessions is a freezedried mouse ornament with angel wings. I love that thing. It, more than just about anything, says "It's Christmas!" to me. It sounds grotesque, but I love it.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
Christmas Carol has got to be one of the most reused plots in holiday cinema. You ever seen that Lifetime one where Scrooge is a woman?
Me neither.
I love the Patrick Stuart one, and the Muppet Christmas Carol. A Christmas story is good too.
Posted by Intelligence3 (Member # 6944) on :
Our family tradition is Scrooge, the musical starring Albert Finney.
That "Thank You very Much" song gets stuck in my head for days.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Christmas Eve:
Cartoons: Father Christmas, The Snowman Movie: White Christmas
"Scrooge!" which has, in fact, been mentioned. In the post above mine. La la la .
[ December 14, 2004, 04:07 PM: Message edited by: Teshi ]
Posted by Cactus Jack (Member # 2671) on :
Ernest Saves Christmas.
No, I am not kidding.
I need at least one dose of it before I can become one with the yuletide, know what I mean?
Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
Nightmare Before Christmas of course... Of course, I'm more for Jack's Lamnet or making christmas...
"Making chirstmas making christmas la la la! It's time to make them something fun they'll talk about for years to come let's gather around everyone!"
Hm, what else...Elf Santa Clause How the grinch stole christmas (Original)
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
"Kidnap the Sandy Claus!" For me, it's not Halloween without watching Nightmare Before Christmas.
I have only thing that I must watch for it to be Christmas - the Claymation Christmas Celebration. There are several others that I almost always watch: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the Boris Karloff one - I'm afraid to see the Jim Carrey one), White Christmas, and It's a Wonderful Life. But it just isn't Christmas without Meistro Quasimodo and the Philadelphia Bellharmonic. Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
Hmm... is it a bad thing if I've never seen "The Nightmare Before Christmas" before? Seems like everyone here has seen it and liked it.
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
It's not a bad thing, it would only be a good thing to watch it. Posted by WheatPuppet (Member # 5142) on :
It's a new Christmas tradition in my family that we watch "The Dead." It's this wierd movie about a party in London at the turn of the century. At first, it appears to have no plot, but every time I see it, more interesting things come out of it.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I hate The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
I've never seen The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
Hrm. The only hannukah movie I can even think of is 8 crazy nights, and I hate adam sandler enough that if he were in my living room, I'd shove him out the 5th floor window.
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Dang, I thought I'd be the first to mention Ernest P. Worrel!
My favorite is "It's a Wondeful Life!" It gets to me every time.
I also like the "Muppet Christmas Carol"... "Light the lamp, not the rat! Light the lamp!!"
-Bok
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Muppet Christmas Carol...Deffinately.
Posted by MattB (Member # 1116) on :
Christmas Ape Christmas Ape Goes to Summer Camp Posted by Amka (Member # 690) on :
Lord of the Rings
Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :
Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer...the Burl Ives one...and The Grinch Who Stole Christmas...the original animated version...it's just not Christmas until we've seen those...
Posted by babager (Member # 6700) on :
I think Elf will be a Christmas Classic in a few years. It's really a great movie.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
How about Olive, the Other Reindeer? Anyone other than me seen that one?
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
![[Frown]](frown.gif)
![[Wink]](wink.gif)
![[Blushing]](graemlins/blushing.gif)
![[Monkeys]](graemlins/monkeys.gif)
.![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)