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sindohte
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 Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:13 pm Post subject: Favorite Christmas/Holiday Movie |
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What's your favorite movie or movies to put you into the holiday spirit?
My absolute, hands down favorite is A Christmas Story. And I love how on Christmas Eve and Christmas, TBS shows 24 hours of nothing but that movie  I fall asleep watching it and wake up during the middle of the night and it's still there going on strong  Although I already have the movie on DVD, it isn't the special edition version. I think I will have to put that on my holiday shopping list this year.
So what are some other good holiday movies out there?
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| Gosh, I like them all. I like the cartoons--the Snoopy one with the sad little tree and Rudolph and the Snowman one. I also like Scrooge. There are some really good versions of that. But I definitely like A Christmas Story the most too. |
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
It puts things in perspective and reminds me to not overdo it ... especially when it comes to Christmas lights .
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is my favorite. I'll always like the first part with cartoon Santa; that'll make me laugh even when I'm old and wrinkley.
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Just thinking about parts of A Christmas Story make me laugh..."Not A Finger" "My father worked in curse words the way some artists work in oils.. a Master"
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sindohte
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I may have to pull out my Christmas Story DVD and watch a few of my favorite parts tonight. Sigh, wish it was Christmas 
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I wish it was December...-looks at the calender- I hope November goes by fast so I can pick up my gift from me to me. (RoTK EE) 
On another note, I saw a shirt with that kid sticking his tongue on that pole, everyone remembers the triple dog dare you scene. One of my favorite parts of that movie.
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Gosh, I haven't seen A Christmas Story forever.  I remember liking it a lot, though. My personal favorite would have to be the perenially warm and fuzzy Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown. Call me childish, call me regressive, but I've been a Peanuts fan since my foolish youth and that particular show never fails to make me smile.  Okay, back to you guys....
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I don't know A Christmas Story at all.  I tend to end up watching A Muppet Christmas Carol every year, or at least some version of A Christmas Carol. I also love The Snowman although I tend to cry at that. I tend to cry at most films, actually.
I wish it was December (apart from one point, which is that I have my end of semester exams as soon as I go back to uni in January, so am going to spend most of December revising). Got a catalogue from Amazon today and it has all the ROTK EE stuff for pre-order. Been sitting drooling over it since.
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My fave would have to be "It's a Wonderful Life". I love Jimmy Stewart. Or the won with Kim Williams Pasley(sp) were she is the mother of a little boy and when he finds out that she is dying goes and buys her a pair of red slippers. That is a great one also.
Now for my rant on "A Christmas Story" The first 100 times of seeing that show was ok. Note not great, but ok. It falls into that stupid corny selection for me and I can't stand movies like that. I always stay away from TBS when they are running it. The funny scenes are funny, but the scenes in between aren't that great to me. |
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| ellisk wrote: | | Gosh, I like them all. I like the cartoons--the Snoopy one with the sad little tree and Rudolph and the Snowman one. I also like Scrooge. There are some really good versions of that. But I definitely like A Christmas Story the most too. |
Oh! I am such a sucker for the Rankin/Bass claymation ones - Rudolph and Kris Kringle ... I recently saw them all packaged on DVD and almost bought them. The package was expensive but came with a little light-up Rudolph - "She thinks I'm cuuuute!"
And Linus always makes me cry  My daughter recently saw a creche model at her school and asked me what it was and Linus was all I could think about.
When it comes to "A Cristmas Carol" I'm a traditionalist and prefer the old Reginald Owen one, with whats-his-name (John?) Lockheart as Cratchit and his little daughter June as one of the kids.
But my favorite lately has been "The Nightmare Before Christmas." A few years ago my husband, sister and I went to a large-screen theater to see it about this time of year and had a great time. Everytime I see it I get more out of it.
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I love the Muppets Christmas Carol... I know it's utterly cheesy but I can't help it. I dirve everyone I know nuts by singing "There's only one more sleep till Christmas" constantly for at least a week before the big day (changing the number of sleeps accordingly obviously!!  ) and quoting random lines for no apparent reason..... "light the lamp not the rat, light the lamp not the rat!!!!!"
... come to think of it I quote quite a few muppet movies.... "I am not a shrimp I'm a king prawn!!"
.....okay time for me to go back to my padded cell and take my medication I think....    |
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A Christmas Story!
My absolute favorite. My family still watches it every Christmas Eve.
It never gets old.
The blood hounds just make me crack up because you have people up here in the middle of nowhere with a pack of dogs like that!!
I'm not a fan of It's A Wonderful life, and I admit, most people think I'm nuts.
Haha.
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We used to have a drinking game to the Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Everytime they said "who", you had to drink. Sloppy   
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sindohte
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| Amlee wrote: | | My fave would have to be "It's a Wonderful Life". I love Jimmy Stewart. |
I have never seen that movie. It probably has something to do with the fact that when I was a kid they played it 50 million times leading up to the Christmas holiday and I just got sick of it taking up so much airtime. Perhaps I will get around to watching it one day, but from the snippets that I have caught of it, it looks depressing. Is the movie truly depressing or am I totally off base?
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