Christmas movies

[Adigia]

I don't know about the rest of you guys but one thing I love about the holidays are the Christmas movies. I know Four Christmases is coming out soon with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn and it looks hilarious! Can't wait to see it.

[snookumsnort]

I'm not much of a big Christmas movie fan. Didn't see any of the Santa Claus movies. I think the only one I did see was The Nightmare Before Christmas but that wasn't in the big screen.

If they're releasing Harry Potter this Christmas season, maybe it'll be a good reason for me to go see it.

[Tyrfingr]

I guess the old scrooge movies never gets old.

[PassItDown]

You're right it doesn't, and I love Nightmare Before Christmas too. The music is just delightful even if the premise is a bit different. The Vince Vaughn movie does look good, though one of my favourites in recent years was probably 'Unaccompanied Minors'.

The classic though must be 'Its a Wonderful Life'.

[Collyweed]

I don't generally get to see a lot of movies at Christmastime because there are usually so many things going on at the same time. I can't still for so long at those times. Still I saw the Chipmunks last year, and liked it.

[filmfanatic]

My favorite Christmas movie is Miracle on 38th Street, to original version. I have watched the remakes and I enjoy them but my all time favorite is the original. I also still enjoy watching the children's classics, Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman, Santa Clause is Coming To Town.

[Stubblecat]

I like to start with the unconventional Christmas movies:

Die Hard 1 and 2
The Poseiden Adventure
Gremlins
Black Christmas (1974)
Silent Night, Deadly Night...

And then I move onto the more traditional fare.

I was one of the few people who actually went to see A Christmas Story in the theater back in 1982.
I'm a big fan of Miracle On 34th Street (the original), as well as the Alister Sim version of A Christmas Carol (or just Scrooge, as it's sometimes called).

When it comes to TV specials though... I'm all about 3 big titles: A Charlie Brown Chistmas (and Vince Guaraldi's beautiful soundtrack!), How The Grinch Stole Christmas and the rarely-seen Twilight Zone episode from 1961, "Night Of The Meek", featuring Art Carney as a rundown drunken department store Santa Claus who discovers a sack which allows him to give anyone the one present they truly desire.
It's a heartbreaking epsiode. I really wish it got airplay as a regular Christmas special.

[CopyCat]

Originally Posted by Tyrfingr

I guess the old scrooge movies never gets old.

I love that one with George C Scott as scrooge...

[Ricky]

I just watched Nightmare Before Christmas today. I guess I like the oldies mostly-Scrooge, Its a Wonderful Life, but I also enjoyed the movie a couple of years ago, Unaccompanied Minors. Really, its about the soppy stuff.

[Todd]

I love A CHRISTMAS CAROL with George C. Scott.

I also need to see DIE HARD & DIE HARDER every Chirstmas, like Stubby says. I would also throw L.A. CONFIDENTIAL in there too. There are plenty of other non-traditional movies I love at this time of year, but I can't think of them.