mammaruss Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I just got done watching, "The Christmas Shoes", with my 2 ds. We bawled through almost the entire movie!! :crying: I just want to go around hugging everyone right now!! Now I am off to order the next one, "The Christmas Blessing", from the library. I hope it is just as awesome as the first movie! What is your fave holiday movie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I just got done watching, "The Christmas Shoes", with my 2 ds. We bawled through almost the entire movie!! :crying: I just want to go around hugging everyone right now!! Now I am off to order the next one, "The Christmas Blessing", from the library. I hope it is just as awesome as the first movie! What is your fave holiday movie? The Best Christmas Pageant Ever with Loretta Swit. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Christmas in Connecticut with Barbara Stanwyck:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadiegirl Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Christmas in Conn. The Bishop's Wife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iquilt Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 So not going to fit in here, but .... National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Best Christmas movie ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Christmas in Conn.The Bishop's Wife Interesting factoid: Some years ago I was watching a documentary about Loretta Young and I learned that she and Cary Grant argued bitterly while The Bishop's Wife was being filmed over camera angles and each battling the other so that his or her 'best' side was used. I love learning stuff like that.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 For pure schmaltzy, feel-good, American-cultural (non-religious) Christmas fun, these are my choices as I truly can not pick just one: It's a Wonderful Life White Christmas Holiday Inn Meet Me in St. Louis The Shop Around the Corner You've Got Mail Sleepless in Seattle A Christmas Story Miracle on 34th Street (the original, not the remade recent version) The Holiday The Bishop's Wife For meaningful Christian Christmas discussions: The Nativity Story is really, really beautiful and well done It's a Wonderful Life has plenty of good themes about consumerism, etc. in it. Good table conversation. My husband HATES this movie. A Charlie Brown Christmas - not really a movie, but still counts A Christmas Carol aka Scrooge - The Alistair Sim version from 1951 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Totally mindless entertainment, but I just LOVE the movie Elf! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Totally mindless entertainment, but I just LOVE the movie Elf! How could I forget Elf for my Schmatlz List! Love it! And I just happen to have some maple syrup... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cindie2dds Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 A Christmas Story! Hands down! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My3Boys Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 A Christmas Carol with Patrick Stewart It's A Wonderful Life Miracle on 34th Street The Santa Clause Also, almost all of the Hallmark Christmas movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 We're No Angels--Humphrey Bogart--not too sappy The Grinch Dh insists that I add Die Hard 2 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 So not going to fit in here, but .... National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Best Christmas movie ever! We love this one, too! However, it is in league with A Christmas Story, Its a Wonderful Life and Elf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 White Christmas It's a Wonderful Life (that one had to grow on me. I didn't like it at first) The Sound of Music (it's not a Christmas movie, but it feels like one.) For kids: Snoopy Christmas Red Boot for Christmas--this one is exquisite. Christian content, tons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegGuheert Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 A Christmas Carol with Patrick StewartIt's A Wonderful Life Miracle on 34th Street The Santa Clause These are my favorites, too. I also like:The Santa Clause 2 A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott How the Grinch Stole Christmas A Charlie Brown Christmas Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer The Little Drummer Boy Home Alone Home Alone 2: Lost in New York The Family Man - (It's a Wonderful Life, only in reverse.) The Nutcracker Suite - (Yes, even the one with Macaulay Culkin, but I think I would like to have a better version, as well.) Finally, I think I found a new favorite this year: Silent Night - Based on a true story from WWII Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 (edited) All of the Santa Clause moves esp the last one. ;) I am skeery. Christams Vacation Jim Carey's Grinch (Don't like the original...sorry ...the best thing that ever happened to that lame story is Martha Mae Whovier) Elf (but the adoption language creeps me out) And, if I have had a nice rum toddy, Turbo Man...or something like that. I also do not hate It's a Wonderful Life Edited November 30, 2009 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama2cntrykids Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Elf is SO FUNNY! Ummm, I love Miracle on 34th Street and It's a Wonderful Life too. I will have to check out some of the other's that I've never seen (some never heard of). Great thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammaruss Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 Wow! There are MANY that I have never heard of!! I will have to place another order from the library! Christmas movies seem to help me get in the holiday spirit.....now all we need is some snow!! Thx for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 White Christmas. No contest. It's actually my favorite movie of all time, regardless of genre. Yes, people do think I'm weird when I tell them that. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 My favorites: White Christmas Meet me in St. Louis Desk Set While You Were Sleeping Miracle on 34th Street Muppet's Christmas Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Elf it's becoming a tradition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 My all-time favorite Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas!! http://www.amazon.com/Emmet-Otters-Jug-Band-Christmas-Goelz/dp/B002LII6D2/ref=pd_sim_v_1 I laugh and I cry and I have been watching this since I was a child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Holiday Inn "Why it's great with... Or even plain!" A common quote in our house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarleneW Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 A Christmas Story and Elf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest janainaz Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 A Christmas Story. I could watch it 100 times from December 1 through December 25th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Die Hard (hey, it takes place during a corporate Christmas party) :lol: :thumbup1: If I have to pick actual Christmas movies, I guess I have to pick A Christmas Story and How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle O. in MO Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 White Christmas Family Man (this one might just be my favorite movie ever) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyWImom Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I just got done watching, "The Christmas Shoes", with my 2 ds. We bawled through almost the entire movie!! :crying: I just want to go around hugging everyone right now!! Now I am off to order the next one, "The Christmas Blessing", from the library. I hope it is just as awesome as the first movie! What is your fave holiday movie? I saw "The Christmas Shoes" last year, and there is no way I could ever watch it again. I cried during practically the whole thing also. Anything with kids suffering/parents dying-I cannot take it. It stays with me. "It's a Wonderful Life" will always be my top pic. I love Jimmy Stewart, I love the humor of the movie, and it just makes me feel good.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I would never subject my kids to that movie. LOL! Favorite Christmas movies without kids: The Ref and Die Hard Favorite Christmas movies with kids: Polar Express (it's creepy in a way but sucks me in) and Elf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 So not going to fit in here, but .... National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Best Christmas movie ever! :iagree::iagree::iagree: I have watched it at least 20 times since Thanksgiving. Sometimes I watch it in the middle of the year too. I can recite almost every line in the movie and my favorite, favorite, favorite part of the whole movie is when Clark is watching the old home movies in the attic. I love the song that is playing and the whole thing is very "Wonder Years"-esque with the whole home movie thing. My next favorite part: "And why is the carpet all wet TODD" (said in the most whiney Julia Louis Dreyfus voice) "I don't know MARGO" (matching her whine). Soooo many good things in that movie. LOVE it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dh's all time favorite Christmas movie is "It's A Wonderful Life." The kids love Polar Express and A Christmas Story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 It's a Wonderful Life Elf Love Actually National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation A Christmas Story (but I'm getting kinda sick of it) Heather, my daughter's acting teacher produced Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas and he has all of the stills up in his office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Love Actually Oh, yeah, that's another great one! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaBirdX7 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I just watched Fred Claus and I have a cousin that acts quite a bit like Fred so it cracked me up. Eloise at Christmastime We'll be watching the a video of the Nutcracker. I love, love Tchaikovsky. A Christmas Carol How the Grinch Stole Christmas (ANIMATED VERSION) Mickey's Christmas Carol The usuals: White Christmas (have to see Sisters, Sisters and Vera tap dance 100 miles per hour!). It's a Wonderful Life, all the Rankin-Bass puppet shows, A Christmas Story, Holiday Inn, Charlie Brown Christmas, Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Miracle on 34th Street, Bishop's Wife (not the Whitney Houston version). There's one with John Boy called The Christmas Box. And I don't think my children have ever seen National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation but I just ordered it from the library. My husband would probably say Gremlins is a Christmas Classic. Where we be without the 80s? Somehow I just don't think homeschooling was quite the same in the 70s! Ha. Polar Express, Blizzard. I don't think my children have seen Home Alone or Elf. I just ordered Elf, too. I should make them watch Ernest Saves Christmas (ha ha). Ok, library has it, ordered that, too. Great thread. I'm not doing much decorating this year but we've have lots of Christmas Movies to watch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 The "Muppet's Christmas Carol" is my favorite holiday movie. I can watch it many times every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soph the vet Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 The Nativity Story is wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 The Polar Express--the ending just gives me the chills when the bell rings. We watch it over and over again when they air it repeatedly on the Disney Channel every year. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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