The best Christmas movie?

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  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
    Christmas Story and Home Alone tie for second.  All three get watched annually this time of year.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,656
    edited December 2020
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    I think HOOK is quite a good christmas movie... It's not about Christmas but has a nice feel that fits. And it was shown on christmas over here for a couple of years.





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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    If you Google "Christmas Movies" you probably won't find this one there, but I think of it as a Christmas movie and will name it my favorite: "The Family Man"
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
    Anything but A Christmas Story
    That movie is a big barfaroni.
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  • hedonist
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    rgambs said:
    Anything but A Christmas Story
    That movie is a big barfaroni.
    I’ve never seen it. Or Home Alone.
  • Natashapearljamfan
    Natashapearljamfan Australia Posts: 3,777
    I loved Miracle on 34th Street the original
  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    Ain't Christmas without at least one viewing of A Christmas Story.
  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    Home Alone (1990)
    I love that Ernest Saves Christmas is an option!
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • dankind
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    Glorified KC said:
    I love that Ernest Saves Christmas is an option!
    I forgot that Ernest ever existed. Apparently, he’s big in Greece?
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  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
    hedonist said:
    rgambs said:
    Anything but A Christmas Story
    That movie is a big barfaroni.
    I’ve never seen it. Or Home Alone.
    If you're a movie person, they're both worth a watch, although I wonder how much someone would like them seeing for the first time now.  I think there's a bit of nostalgia tied to both for me. 

  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    Home Alone (1990)
    I actually had got a Talkboy for Christmas one year after wanting one from Home Alone 2.


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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
    Hobbes said:
    Ain't Christmas without at least one viewing of A Christmas Story.
    Being home from work, cozy in your lazy clothes, with nothing pressing going on IS the perfect time for entertainment induced vomiting and diarrhea!
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,656
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    A Christmas Story is zzz


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  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    rgambs said:
    Hobbes said:
    Ain't Christmas without at least one viewing of A Christmas Story.
    Being home from work, cozy in your lazy clothes, with nothing pressing going on IS the perfect time for entertainment induced vomiting and diarrhea!
    "Merry Christmas! Shitter's full."
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,502
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    I have always despised A Christmas Story, but it has its moments. I'm not counting animated holiday shorts like Charlie Brown, The Grinch, etc. Those are staples every year at our house.

    Best Action:
    Die Hard
    Lethal Weapon
    Batman Returns

    Best Comedy:
    Elf
    Home Alone
    National Lampoons
    Scrooged

    Best Family:
    Miracle on 34th St. (Original)
    Polar Express
    A Muppet Christmas Carol
    Mickey's Christmas Carol
    The Santa Claus

    Best Horror:
    Gremlins

    Best Other:
    It's a Wonderful Life


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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,731
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    I can't believe no one else has mentioned "Just Friends".....great movie

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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,153
    The Polar Express (2004)
    dankind said:
    Glorified KC said:
    I love that Ernest Saves Christmas is an option!
    I forgot that Ernest ever existed. Apparently, he’s big in Greece?
    One of my favourites! :smile: It used to be on telly around this time of the year when I was a teenager. Fond memories... :star:
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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,153
    The Polar Express (2004)
    Glorified KC said:
    I actually had got a Talkboy for Christmas one year after wanting one from Home Alone 2.


    Haha! :smiley: How cool is that?... Do you still have it?
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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    edited December 2020
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    im really more of a Christmas episode guy.  80s shows, etc.  cant get enough of them. Even if they’re cheesy as hell.  

    For movies tho....
    Christmas Carol (1984...George C Scott)
    It’s a Wonderful Life 
    Christmas with the Kranks

    are all good.  I’ll still take an Alex P Keaton Christmas episode tho...

  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,153
    The Polar Express (2004)
    cp3iverson said: im really more of a Christmas episode guy.  80s shows, etc.  cant get enough of them. Even if they’re cheesy as hell. 
    What about the Friends and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Christmas episodes? :smile:
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