Since it’s getting closer to Christmas, what’s your fav Christmas movie?

[stitchmaker]

Die Hard on Christmas Day. After dinner we watched it with our Adult children.
It's A Wonderful Life on Christmas Eve.
Other favorites are White Christmas and Holiday Inn.

 

[Animecafe102]

Ahhhh I love Christmas movies so this is like an impossible choice! Two I really love though are Elf and The year without a Santa claus because I love the miser brothers lol (the spin off is entertaining but not as good as the original movie lol)
Oh also I have a weird love for that really cheesy cartoon network Grandma got run-over by a reindeer movie, I love that stupid movie for some reason

 

[Midoriya]

Oh also I have a weird love for that really cheesy cartoon network Grandma got run-over by a reindeer movie, I love that stupid movie for some reason

Ah yes, back when I watched movies more often I also really loved that one, XD.

Especially this.

 

[KCourtnee]

Home Alone 1 and 2

 

[Snek]

My favourite Christmas movie is Die Hard. Followed by Home Alone 1.

 

[QueenCobra]

Favorites:

A Christmas Carol (1938)

Miracle on 34th Street (the old version)

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

Elf (though it drags near the end)

The puppet Christmas specials (Rudolph, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, etc.)

Also the Rankin-Bass cartoon Twas the Night Before Christmas

 

[Aniko]

I don't watch Christmas movies, Christmas kinda gives anxiety BUT I watched some a long time ago that wouldn't mind watching again.

A Christmas Story
About a Boy (does it count?)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Tokyo Godfathers

 

[Halloqueen]

I've made it a point to watch the original Black Christmas from(1974, directed by Bob Clark) every Christmas Day over the past few years and I'd say it's probably my favorite currently.

Speaking of Bob Clark, he also directed A Christmas Story back in 1983. I saw that movie on repeat so many times during my youth since they ran it on marathon on tv. Wouldn't necessarily say it's a favorite now but it's ingrained in my brain and I have a nostalgic fondness for it. Haven't made time for it in years now, but figured I ought to mention it since it was tangentially related.

I keep intending to revisit the original Child's Play (1988, directed by Tom Holland) around Christmas each year, but every year I always end up too busy with Christmas prep and never manage to get around to it. Maybe this year? Hopefully.

Speaking of things that I intend to revisit every year but never have time to: Tokyo Godfathers (2003, directed by Satoshi Kon). Good stuff.

If it counts, since it's only 26 minutes long, the original animated How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966, directed by Chuck Jones) is always a good one. It can be easily slotted into the schedule since it's not even a half hour long.

Anna and the Apocalypse, (2017, directed by John McPhail) is fun.

I would also be remiss if I didn't mention National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989, directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik).

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Shoutouts to:

- Die Hard (1988, directed by John McTiernan) which is great but has such a ridiculously long runtime of 2 hours and 11 minutes that I haven't watched it in like a decade because it never fits into my schedule.

- Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977, directed by Jim Henson) which I discovered years ago via a friend group. Enjoyable little movie that you might like if you're a fan of The Muppets. I don't really seek it out but I'll watch it if it's on.

- The stop-motion Rankin/Bass movies like Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964, directed by Maury Laws and Larry Roemer), Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (1970, directed by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass), The Little Drummer Boy (1968, directed by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass), and The Year Without A Santa Claus (1974, directed by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass). The aesthetic is so nostalgic and they enhance the season even if they're just on in the background.

Though not stop-motion like the rest, the animated Frosty the Snowman (1969, directed by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass) is also a classic.

- There are a few things that I've only seen once, like Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984, directed by Charles Seller), 3615 code Père Noël (1989, directed by René Manzor, alternatively known as Deadly Games outside of its home country of France), Christmas Evil (1980, directed by Lewis Jackson), and Don't Open Till Christmas (1984, director Edmund Purdom) that I vaguely think I recall enjoying. I'll have to revisit them sometime to confirm.

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What this post is telling me is that I probably ought to watch some of these things earlier in December if I actually want to get to them in any given year. It just feels a little wrong to not watch them around the actual day though, but that lead up is always so busy.

 

[Javocado]

It's definitely A Christmas Story. We got a lil family tradition when my siblings come down with that movie cause they run it 24 hours starting on every Christmas Eve on the TV station TBS. When we're winding down for the night, we see who could stay up the latest and take the picture of whoever is asleep and the goal is essentially to be the last one to fall asleep and have all the sibling pictures (I have 4 siblings). It's silly and I love it and it makes me sad too cause you these days there's one or two siblings not present and there'd be times I would work late at my old jobs and everyone would be knocked out already but I'm rambling now LOL

bonus: my favorite Christmas special is the "It's Always Sunny..." one. I even got a sweater with a scene from it but if you've never seen it and are curious just know it's crazy to say the least lol

 

[Firesquids]

Oh and how could I forget the Grinch! The original and the Jim Carrey one!

 

[Snowesque]

I'd probably say The Nightmare Before Christmas as a general consensus because Halloween too (lol). I don't mind The Santa Clause either, particularly the first one. Olive, the Other Reindeer has always had a special place in my heart. I don't think there's a single thing I dislike in it, gives me the warm fuzzies.

 

[Giddy]

Theres alot here that I definitely have watched and still love, one is Polar Express.

But I gotta say I adore the Klaus film, its such a good change to the idea of how Santa's became santa

oh! i really like the rudolph movie! : D
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This. THIS
As I child I pestered my parents to get me antlers so I could pretend to be rudolph while watching this film! Even his lil backpack too.
Why did I like the snow queen XD I think she gets redemption in this too?

Tokyo Godfathers

I completely forgot this film resolves around Christmas and Christmas miracles so hopefully I can get my mum to watch it with me again. She finds anime faces weird and doesn't like it XD but it is a Christmas movie.

Theres one more older Christmas film I watched as a kid that traumatised me, need to find it when I get back home.

 

[-Blue-]

Every Christmas this webcomic artist group would hold a Christmas stream that went on for probably 24+ hours. It had good movies, silly ones, short cartoons ect. All Christmas themed. I can't even remember what year it was, but I tuned in at least to 2-3 of their Xmas movie streams. I really enjoyed doing that and just chatting with others as we watched the movies. It was a different way to celebrate the holiday.

I only watched it once, but I forgot to mention this one movie I saw on the stream. I had to look up the movie, but I think it was called Tokyo Godfathers. I didn't watch all of it, but it looked like a pretty good movie with the parts I watched with them.

Maybe this would be something worth considering with TBT? A streamed Christmas movie or marathon? Probably would be easy to use discord as the place to chat. Who knows that could be fun.

 

[Giddy]

I found it!!!!!

(For some reason the media links weren't working, so here's some screenshots for yah)

This film focuses on how Santa became, well Santa.
Can I say though as a child, this film terrified me. Nothing bloody, but it did focus on a very angry warthog, And the music that was used whenever the warthog was the focal point, boy did that music go off!! Insane. It made you fear it too. (I also thought Santa died in the end but got revived)

Also found my other childhood christmas videos. Most of these were on a VHS

This one! Okay, that lil green gremlin looking one, his voice sounds so familiar, but I don't think the voice actor had anything I knew, mabybe my mind thought I heard it elsewhere, or other persons voice was similar?

Don't forget the Rupert videos!

And this best Winnie the pooh - I loved this one.

Okay, I stop now.

 

[Bui]

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is my favorite Christmas movie by far, so much so that I even picked up a set of moose cups like the ones they use in the movie and break them out each year for Christmas! I also love Home Alone 1 and 2 (I prefer 2 over one though!), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the Jim Carrey one), Polar Express, and Olive the Other Reindeer. No Christmas season is complete for me without having watched each of those!

 

[Mimi Cheems]

I know there's a lot of debates on whether or not 'Die Hard' is a Christmas movie. My dad sweaaaars up and down it is, and always will be. It's one of my favorites, but if Die Hard doesn't count.. I love The Polar Express, Home Alone, and A Christmas Story!

The Polar Express is such a good nostalgic one for me. We watch it every year while we decorate our tree c:
I want to start a tradition of my own though, for when I set up my tree for my bedroom, lol. I love watching the cheesy Hallmark movies sometimes, so maybe I'll watch one of those while I decorate my tree this year :3

 

[lasagne_of_death]

I’m gonna go with Polar Express. Wish the animation style was better, but the scenery is <333

Ngl my 5yo brain thought that was live action

 

[xlisapisa]

Not particular any favorites but there’s a few I enjoy watching during the holidays such as Elf, The Christmas Chronicles, Polar Express, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

 

[Nunnafinga]

Since we're including TV specials,I'll go with A Charlie Brown Christmas,Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town and the rare and hard to find The Tangerine Bear: Home In Time For Christmas.They stopped airing The Tangerine Bear so I bought the DVD.Last year I saw a Hallmark Christmas movie that was actually good:

A Biltmore Christmas had an interesting time-travel themed plot centered around the filming of an old school Hollywood movie.Yeah,it was still kinda cheesy but in a good way.

 

[DaCoSim]

lol I guess I’ll go into more detail now. Hands down, my fav is still The Santa Clause (and I really luv the 2nd one as well!) our tradition is to put on the first one as I decorate my living room with my tree and arches and such. We usually get through both and started in the third.

Because I’m such a huge hw movie nut, I try to watch a hw movie every day in October and then multiple on hw. From Nov 1st until I start decorating for Xmas, I go through the Harry Potter movies.

Once we’re decorated, I usually try to make a list of all my favs to watch throughout the season. Some of these include; the grinch (all of them), Santa claus the movie (old 80s one with Dudley Moore and John lithgow), frosty, Rudolph, a Charlie Brown Christmas, ‘twas the night before Christmas, love actually, 8-bit Christmas, aurther christmas, Christmas with the kranks, bad Santa & diehard with hubs, and Scrooge’d, home alone 1&2, the family stone (one of my all time favs now), while you were sleeping, gremlins 1&2, the polar express, all I want for Christmas & little women. I usually try to fit in a couple of new ones in there as well.

On Christmas Eve, we always watch Mickey’s Christmas Carol and A Christmas Vacation

I think we are going to try and go see Red One the Friday after thanksgiving this year.