I know we've shared before, but our family has a tradition of Christmas Eve Mass and then movies. We vote and the lineup this year: "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang" "Die Hard" and our only constant, "Christmas Vacation".
OT: Favorite Xmas movies.....
- Thread starter pitt-girl
- Start date
I'm old school (and old) -- "It's a Wonderful Life."
Uncle Billy gets off the hook every time, but the ending still brings a tear to my eye.
Go Pitt.
Uncle Billy gets off the hook every time, but the ending still brings a tear to my eye.
Go Pitt.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Christmas Vacation
Batman Returns
Jingle All The Way
Christmas Carol (1984)
Nightmare Before Christmas
Rare Exports
Gremlins
Die Hard
Lethal Weapon
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Arthur Christmas
It's A Wonderful Life
Shop Around The Corner
The Escape Clause
Christmas Vacation
Batman Returns
Jingle All The Way
Christmas Carol (1984)
Nightmare Before Christmas
Rare Exports
Gremlins
Die Hard
Lethal Weapon
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Arthur Christmas
It's A Wonderful Life
Shop Around The Corner
The Escape Clause
I've actually started watching Friday After Next on Christmas Eve. Maybe not very traditional, but a Christmas movie that never fails to make me laugh.
A Midnight Clear. - Christmas in the Ardennes, Germans and Americans share back and forth pleasantries during the holidays, great movie.
Watching these with my grade school aged kids, we start in mid-November usually.
These top two are special times with my 4th grade daughter, just something about watching them together.
White Christmas
Holiday Inn
The comedies never disappoint
Elf
The Santa Clause
The Santa Clause 2
The Santa Clause 3 (not our favorite but still watch)
Christmas Vacation (at least 2x)
Four Christmases (The Vince Vaughn as Joseph scene is the best)
Christmas with the Kranks
Home Alone
Home Alone 2
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (Jim Carrey)
Surviving Christmas (probably the worst on this entire list, and we haven't watched yet this year)
The Classics
It's a Wonderful Life - typically watch alone as they don't have great interest
A Christmas Story
Charlie Brown Christmas
Frosty
Rudolph
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Polar Express (a new classic)
Muppet Christmas Carol (they watch on the DVD in the van on Christmas Eve on the drive to family)
We also catch the shows on TV when possible
Prep & Landing
Shrek the Halls
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (Animated)
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
We also like to watch Mary Poppins & The Sound of Music this time of year, they were on TV the past two weekends but it's much easier to pop in the Blu ray and watch without commercials.
If I had to pick 3 for a Christmas Eve night it would probably be -
White Christmas
The Santa Clause
Christmas Vacation
These top two are special times with my 4th grade daughter, just something about watching them together.
White Christmas
Holiday Inn
The comedies never disappoint
Elf
The Santa Clause
The Santa Clause 2
The Santa Clause 3 (not our favorite but still watch)
Christmas Vacation (at least 2x)
Four Christmases (The Vince Vaughn as Joseph scene is the best)
Christmas with the Kranks
Home Alone
Home Alone 2
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (Jim Carrey)
Surviving Christmas (probably the worst on this entire list, and we haven't watched yet this year)
The Classics
It's a Wonderful Life - typically watch alone as they don't have great interest
A Christmas Story
Charlie Brown Christmas
Frosty
Rudolph
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Polar Express (a new classic)
Muppet Christmas Carol (they watch on the DVD in the van on Christmas Eve on the drive to family)
We also catch the shows on TV when possible
Prep & Landing
Shrek the Halls
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (Animated)
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
We also like to watch Mary Poppins & The Sound of Music this time of year, they were on TV the past two weekends but it's much easier to pop in the Blu ray and watch without commercials.
If I had to pick 3 for a Christmas Eve night it would probably be -
White Christmas
The Santa Clause
Christmas Vacation
Not Christmas movies but I associate James Bond with Christmas because of the marathons they run over the holiday (or at least used to). It wouldn't be the holidays for me without watching Bond at 2 in the morning.
Christmas Vacation. Going to see it with friends at The Waterfront tomorrow night. Tickets have been sold out for a couple of months, so some people must like it as much as me.
My daughter starts watching Christmas Vacation in June so sadly it has gotten a bit stale for me.
A Christmas Story is in the same boat. Although I will admit I am a bit smitten with Miss Shields.
A Christmas Story is in the same boat. Although I will admit I am a bit smitten with Miss Shields.
Uncle Billy? old man potter stole 5k.. like he needs it.. Then he's talking sh*t on Jimmy telling him he is worth more dead than alive which basically drives him to suicidal thoughts.. Old buzzard. I blame George for giving such responsibility to an alcoholic employee..
Every time I watch that movie, a small part of me wishes George Bailey leaves Mary and runs off with Violet.. Donna Reed is hot but violet is the kind of girl that lets you do weird things to her..
damn movie makes me cry every time at the end when they are around the Christmas tree a year later. . Not sure why either, I know Diane Keaton is alive and well.
I hate to say it but I can never get enough of "Christmas Story" and I am not a big Will Farrell fan but I actually learned to like Elf. didn't like it at first but I do know. Family Man is a good one too with Nick Cage although the ending kind of sucks.
It's a wonderful life. If you haven't seen it take a couple of hours off and watch it. I also like the old, old version of a Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim.
Eh, I do like it. But, it's somewhere around Scrooged and Bad Santa for me. Good stuff though. I don't mean to slight it. It's a very charming movie with a very likeable cast.
Jingle All The Way is one of the weirdest, absurdist Christmas movies for me. I love it for the right and wrong reason. Always loved Phil Hartman too. And, he's in rare form in it. Arnold riding around in the Turbo Man suit is so full of wonkiness and then follow that up with Sinbad dressed as the Dementor. Just kills me. It has a bonkers, go-for-broke deranged energy unlike any Christmas movie not named Christmas Vacation.
http://thedissolve.com/features/for...-schwarzenegger-brings-christmas-cheer-and-g/
"Merry Christmas movie house! Merry Christmas Emporium! Merry Christmas you old wonderful Building and Loan!" They don't write'em like that anymore!
After "It's a Wonderful Life," I'd go with "White Christmas." Big fan of Danny Kaye in that movie. "Ah Haaayy!!"
Similar threads
