Bloggerville's Favorite Holiday Movies
I've got some Nick Cave on the winamp, a tequila Bloody Mary, and a brand new keyboard. I'm ready to roll. Let's get this Christmas thing rolling, shall we? I mean, all my neighbors have their lights set to Yankee Stadium brightness already and the guy down the block has a ten foot Homer Simpson as Santa inflatable thing on his front lawn. Mmmm....beer. Anyhow, for the first of many holiday related posts, I bring you:
THE BLOGGERVILLE DEFINITIVE HOLIDAY MOVIE LIST
This is the way it goes. Use the comments and give me your three favorite holiday movies. I'll tally them up in a few days and we will end up with the blogosphere's faves. Yea, it doesn't mean all that much in the end, but it's fun and it sure beats trolling Indymedia for stupid quotes.
The key here is my broad definition of holiday movie. To wit: A holiday movie can be any movie that is either about a winter holiday or takes place over the course of a winter holiday. A winter holiday would be Christmas, Hanakkuh, Kwanzaa and New Year, though I don't know if there are any Kwanzaa related movies. I'm just trying not to leave anyone out. Now please not the movie does not have to be about the holiday. For instance, two of my favorites are Die Hard and The Ref, both which take place at Christmastime but don't center around the holiday, per se.
Ok, that's a lot of wording for something that's supposed to be fun.
Three favorites, no particular order. Tomorrow or Monday I'll whittle it down to the top five finalists if there are enough entries. What are you waiting for, go!
Comments
Yay! I'm first
Christamas Story
A Christmas Carol (The old one)
Rudolph (The old one)
Posted by: Joe McNally | November 30, 2002 08:01 PM
1 - A Christmas Story - 'cause I wanted a Red Ryder BB gun and my Mom wouldn't get me one either.
2 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas - The original animated one. Damn, that Grinch is so mean ya gotta love him.
3 - Holiday Inn - Bing sings, Fred dances, what's not to love?
Posted by: Mike S | November 30, 2002 08:07 PM
A Christmas Story
The animated Grinch
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Posted by: mike | November 30, 2002 08:09 PM
1- Lethal Weapon I
2- Home Alone
3- The Preacher's wife (The Denzel one, not Cary Grant)
Posted by: -e- | November 30, 2002 08:13 PM
Mine:
A Nightmare Before Christmas
A Christmas Story (which I finally bought on DVD tonight)
The Ref
Posted by: michele | November 30, 2002 08:13 PM
1. A Christmas Story
2. A Christmas Story
3. A Christmas Story
...and thanks to Ted Turner, I'll get to see it 482 times before the big day.
Posted by: andy | November 30, 2002 08:14 PM
1. A Christmas Story
2. The Preacher's Wife (new)
3. Its a Wonderful Life
Posted by: Anthony | November 30, 2002 08:19 PM
1. A Christmas Story
2. It's a Wonderful Life
3. Miracle on 34th Street
Posted by: Shannon | November 30, 2002 08:24 PM
Life of Brian
Silent Night, Deadly Night
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Posted by: Laurence Simon | November 30, 2002 08:35 PM
1. Lethal Weapon I
2. Holiday Inn
3. A Christmas Story
Posted by: that tart | November 30, 2002 08:43 PM
1. A Christmas Story
2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
3. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Posted by: Rita | November 30, 2002 09:04 PM
1. A Christmas Story
2. Frosty the Snowman
3. Lethal Weapon I
Posted by: ivory | November 30, 2002 09:08 PM
Hmm. Following Laurence's always fine example, I shall have to say: Psycho, Night of the Living Dead, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Okay, okay, just kidding, awright? Here's my real list: A Christmas Carol (the old English version with Alastair Sim as Scrooge); A Christmas Story; and A Charlie Brown Christmas. Plus the other ones that everybody else mentioned. I'm a sucker for sentimental movies, all year long.
Posted by: Arthur Silber | November 30, 2002 09:13 PM
1) Die Hard
2) A Christmas Carol (the Patrick Stewart version--I'm sorry, but he's way better than Sim)
3) Trading Places
(Honorable Mention to Holiday Inn. I love it, but I still cringe when I see the Lincoln's Birthday blackface scene, so I can't put it in the top 3)
Posted by: Alex Knapp | November 30, 2002 09:24 PM
Holiday Inn
The Year Without a Santa Claus (BTW, for those wondering, it's official that Heat Miser would beat Snow Miser in a fight)
Hans Christian Anderson (probably not a holiday movie, but they always show it around Thanksgiving, so I associate it with the holidays)
Posted by: Lesley | November 30, 2002 09:29 PM
1. Santa Claus: The Movie
2. One Magic Christmas
(Duelling Christmas movies, both from 1985...the heydey of my childhood. Disney vs. John Lithgow's overacting. "FOR FREE??")
3. Christmas Vacation
(National Lampoon. Chevy Chase. Enough said.)
Posted by: Chuck | November 30, 2002 09:49 PM
1. Hands down, "The Grinch...
2. Christmas Vacation (Chevy & Randy are CLASSIC)
3. Motel Hell ("It takes a whole lotta critters to make farmer Vincent's fritters")
Posted by: B.C. | November 30, 2002 09:57 PM
"Die Hard", Hans Gruber perfectly symbolized the greed and materialism of the Holiday Season.
Posted by: Bill McCabe | November 30, 2002 10:16 PM
8 Crazy Nights
Posted by: Andrew | November 30, 2002 10:34 PM
I'm gonna stick with actual movies, otherwise I'd have Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph, Frosty, Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, The Grinch, Blackadder's Christmas Carol...and on and on and on. I'm a Christmas TV junkie.
1. It's A Wonderful Life
2. Muppet Christmas Carol
3. A Christmas Carol (the George C. Scott one!)
I do love the Walton's prequel, The Gathering, though. And I'm surprised no one's mentioned Santa Claus Conquers the Martians...
Rewease Bwian!
Posted by: Solonor | November 30, 2002 11:10 PM
1. Miracle on 34th Street
2. It's a Wonderful Life
3. The Nightmare Before Christmas
And all the really old Christmas cartoons.....
Posted by: Suze | December 1, 2002 01:21 AM
What a great idea!
1. A Christmas Story
2. Christmas Vacation
3. It's a Wonderful Life
Posted by: Jason | December 1, 2002 02:36 AM
1. Miracle on 34th Street, the original, accept no remakes.
2. Santa Clause Conquers the Martians, if for no other reasons than the delightfully annoying theme song. The MST3K version must be seen for the "Oscar Wilde" comments alone.
3. White Christmas, mit der Bingle.
Posted by: lactose incompetent | December 1, 2002 02:53 AM
You may have to throw out my vote because I've got 3 old movies I love. .
1. Miracle on 34th Street (original)
2. Christmas in Connecticut
3. Holiday Inn
and 3 "current" movies I love. . .
1. Muppet Christmas Movie
2. Home Alone
3. The Grinch
Sorry, I just couldn't decide which list to go with.
Posted by: Party of One--SF | December 1, 2002 03:20 AM
It's A Wonderful Life
Scrooged
Holiday Inn
[Runners Up ('cause they're not actual feature-length movies, but I must mention them because I watch them every year):
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas]
Posted by: Devra | December 1, 2002 03:32 AM
A Christmas Story
Scrooged
Nightmare Before Christmas
Posted by: starmama | December 1, 2002 09:08 AM
1. A Christmas Story
2. Miracle on 34th Street
3. Year without a Santa Claus
Posted by: carol | December 1, 2002 11:28 AM
One that we always have to view at least once in my house (that hasn't been mentioned yet): Joe Dante's Gremlins, with its touchingly inapt Phoebe Cates' monologue about Santa Dad's chimney death. (Beautifully parodied in the sequel.)
Posted by: Bill Sherman | December 1, 2002 11:59 AM
1. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
2. It's a Wonderful Life
3. Home Alone
Honourable mentions: Muppet Christmas Carol, Life of Brian, Die Hard. And there's this New Year's thing called Dinner For One about an old woman pretending to have a New Year's party with her friends (who have all passed away), and the butler has to drink for all of them... hilarious stuff.
Posted by: Sam | December 1, 2002 12:54 PM
1. A Christmas Story, too funny.
2. Animated Grinch
Jim who?
3. Scrooged, classic.
Or, the sappy list
1. A Christman Story,
2. Miracle on 34th Street (either of the first two, the one in 90s sucked, the best one had Natalie Wood)
3.It's a Wonderful Life
Psychotic List
1. Christmas Story (hey, fun for the entire family)
2. Santa conquers the Martians.
Hey, Pia Zadora is hot. errr, was hot.
3.A Very Brady Christmas.
Posted by: veeshir | December 1, 2002 05:09 PM
1. Year Without A Santa Claus (Snow Meiser/Heat Meiser) CLASSIC!!!!
2. A Christmas Story (I triple-dog-dare you)
3. Christmas Vacation (And I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-assed, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spineless, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is! Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol)
Posted by: Lisa | December 2, 2002 10:04 AM
1. The Nightmare Before Christmas
2. A Christmas Story
3. A Charlie Brown Christmas (the original one)
Posted by: Fredo | December 2, 2002 10:19 AM
1. Scrooged
2. Muppet Christmas Carol
Posted by: Steve Gigl | December 4, 2002 01:08 PM
1. The Year Without a Santa
2. Frosty the Snowman
3. How the Grich Stole Christmas (cartoon version, not Jim Carrey)
Posted by: prplhz | December 5, 2002 11:07 PM
It's a Wonderful Life
Scrooge (the musical with Albert Finney)
Miracle on 34th Street
Posted by: Robert | December 23, 2002 10:18 AM
I love
Christmas movies
here is my list!
holiday inn
all the cartoons with Beril Ives singing in them.
it's a wonderful life
emmett otter's jugband
a christmas carol
miracle on 34th street.
scrooged
all the old 1920's santa cartoons
always got a have christmas story
and many more
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