OT: What is your favorite Christmas movie?

[Aluminny69]

A Christmas Story is in a class by itself! ( like the Uconn women.) No other movie comes close. There is a channel that shows that movie 24 hours straight on Christmas

 

[Orangutan]

3. Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1994) - David Suchet as Poirot

How have I never seen this?! My favorite Poirot novel. I must look this up!

 

[Orangutan]

Deeply saddened to see no love for this classic

 

[Orangutan]

It's neither explicitly Christmas-related nor a movie, but my favorite thing to watch at Christmas is Frosty the Snowman and Frosty Returns.

 

[chrissaran]

Die Hard and Bad Santa.

 

[rail spike]

Top Eight:

1. Home Alone- number one for reasons of nostalgia
2. Miracle on 34th St- black and white version only- the only "classic" I can stand
3. A Christmas Story- one of the most quotable movies of all time
4. Die Hard- With a Vengeance is the best of the series, but this is a close second- and yes it counts as a Christmas movie
5. Love Actually- was introduced to this by my fiancé- so many great storylines
6. Elf- one of Ferrell's best along with Anchorman and Stranger than Fiction
7. A Charlie Brown Christmas- awesome soundtrack and the best dancing of any movie, animated or live action
8. Christmas Vacation- my favorite of the National Lampoon series

Honorable Mention:

-Trading Places- not technically a Christmas movie because the plot does not revolve around it, but still one of the greatest Christmas scenes of all time- Winthorpe, dressed as Santa, drunkenly shoving fish into his suit
-Little Drummer Boy- this is in the "so bad it's good" category- everyone's favorite arrhythmic drumming misanthrope, Aaron, ponders life's questions, including the all important, "why can't the animals smile?"

 

[Checkmate]

Its a wonderful life!

It is on next Sunday at 8 pm EST on NBC

Great movie !

 

[EricLA]

The Sound of Music. Not really a Christmas movie, but it's on almost every Christmas and one of my top 10 all time favorite movies. I've probably watched it 50 times...

 

[Teacherdeb]

Even though the presence of Spacey is creepier than ever... View attachment 26994

Absolutely my favorite! The scene in the dining room destroys me every time! Unfortunate about Kevin Spacey, but I would hate to see that cancel out the stellar performances of Judy Davis, Dennis Leary, Glynis Johns etc.

 

[Zorro]

Meet me in St. Louis

 

[trb123]

I had posted above 6 TV episodes featuring Christmas, four of which are mysteries.

Off the top of my head, I cannot think of any Albert Campion, Inspector Morse or Inspector Alleyn episode where Christmas plays a role.
Ditto Miss marple. That is Joan Hickson as Miss Marple. I cannot watch other Miss Marples. Angela Lansbury is eggregiously bad as Miss marple in The Mirrror Crack'd.
Margaret Rutherford was worse.

There is a Maigret episode (1961) called A Crime for Christmas. BBC does not have the tape. In those days it was customary to write over the old tapes for new programs.
Neither Michael Gambon (1992-93) nor Rowan Atkinson (2016-17) acted in any Maigret episode featuring Christmas.

I am not particularly fond of the Adam Dagliesh mysteries because the DVDs are awful.
Not sure if Christmas plays a role in those stories.

Downton Abbey has two good specials featuring Christmas.
Series 2 Christmas special (2011) set in December 1919.
Series 6 Christmas special (2015) set in December 1925. This is also the concluding episode of the series.

You can get woodles of Christmas in the TV series Dickensian bringing to life characters from many Charles Dickens novels together in one Victorian London neighbourhood, as Inspector Bucket investigates the murder of Ebenezer Scrooge's partner Jacob Marley. I (and my son) enjoyed it immensely.

My favorite MASH Christmas episode is Death Takes a Holiday (Season 9, 1980). Perhaps someone will discuss the MASH Christmas episodes here. It is beyond my ability to perform this task adequately.

 

[terif831]

Me too! By far.

 

[terif831]

Die Hard and Bad Santa.

Surprisingly, for me at least, I really like Bad Santa. It makes me laugh out loud. I especially love when they are looking for the house with "Jesus and his family" (searching for a nativity scene).

 

[mhshuskies]

I had posted above 6 TV episodes featuring Christmas, four of which are mysteries.

Off the top of my head, I cannot think of any Albert Campion, Inspector Morse or Inspector Alleyn episode where Christmas plays a role.
Ditto Miss marple. That is Joan Hickson as Miss Marple. I cannot watch other Miss Marples. Angela Lansbury is eggregiously bad as Miss marple in The Mirrror Crack'd.
Margaret Rutherford was worse.

There is a Maigret episode (1961) called A Crime for Christmas. BBC does not have the tape. In those days it was customary to write over the old tapes for new programs.
Neither Michael Gambon (1992-93) nor Rowan Atkinson (2016-17) acted in any Maigret episode featuring Christmas.

I am not particularly fond of the Adam Dagliesh mysteries because the DVDs are awful.
Not sure if Christmas plays a role in those stories.

Downton Abbey has two good specials featuring Christmas.
Series 2 Christmas special (2011) set in December 1919.
Series 6 Christmas special (2015) set in December 1925. This is also the concluding episode of the series.

You can get woodles of Christmas in the TV series Dickensian bringing to life characters from many Charles Dickens novels together in one Victorian London neighbourhood, as Inspector Bucket investigates the murder of Ebenezer Scrooge's partner Jacob Marley. I (and my son) enjoyed it immensely.

My favorite MASH Christmas episode is Death Takes a Holiday (Season 9, 1980). Perhaps someone will discuss the MASH Christmas episodes here. It is beyond my ability to perform this task adequately.

Christmas TV episode:

 

[Checkmate]

It is on next Sunday at 8 pm EST on NBC

Great movie !

a friendly reminder........... It is a Wonderful Life tonight at 8 pm EST on NBC

 

[JordyG]

More of a dual holiday film. Still a classic.