Seasider Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I'm making a list. When you share a title, please state for what age it's appropriate (ie, whole family or 13+). Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmiraGulch Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Mine are non-traditional. 1. Love, Actually (definitely adult....) Here's my favorite quote, from the beginning: "Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often, it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends , girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaking suspicion... love actually is all around." 2. The Ref (also definitely for adults, but VERY funny, particularly if you have any dysfunction in your family) The IMDB description: A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylawyer Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I always say my favorite Christmas movie is Die Hard. (A very cheeky response on my part since it really isn't about Christmas, but is merely set at Christmastime.) Rated R - lots of language and violence. Fabulous action movie though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 It's a Wonderful Life, hands down. In fact, I just bought the 2 disc version on Amazon, since the wait at Netflix is marked as "very long wait" and we like to watch it Christmas Eve. For 12 bucks it's worth it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kidlets4me Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 It's a Wonderful Life- all ages Christmas Vacation- in our house it's a family movie but there is some language. So maybe 10 and up Home Alone 1 and 2- I think these have some language as well but not as much as Christmas Vacation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delirium Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Elf, Christmas Story, The Grinch (1960s cartoon), Rudolph and the Island of Misfit Toys for the whole family. I do let kiddo watch National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, but I'm pretty lenient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckles Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 White Christmas It's a Wonderful Life Christmas Story Elf- I fast forward the part where his dad is so mean Home Alone 1 The Grinch- 1960's A Christmas Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 When Harry met Sally, definitely R but a classic. Babyfishmouth!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 White Christmas Holiday Inn Bishop's Wife Home Alone Christmas in CT It's a Wonderful Life A Christmas Carol Miracle on 34th Street A Christmas Story All the Rankin & Bass cartoons All of the above are for all ages, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 A Christmas Carol. I let dd start watching it about age 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSong Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 We always watch It's a Wonderful Life on Christmas Eve. No one mentioned Ernest Saves Christmas?? I thought this was a classical homeschooling forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 No one mentioned Ernest Saves Christmas?? I thought this was a classical homeschooling forum. "Airrrrr brakes!" I haven't watched it in forever, but we always quote that part. My favorite is Muppet Family Christmas. All the Muppets, the Fraggles, and the Sesame Street characters all together, and Jim Henson washing dishes. We lost our copy years ago, and it's not produced anymore after the Muppets and CTW split apart, but I could recite the whole thing from memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I don't know if you count this as a Christmas movie or not, but I love Simon Birch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applethyme Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 The Ref is my favorite adult Christmas movie. Dh votes for Christmas Vacation. If the kids are around then I watch Holiday Inn, Going my Way, White Christmas or Miracle on 34th street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punchie Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 A Christmas Story. When we used to have cable, I was the person who watched TBS's 24 hour marathon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRG Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 It's A Wonderful Life--all time favorite A Christmas Story Home Alone The Santa Clause 1,2,3 Christmas With the Kranks Elf A Walton Homecoming A Christmas Carol--George C. Scott is my favorite version--I like them all (Disney included) but this one is my favorite Polar Express Christmas Vacation Miracle on 34th Street The Christmas Angel--just watched this one the other night on Netflix. It has Kevin Sorbo and Della Reese Grinch 1966 Charlie Brown Christmas Rudolph Frosty Christmas Vacation is the only one I would worry about being age appropriate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRG Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 A Christmas Story. When we used to have cable, I was the person who watched TBS's 24 hour marathon. This is one of the few times I miss having regular TV. I am going to have to break down and buy the dvd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I don't know that I have any favorites. So far this year, we have watched: A Christmas Story The Muppet's Christmas Carol The Santa Clause *and the kids watched part of Charlie Brown Christmas I still hope to watch: Charlie Brown Christmas National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation The Santa Clause 2 & 3 It's a Wonderful Life (and I'll try to stay awake for the whole thing this time. I still haven't seen the whole thing!) Miracle on 34th Street The Grinch Home Alone is a year-round favorite around here. The kids love it and giggle every time they watch it. We'll probably start watching one per night from now until Christmas. ETA: I'm pretty lenient so all of these are "family" movies for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violamama Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 All of the above, plus we just bought Arthur Christmas and found it to be pretty cute and totally non-scary, which is essential with our particular kiddos. The season hasn't started until we watch Lampoon with a nice cup of egg nog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somo_chickenlady Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Love Actually - 13+ (DS has been watching it his whole life...or since it came out...but others may be a bit more picky) Last Holiday - 13+ (same as above) The Family Man - 13+ (same as above) The Family Stone - 13+ (same as above) A Miracle on 34th Street - whole family (the new one, not the old one) The Preacher's Wife - whole family (the one with Whitney) Home Alone - whole family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 hmm, surprised no one mentioned "we're no angles" with humphrey bogart and peter ustinov. Three Devil's Island escapees hide out in the home of a kindly merchant and repay his kindness by helping him and his family out of several crises. very fun. and the favorite never seen character is peter ustinov's "pet". adolph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamzanne Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 A Muppet Christmas Carol Elf (My favorite: I let my 7 year old watch it) Mickey Christmas Carol (this is short and its all on youtube) both Grinch movies Peanuts Christmas Strangely enough I love to watch You've Got Mail during Christmastime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Ditto to many of the others listed plus: Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddlemomma Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Although we don't endorse Santa at our house (only Christ), I love "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", and we watch it every year. Next are: The Nativity Story We watch this on Christmas Eve. (All Ages) A Christmas Carol (All Ages) It's a Wonderful Life (All Ages) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Christmas Carol with Capt Piccard Christmas Wish with Debbie Reynolds Christmas Card Christmas with Holly (this year's new favorite) Family Man Miracle on 34th St The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant is cute, not exactly an all time favorite, but I really enjoy it when I do see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi3129 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 My list posted on another thread: Black and white favorites: A Bishop's Wife (my all-time favorite; The Preacher's Wife is the remake of this one) -- fine for the whole family A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim -- probably not for young children A Christmas Carol with Reginald Owen -- probably not for young children Color favorites: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (we all watch this -- kids are 9 and 8 -- but we watch it on television so I'm sure there is some editing) A Christmas Story (we watch it on television so I'm sure there is some editing) Home Alone (we watch it on television so I'm sure there is some editing) The Homecoming (precursor to The Waltons) Prancer The Santa Clause Animated favorites: How the Grinch Stole Christmas A Charlie Brown Christmas The Polar Express Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plink Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I love almost all of the movies listed above, including Die Hard, lol. They have some weird morals though. I've chatted about it before (http://www.libertyhillhouse.com/2008/12/10/thoughts-on-christmas-movies/ ), but here are my thoughts in a nutshell. Rudolph is about adults teasing children resulting in the kids running away, the Polar Express encourages taking rides with strangers, Miracle on 34th Street teaches that it is okay to hit people as long as you have a good reason for being mad, and Frosty the Snowman justifies stealing. We live in a wacky world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shukriyya Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 A Child's Christmas in Wales This is a beautiful rendering of Dylan Thomas's story-poem. The poetry, of course, is exquisite ("All the Christmases roll down toward the two-tongued sea, like a cold and headlong moon bundling down the sky that was our street; and they stop at the rim of the ice-edged fish-freezing waves, and I plunge my hands in the snow and bring out whatever I can find. In goes my hand into that wool-white bell-tongued ball of holidays resting at the rim of the carol-singing sea...") and the characterizations are wonderful. One has the sense of dropping in on this long-ago Welsh village as it goes about its holiday. This is an all ages movie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 Thanks for all your replies! Some mentioned are already favorites, but y'all have reminded me of some that I wouldn't have thought of as Christmas movies (Die Hard, lol, my guys will love that). There are many titles I've never heard of and they look pretty interesting. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffodilDreams Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Whole Family: ELF Home Alone 1 and 2 How the Grinch Stole Christmas Scrooge Muppet Christmas Carol Nestor A Miser Brother's Christmas The Polar Express A Charlie Brown Christmas Christmas Vacation SNL Christmas Special - probably not acceptable to most people for the whole family, but in our family we all watch it - dd loves Bag O' Glass, and thankfully the Delicious Dish scene is still over her head Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas A Christmas Story The Nightmare Before Christmas Santa Claus the Movie Santa Paws (yes, I know, most people would think I'm lame, but I love this sappy movie) Just for me: Love, Actually and Bridget Jones' Diary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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