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What's your All-time best Holiday films??

posted 18 years ago by snicket_1981
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What’s your all-time favorite Holiday movies??

For me it’s-
• “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”
• “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York”
• “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” 2000
• “The Santa Clause”
• “Scrooged” Bill Murray is awesome!
• “Home Alone”
• “Elf”….hey, I liked it.
• “A Christmas Story” you’ll shoot your eye out!
• “The Santa Clause 2”
• “Christmas with the Kranks” not super funny but I enjoyed it.
* "Ernest Saves Chritmas"....

These aren’t necessarily in order.

“That’s your opinion”
“Well it’s a lot better than yours”-----LABYRINTH

[–] kinetica 18 years ago

Scrooged
Polar express
Walpergis night
Our Town
It's a wonderful life
The Bishops wife
ANY scrooge from original to George C scott and Patrick Stewart
Albert brooks about dying and going to heaven where they review life, with meryl
strep
March of the wooden soldiers (laurel and hardy)
Many others that would take more than 24 hours to see them, as I'm 44 and at 1 hour per year... yeesh. IF (When) I'm 365 I won't have time for life.

Ticks Ticks thousands of ticks, and not one blessed TOCK among them!

[–] Mad Slovak 18 years ago

In no particular order...

The Ref
Bad Santa
Nightmare Before Christmas (gotta love movies that can double as Halloween ones)
Elf
Scrooged
The Ice Harvest (yes, I'm one of the few people who genuinely liked it)
Christmas Vacation

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[–] v1nig 18 years ago

Its a Wonderful Life
Miracle on 34th Street (w/Natalie Woods)
A Christmas Story
Home Alone
The Muppet Christmas Carol

I love Christmas and there's just too many good movies out there with its theme!

Carpe Diem!

[–] old_man_gilmour 18 years ago

Die Hard, it technically is a christmas movie.

[–] riojasjudy 17 years ago

i was looking for this one, thank you... somebody appreciates that it WAS an xmas movie

"woodstock"

[–] sarcasm1982 18 years ago

Wow!!!
Glad to see someone mentioned The Ref.
That movie was hilarious. I was scrolling down to
see if anyone was going to put that movie down, and
you did!!!
The Ref
Home Alone 1 and 2
Christmas Vacation
Bad Santa
Christmas Story
Elf
Jingle All the Way
I was going to say Trains Planes and Automobile, but that was Turkey Day
Trading Places
Scrooged

[–] xxsticks_and_stonesxx 18 years ago

I love christmas time just because I can curl up on my couch with friends or family (or both) sipping Hot Chocolate with marshmallows and eating christmas cookies(the ones in the tins)or chocolate chip cookies, and watch these movies:

The Santa Clause
The Santa Clause 2
Home Alone
Home Alone 2[especially!]
A Christmas Carol
A Muppets Christmas Carol
How The Grinch Stole Christmas [Animated]
The Grinch [Jim Carrey]
A Christmas Story [I've watched it every year since I was 4-5ish.]
Elf
Polar Express

& way more.

Oh and Disney everynight at 8.

[–] sagwarules 18 years ago

mostly my favs are:

a christmas story
white christmas
home alone 1&2
muppets christmas carol
charlie brown christmas
miracle on 34th street
christmas in connetitcut(which i cant believe that nobody mentioned)
the nutcracker

[–] ashleychica2001 18 years ago

Christmas Vacation (that is always on top of my list, funniest holiday movie ever)
The Santa Clause 1 & 2
Home Alone 1 & 2 (The third one was okay but the fourth one was horrible)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994 version)
Jingle All The Way
A Christmas Story

Surfing imdb since 2002

[–] Maserati7777 18 years ago

Christmas Vacation 1&2

I wanna look him straight in the eye and tell him what a

cheap
lying
no good
rotten
floor flushing
low life
snake licking
dirt eating
inbread
over stuffed
ignorent
blood sucking
dog kissing
brainless
dlckless
hopeless
heartless
fat ass
bug eyed
stiff legged
spotty lipped
worm headed
Sack of monkey s**t he is
Hallaluah
Holy S**t
Where's the tylenol

The funniest moment ever

Do I CAUSE YOUR DEATH? Just like you caused Erin's?
Maserati7777

[–] xcguy1006 18 years ago

a christmas story
bad santa
jingle all the way

[–] aquarius_1951 18 years ago

Christmas in Connecticut..Is that the movie starring Barbara Stanwyck? It's about a Martha Stewart type (that really can't do anything) and they plan to have a show from her pretend home in Connecticut?

Oh, bugger!!!:)

[–] penmark71 18 years ago

I'd have to say:

1. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - The epitome of all Christmas Movies
2. A Christmas Story - A very close second
3. Elf
4. The Santa Clause

[–] mrchappelow 18 years ago

Like sports movies I can watch any dumb christmas movie and be thoroughly entertained. I think along with sports movies this is my favourite sub-genre.

[–] jamsmen 18 years ago

My favourite holiday films are:

Elf

Miricle on 34th street (Mara Wilson version)

Home Alone movies 1 and 2.

Jingle all the way

Nightmare before Christmas

I'll be home for Christmas

Instant human just add coffee.

[–] one_evil_duck 18 years ago

These are my favorite Holiday films (in order)

1. A Christmas Story
2. Nightmare Before Christmas
3. Elf

"Other kids pack lunch"

[–] ddfaunt 18 years ago

HOLIDAY INN is my favourite holiday movie of all time.

The rest are in no perticular order:

White Christmas
Miracle on 34th St. (the original)
A Christmas Story
Nightmare Before Christmas
Scrooged
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated version)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (and ALL of the other 70's stop motion christmas movies)
A Christmas Carol (any version will do including Mickey's and The Muppet's)
Frosty the Snowman
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Santa Claus: The Movie
The Santa Clause
The Muppet Family Christmas
Babes in Toyland
Home Alone

and finally, the ever under-rated: EMMET OTTER'S JUGBAND CHRISTMAS

[–] lynx0139 18 years ago

I agree with "ddfaunt's" list (especially Holiday Inn and White Christmas)....I guess our age is showing...LOL.
I would add one that no one has mentioned but I call it a Christmas movie...since it takes place at Christmas....and it's........Gremlins. I love it during the season.

[–] OSeaGal 18 years ago

I love all the ones posted, but ddfaunt beat me to reply about EMMET OTTER'S JUGBAND CHRISTMAS. I agree that is one of the best, used to watch it as a child in the late '70s when it was on HBO.

Got the DVD last year and now my kids are into it!

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[–] greatmoviesofalltime 18 years ago

i got a question?
I saw this Christmas movie on TV maybe when i was like 9 or 10. I don't know if it was a made for TV movie or anything. But the story involved a boy who i think disliked Christmas and then i remember he was forced by his sister to say "i wish it was Christmas everyday" and then in a Groundhog Day style movie, each time he woke up it was Christmas again. Anyone know the name of the movie i am talking about?
thanx

[–] cine-maum 18 years ago

ATTN:
greatmoviesofalltime posted on Thu Nov 2 2006 19:29:13

Is this the movie you are asking about ?

Christmas Every Day.
It was a 1996 TV movie.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0115891/

[–] richardzmuda 18 years ago

no specific order:

silent night, deadly night
jingle all the way
stealing christmas
love actually
12 days of christmas eve
a very brady christmas
a holiday romance
die hard

[–] redatom65 18 years ago

not alot of love fot Jimmy Stewart

the best is It's a Wonderful life

[–] Phantom_Masquerade 18 years ago

1. The Nightmare Before Christmas I am obsessed with this movie....
2. The Santa Clause
3. Edward Scissorhands (If that counts..)

[–] jvn1 18 years ago

Planes, Trains & Automobiles is the best thanksgiving movie

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[–] jrobledo91 18 years ago

i gotTA say

ELF

THE POLAR EXPRESS

HOME ALONE

HOME ALONE 2

HOME ALONE 3

THE SANTA CLAUSE 2(NOT 1)

AND CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS

[–] somf 18 years ago

In order-

1. Elf
2. It's a Wonderful Life
3. A Christmas Story
4. the really old "Christmas Carol" (1938)
5. Original Miracle on 34th st.

Most of the ones mentioned in this thread are almost all enjoyable (Hey it's Christmas, smile.). But these are the only ones I rate above a 7. True classics.

[–] aquarius_1951 18 years ago

"Meet Me in St. Louis"

"It's A Wonderful Life"

"Christmas Eve" starring Loretta Young

"Miracle on 34th Street" the original version

"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"

"Scrooged"

"A Christmas Carol" the original version and Geroge C. Scott version

"Santa Claus"

"Little Women" starring Wynona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Christian Bale, and a young Kirsten Dunst

"White Christmas"

"Holiday Inn"

[–] aquarius_1951 18 years ago

I agree. I love that movie (Planes, Trains, and Automobiles)during Thanksgiving (the forgotten holiday.) It's too bad John Candy has passed. I loved all of his movies. This movie, pairing him with Steve Martin, is a wonderful movie. The movie covers all the emotions people go through during the holiday season and has a warm, happy ending. I love to watch it anytime it comes on TV.

Oh, bugger!!!:)