Christmas TV, movies, books, etc...Fun poll

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What are your favorites?  Any you watch, read, every year?

I love the This American Life story "Santa Fight Club" originally aired in 2008 from the Scenes from a Mall episode. www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/371/scenes-from-a-mall?act=3

I love all the Doctor Who Christmas Episodes, especially "A Christmas Carol" I re watch all of them every year before the new one airs.




We also always try to watch Die Hard (H), Love Actually (me), and Scrooged.  


Also our favorite Always Sunny Christmas Episode 




And my absolute favorite Christmas Book Berkeley Breathed, Red Ranger Came Calling:

[josieposy]

The Sound of Music!

Every year I have to watch at least some of these:

A Christmas Story
It's a Wonderful Life
Christmas Vacation
Home Alone
The animated classics
Muppet Christmas Carol
Scrooge (Albert Finney version)
Polar Express

[Skyesthelimit1212]

People are prob going to hate me, but.....The Santa Clause movies. We love them.



Then there are the movies that I don't make my hubs watch, but I might make S watch when she gets older,
Love Actually


My Fair Lady



If I can find it on tv, An American Christmas Carol with Henry Winkler

[notreal]

The Ref


and the Alistair Sims Christmas Carol, the Ghost of Christmas Past scenes in that movie STILL creep me out.

[Vespasia]

The only movie I watch every year is the Ref.

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Dec 11, 2015 13:54:01 GMT -5 notreal said:

The Ref


and the Alistair Sims Christmas Carol, the Ghost of Christmas Past scenes in that movie STILL creep me out.

My mom and I used to watch the Ref every year together. When I was in HS/college it was usually just the 2 of us on Christmas Eve so we would make super nachos and watch the Ref.  

[Vespasia]

Oh, and I think I am going to force MH to watch Rare Exports again this year.

[claudiajean]

My must-see list:
Elf
Home Alone 1 & 2
White Christmas
Rudolph

[irene adler]

I always listen to the It's a Wonderful Life radio play with Jimmy Steward and Donna Reed when I make cookies. I love it so much.

[simpsongal]

All the classics! (fwiw, I like the Alastair Sim version of A Christmas Carol)

The following are included in my classics: Die Hard, Gremlins, the Ref, Funny Farm, Lethal Weapon, Iron Man 3 (really anything that takes place at Christmas).

I also love cheesy Hallmark style Christmas movies. Hater gonna hate!

[omgzombies]

H and I have three movies we watch together every year, Love Actually, the Ref, and Die Hard.

Then with the kids I watch the cartoon How the Grinch Stole Christmas, a Garfield Christmas Special, and the Muppet Christmas Carol. Sometimes we fit in Frosty or Rudolph too.

We'll also watch the episode of Frasier where he pretends to be Jewish, but it's not a staple.

[zelda25]

We watch the LOTR trilogy every year, and now that the Hobbit trilogy is done, that's part of the mix, too. Which means 18 hours of Peter Jackson, LOL.

We also watch Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, which I watched religiously as a child and H found on DVD for me several years ago.

[EnchantedSoul]

I love Christmas!
My go-to movies are:
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
The Santa Clause
Home Alone
Elf
Friday After Next
Rudolph
Frosty
The Grinch (either version)
I tried to watch Love Actually for the first time. I made it 10 mins

[katfco]

Scrooge if it's on
Scrooged
Patrick Stewart's Christmas Carol
Muppet Christmas Carol
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, animated and live action
Doctor Who Christmas special
White Christmas
Miracle on 34th Street--the good one, not the new one

[sparrowsong]

Dec 11, 2015 14:47:47 GMT -5 omgzombies said:

We'll also watch the episode of Frasier where he pretends to be Jewish, but it's not a staple.

Hahaha! That is a great episode of TV. I laugh out loud no matter how many times I've seen it.

Why do I not know what The Ref is?

I don't really have any Christmas favorites. I'll usually watch Sound of Music if it's on. They seem to usually air that in december.

[AJL]

I love watching these movies every year -

White Christmas
Miracle on 34th St.
Love, Actually
A Christmas Story
A Muppet Christmas Carol
Elf

[jln]

We usually watch Love, Actually and Elf. Elf is my favorite.

[sparrowsong]

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Technically a thanksgiving movie but a good holiday themed flic.

[taratru]

All the Doctor Whos.
Christmas Vacation.
Cartoon Grinch.

[omgzombies]

Dec 11, 2015 18:26:47 GMT -5 sparrowsong said:

Dec 11, 2015 14:47:47 GMT -5 omgzombies said:

We'll also watch the episode of Frasier where he pretends to be Jewish, but it's not a staple.

Hahaha! That is a great episode of TV. I laugh out loud no matter how many times I've seen it.

Why do I not know what The Ref is?

I don't really have any Christmas favorites. I'll usually watch Sound of Music if it's on. They seem to usually air that in december.

You need to fix this ASAP!  It is a fantastically quotable movie.  "Don't eat the penis, it's just a garnish."