Best Christmas movie?

[thestonesfan]

Just a simple question. What's your favorite Christmas flic?

Mine is "Christmas Story". A work of art. One of the best movies of all time.

"How the Grinch Stole Christmas" is also classic. Not the new one, the old one, of course.

"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" is also very good. The best Lampoon movie, I'd say.

 

[col]

Its a wonderful life.

 

[Stapel]

Let me be the first to say:

Scrooge

 

[Stapel]

The muppet version of course !

 

[amadeus]

"A Christmas Story" has got to be one of my favorites. After that, "Home Alone" is pretty good.

 

[thestonesfan]

Originally posted by Stapel
The muppet version of course !

I was disappointed in the Muppet version of Christmas Carol. The best muppet movie by far is "The Muppets Treasure Island".

 

[Simon Darkshade]

Michael Caine is a wonderful Scrooge.
Blackadder's Christmas Carol is a heartening moral tale.

Muppet's Treasure Island was rather smashing, but pales in comparison to the Christian Bale/Charlton Heston version.

 

[EzInKy]

That's an easy one...."It's A Wonderful Life".

 

[Archer 007]

Does "A Nightmare Before Christmas" count?

 

[Superevie]

"A Christmas Story" is my ALL TIME FAVORITE! I've watched over 100 times and I still laugh. "You'll shoot your eye out, kid!"

 

[jpowers]

It wasn't the whole movie, but the Afterlife musical number in "The Meaning of Life" - It's Christmas in Heaven - was my favorite X-Mas-themed moment in film.

 

[thestonesfan]

Originally posted by archer_007
Does "A Nightmare Before Christmas" count?

That was way too Tim Burton-ish for me. He should have stopped at Betelguice.

 

[Aphex_Twin]

BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES one can get heir hands on

 

[Suppersalmon]

Muppet's Christmas Carol
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
and National lampons Christmas vacation

 

[jack merchant]

Die Hard & Die Hard II

 

[Martacus]

There are some pretty good ones out there. My favorties:

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Story
A Christmas Carol/Scrooge (not sure which version; leaning towards George C. Scott)
It's a Wonderful Life
Die Hard

Never really liked Miracle on 34th St.

 

[wilbill]

A Christmas Story
NatLamp's Christmas Vacation
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
an animated special that ran on (IIRC) HBO several years ago called "Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas. Wish it would show up again. Excellent story and music.

 

[thestonesfan]

Die Hard does not count as a Christmas movie, goons!

 

[DS_Legionary]

I like Christmas Story, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, and of course Scrooged with Bill Murray.

 

[Mariusz]

Gremlins

Does it count as a Christmas movie?