Favorite Christmas Movie

Well, for a family movie, bar none "Miracle on 34th Street" is my all time favorite.

This is generally the first Christmas movie of the season played in my house, and it's been a Thanksgiving Day tradition for my kids for several years now. After watching the Macy's Parade and then gorging on a huge meal, we resign to the family room, light a fire, and watch Miracle on 34th Street - the original 1947 B&W.

So what are some of your favorites?

A Christmas Story - you'll put your eye out

A Charlie Brown Christmas

List your favorite and why.

 

Not very original but despite seeing it a million times, Its a Wonderful Life is still my favourite with Ralphie following right behind. (The sequel to A Christmas Story with Charles Grodin was also excellent)

Of course The Nightmare Before Christmas is right up there

 

My fav's:
Bad Santa
Ralphie
Scrooged

 

Bah Humbug, I like Scrooge.

 

LOL ....

Which one?

Scrooge (1935)
Scrooge (1951)
Scrooge (1970)
Scrooged (1988)

 

1988 Scrooged was funny! That is my favorite. I like the "heartwarming" ones as well, but that one was unique and had so many stars from several generations of movie making in it.

 

I could only think of The Grinch.
So, my favourite would be The Grinch

 

Scrooged was funny, but I pick 1970.

 

My kids were very young when that came out five years ago. My son was five at the time and loved it, however, my daughters were scared to death of the Jim Carrey depiction of Grinch.

 

The "Muppets Christmas Carol" and "Scrooged" are my favourite Christmas movies.

My favourite movie that's not a Christmas movie, but is always on at Chrismas is "Oliver!" the musical.

Oh, and I really enjoyed the Polar Express last year, but I don't know how it'll stand up to repeated viewings.

 

Miracle on 34th Street and It's a Wonderful Life are classics, but I have to agree with Rob with Bad Santa.

 

Polar Express is my new favorite Christmas movie. Being a fan of steam locomotives may have something to do with it. But I think it was a really cool movie.

 

I'd never have guessed that you'd choose your movie based on a train

That being said, Frosty the Snowman has a train scene or two also

 

My least favorite one was Jingle All the Way

 

Communist!

 

1 Nightmare before Christmas
2 It's a wonderful life
3 [Insert name of BBC Show here] Christmas special (Not a movie, but the BBC make some awesome crimbo specials).

 

Bad Santa, one of the funniest movies ever. Not exactly one to take the kids to, of course.

 

Die Hard is still my favourite Christmas movie, but like some of the others not a movie for the little ones.

 

Home Alone, The Polar Express, Bad Santa, Miracle on 34th Street, The Santa Claus, Christmas with The Kranks , All I want for Christmas, Jack Frost.

But my all time favorite...THE SNOWMAN!

*starts singing* we're walking in the aiiiiiirrrr....

 

If you're having a hard time deciding or looking for a list to choose from:
(they're linked at http://eclecticesoterica.com/christmas_movie.html for more information, details, cast, etc.)

3 Godfathers (1948)
All I Want for Christmas (1991)
American Christmas Carol, An (TV) (1979)
The Associate (1996)
Bad Man's Christmas Gift, The (1910)
Babes in Toyland (1934)
Babes in Toyland (1961)
Babes in Toyland (TV) (1986)
Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945)
Bernard and the Genie (1991) (TV)
Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983) (TV)
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
Bishop's Wife, The (1947)
Black Christmas (1975)
Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) (TV)
Bright Eyes (1934)
Bush Christmas (1947)
Bush Christmas (1983)
Captain's Christmas, The (1938)
Carol for Another Christmas (1964) (TV)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Christmas Burglars, The (1908)
Christmas Carol, A (1917)
Christmas Carol, A (1938)
Christmas Carol, A (1951)
Christmas Carol, A (1954)
A Christmas Carol (1972)
Christmas Carol, A (1984) (TV)
Christmas Carol, A (1995)
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek (1987) (TV)
Christmas Comes but Once a Year (1936)
Christmas Eve (1947)
Christmas Eve (1986) (TV)
Christmas Gift, The (1986) (TV)
Christmas Holiday (1944)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Christmas in Connecticut (TV) (1992)
Christmas in July (1940)
Christmas Kid, The (1967)
Christmas Lilies of the Field (1979) (TV)
Christmas Miracle in Caulfield, U.S.A. (1977) (TV)
Christmas Mountain (1980)
Christmas on Division Street (1991) (TV)
Christmas Romance, A (1994) (TV)
Christmas Stallion, The (1992) (TV)
Christmas Star, The (1986) (TV)
Christmas Story, A (1983)
Christmas That Almost Wasn't, The (1966)
Christmas to Remember, A (1978) (TV)
Christmas Toy, The (1990) (TV)
Christmas Tree, The (1969)
Christmas Vacation '91 (1992)
Christmas Visitor, The (1987) (TV)
Christmas Wife, The (1988) (TV)
Christmas Without Snow, A (1980) (TV)
Christus, The (1916)
Comfort and Joy (1984)
Countdown (1996)
Die Hard (1988)
Don't Open Till Christmas (1985)
Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
Dream for Christmas, A (1973) (TV)
Ebbie (1995) (TV)
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977) (TV)
Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
Every Day Except Christmas (1957)
Frosty the Snowman (1969) (TV)
Fourth Wise Man, The (1985) (TV)
Gathering, Part II, The (1979) (TV)
Gathering, The (1977) (TV)
Gift of Love: A Christmas Story, The (1983) (TV)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Guess Who's Coming for Christmas? (1990) (TV)
Heidi (1937)
Heidi (1952)
Heidi (1965)
Heidi (1968) (TV)
Heidi (1993) (TV)
Hobo's Christmas, A (1987) (TV)
Holiday Affair (1949)
Holiday Inn (1942)
Holly and the Ivy, The (1952)
Home Alone (1990)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Home for Christmas (1949)
Home for the Holidays (1972) (TV)
Homecoming - A Christmas Story, The (1971) (TV)
House Without a Christmas Tree, The (1972) (TV)
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988) (TV)
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984) (TV)
It Happened One Christmas (1977) (TV)
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas (1989) (TV)
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
Jingle All the Way (1996)
Kid Who Loved Christmas, The (1990) (TV)
Lemon Drop Kid, The (1934)
Lemon Drop Kid, The (1951)
Life & Adventures of Santa Claus, The (1985) (TV)
The Little Drummer Boy Book II (1976) (TV)
The Little Drummer Boy (1968) (TV)
Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
Man in the Santa Claus Suit, The (1978) (TV)
Man Who Came to Dinner, The (1941)
Meet John Doe (1941)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Mickey's Christmas Carol (1984)
Midnight Clear, A (1991)
Miracle of the Bells, The (1948)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1973) (TV)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Mixed Nuts (1994)
Mom for Christmas, A (1990) (TV)
Mr. Krueger's Christmas (1980) (TV)
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
Muppet Christmas Carol, The (1992)
My Little Boy (1917)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey Nestor (1977) (TV)
The Night Before Christmas (1906)
The Night Before Christmas (1912)
Night Before Christmas, The (1926)
Night Before Christmas, The (1933)
Night Before Christmas, The (1941)
Night Before Christmas, The (1994)
Night They Saved Christmas, The (1984) (TV)
Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993)
Nutcracker (1982)
Nutcracker, The (1993)
Nutcracker, The Motion Picture (1986)
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
One Christmas (1994) (TV)
One Magic Christmas (1985)
La Pastorela (1991) (TV)
Penny Serenade (1941)
Pinocchio's Christmas (1980) (TV)
Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952)
Prancer (1989)
Pups' Christmas, The (1936)
Reckless (1995)
The Ref (1994)
The Right to Be Happy (1916)
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) (TV)
Santa Claus (1959)
Santa Claus (1985)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970) (TV)
Santa Clause, The (1994)
Scrooge (1935)
Scrooge (1951)
Scrooge (1970)
Scrooged (1988)
Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives, The (1933)
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1973)
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1992)
Silent Night, Deadly Night III - Better Watch Out! (1989)
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part II (1987)
Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969) (TV)
Since You Went Away (1944)
Smoky Mountain Christmas, A (1986) (TV)
The Snowman (1982)
Story of the First Christmas Snow, The (1975) (TV)
Sunshine Christmas (1977) (TV)
To Grandmother's House We Go (1992) (TV)
Trading Places (1983)
Trap for Santa Claus, A (1909)
Trapped in Paradise (1994)
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1914)
U.F.O. Blue Christmas (1979)
Very Brady Christmas, A (1988) (TV)
White Christmas (1954)
A Wish for Wings That Work (1991) (TV)
Year Without a Santa Claus, The (1974) (TV)
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1991) (TV)
You Better Watch Out (1980)
Young Pioneers' Christmas (1976) (TV)