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Christmas viewing...

Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Rudolf
Its a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Carol(1951) black and white.
That's it-although I'll watch Scrooged if it comes on and the version of A Christmas Carol with Henry Winkler-that always stood out a bit for me.
 
I only saw it once, but I hated it. I thought it was one of the most annoying movies I'd ever seen.
 
doubleohfive said:
Why? What don't you like about it?
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Everything. The fact that it had Will Farrell was the first thing. And then his character was stupid and annoying as hell. And everything else after that followed suit. It also didn't help that is was so predictable and everything in it was laid on so thick it would choke a horse.
 
I actually haven't gotten to many Christmas movies yet. I was still finishing up some horror! I did catch the end of It's A Wonderful Life on TV. I'll have to watch that again.

Instead I've been into Christmas music. Records, CDs, the Music Choice channels. Not sure why!
 
I don't remember. It was such a long time ago. I saw it in the theater, and the whole I time I just wanted to leave.

I really can't stand Will Ferrell, so that probably had a lot to do with it.
 
Die Hard
Lethal Weapon
The Long Kiss Goodnight
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Love Actually
It's a Wonderful Life
Miracle on 34th Street
White Christmas
A Christmas Story
Elf
Home Alone
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Scrooged
Trading Places
Frosty the Snowman
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the cartoon)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
A Charlie Brown Christmas
You've Got Mail
 
^ Ah yes, The Long Kiss Goodnight. That's a damn good movie, and I forgot it takes place around Christmas.

As for Elf, it was okay, but what made me like it was Bob Newhart. Just him being in the movie improved it's standing, in my own opinion.
 
Anymore "Christmas Story" (usually in fragments over the course of the day as it airs on TNN, TBS, or whatever channel it is) and Die Hard are the only movies I make it a point to watch at Christmas.
 
Trekker4747 said:
Anymore "Christmas Story" (usually in fragments over the course of the day as it airs on TNN, TBS, or whatever channel it is) and Die Hard are the only movies I make it a point to watch at Christmas.
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Doesn't it pretty much air on all of them? :rofl:
 
There's one channel that From sometime Christmas Eve to cometime Christmas Day night it airs a 24-hour block of a Christmas Story.
 
Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Gremlins (1984)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Beavis and Butt-head Do Christmas
Elf (2003)
Jingle All the Way (1996)
South Park - Woodland Critter Christmas
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire
A Charlie Brown Christmas
 
Warped9 said:
We're into December and our traditional seasonal viewing traditions come into play.We've seen them countless times before and yet they're "must sees" and we never tire of them---so what will you be watching?

My list:

The Bells Of St. Mary’s (1945)
The Bishop’s Wife (1947)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
Christmas In Connecticut (1945)
A Christmas Story (1983)
The Homecoming (1971)
Frosty The Snowman (1969)
How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
The Little Drummer Boy (1968)
The Man Who Saved Christmas (2002)
Miracle On 34th Street (1943)
Prancer (1989)
Remember The Night (1940)
Rudulph The Red Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (1970)

The emboldened titles are the ones I've watched so far this season. Interesting to note how many Christmas movies were made in the '40s that have become classics. And the same with kids specials from the '60s. Beyond that it gets sporadic.

I'm looking forward to seeing The Christmas Carol given that I just recently read Dicken's original book for the first time.
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Thanks, for a great list.
 
MLJames said:
Scrooge (the 1970 musical version with Albert Finney)

That last one's fairly obscure, but it's well worth looking for. The music and lyrics were done by Leslie Bricusse (who did the same duty on the original Willy Wonka film)
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She also wrote the lyrics to "Can You Read My Mind?" from the 1978 Superman movie.

It's a Wonderful Life is an obvious but definitive choice. It's one of those rare movies where I notice something different about it every time I see it.

Die Hard & Die Hard 2 are always good fun. In that same vein, I would also submit Reindeer Games. It's a great movie that features several unexpected twists & turns as well as a great villainous performance from Gary Sinise.

Instead of the usual Christmas TV specials, I prefer Christmas themed episodes from regular series, like:
NewsRadio "X-Mas Story" & "Christmas" (particularly the bit where the Salvation Army Santa in the lobby keeps threatening to kill Bill).
Roswell "A Roswell Christmas Carol" & "Samuel Rising." (Long live Isabel, the Christmas Nazi!)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer "Amends." ("Strong is fighting. It's hard and it's painful and it's every day. But if you die now, then all you ever were was a monster!")
Pinky & the Brain "A Pinky & the Brain Christmas." (This is the only one that's made me cry.)
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge "Knowing Me Knowing Yule."
The Twilight Zone "Night of the Meek." ("As to my drinking, this is indefensible. And you have my abject apologies. I find of late that I have very little choice in the matter of expressing emotions. I can either drink, or I can weep. And drinking is so much more subtle.")
And while I've only just started the 2nd season of Community, I'm very much looking forward to "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas."
 
this is one I haven't seen broadcast in years
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZvjPCcHI4g[/yt]

I was reminded by this updated video
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrNcD34KFhM[/yt]
Sixteen-year-old Sean Quigley, a grade-11 student at Winnipeg's Oak Park High School, produced, directed and edited the video of his going-viral rock-heavy rendition of "Little Drummer Boy." Quigley arranged, composed, recorded, mixed and mastered the song, in addition to playing all the instruments on the track....

"Drummer Boy speaks to me so much," he told CBC News. "The whole song is a story. It's about this boy who gets word of Jesus being born and he goes to see him and he doesn't have anything to give him; he's like 'I don't have money, I don't have gifts to give you. But I can play my drum and that's more than enough.'"
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