favourite christmas movie (Page 2)

what about "Meet the feebles"?

It's a Wonderful Life -I know it by heart and still cry when they're running around town collecting money in laundry baskets for George Bailey.

Snowman... love the music, the quiet of it.... It's just great.

And what's that weird claymation one with Fred Astaire as the mailman/narrator? It "explains" all the Christmas stories in one fell swoop...it's a musical. There's a Winter Warlock..... I'm not remembering the name, but I love that thing. It was on television a lot when I was a kid, so I suppose it's associated with happy memories.

A Miracle on 34th Street. Love that one!

Andrea

Does anyone--you more mature members might remember--remember an animated film call "The Selfish Giant", which was based on a short story by Oscar Wilde?  I have not seen it aired in twenty years or so but it was a favourite of mine.  The story revolves around a selfish giant who kicks the local children out of his garden and builds a wall around it to keep them out.  Because the garden is bleak and desolate, Winter and Jack Frost make it their permanent home and the giant becomes old and miserable.  One day the giant sees a young child sitting in one of the garden trees and lets him down.  He sees that the child (Christ) has deep gashes in his hands and wants to avenge this wrong.  The child soothes him and reminds him that violence is not the answer.  The giant knocks down the wall and allows the children into his garden.

My eyes used to well up with tears every time I saw this movie.  Unfortunately it ran at a time when video tape machines were not that common.  Anyone have any idea if this is playing anywhere?

Edited by Machiavelo 2004-12-26 11:31 AM

Oh my God Michel!! I was JUST thinking about that movie while I was out running yesterday!! I assumed it was something only my family had ever seen!!! My sister found a VHS version and gave it to my nephews a few years ago - so the cycle continues!!!! My eyes were welling up just thinking about it yesterday.  I LOVE the parts where the weather is all described as people - like the hail storm is a knight in armour dancing on the roof!!

Shall I get Sann to make you a copy???

Edited by pooh bear 2004-12-26 1:18 PM

Yes, the Selfish Giant is  wonderful movie - still sing the song from it (lol- not that anyone wants to hear that!!). Will make a copy and bring it with me to Ottawa this summer for you Michel. So glad to be able to share it ...but you need to promise you will cry during it ok?

Definately "A miracle on 34th street" followed closely by "It's a wonderful life" followed closely by "White Christmas" with good ole Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye

Nothing modern day even comes close to catching the spirit of Christmas. Too much perversion in the modern day stuff.

Steve

OK, I am late to this thread, but I am an Xmas movie nut. The big Xmas movie countdown - drum roll please.

10 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the animated version)
9 - Miracle On 34th Street (with Natalie Wood)
8 - A Christmas Story
7 - Elf (Home for the Holidays could take this place here too but it is a Thanks Giving movie really)
6 - Die Hard 2: Die Harder
5 - Die Hard (Now I have a machine gun - ho ho ho)
4 - Black Christmas (I think you might have to be a horror buff and a Canadian to appreciate this one)
3 - Blizzard (Amazing little movie about a girl, a reindeer and figureskating)
2 - It's A Wonderful Life
1 - Prancer tied with Scrooge - AKA: A Christmas Carol (the one with Alastair Sim 1951)

I have seen all of them this month. And I still managed to train some.

Okay, i'm having far to much fun with this thread!! Black Christmas traumatized me for life. Do you remember the ad leading up to the "network premier"? - it would have been 1977 or 8 maybe??? it just had a creepy kid's choir singing "silent night" and blood dripping down the screen.  I knew I HAD to see it.  I watched it (against my parent's express orders - I was 8 or 9) and I was paralyzed with fear. THERE WAS AN ATTIC DOOR right outside my bedroom. I've never been the same

Oooh.... Black Christmas, now there's a blast from the past, 1974 to be precice!  Lots of well know actors and actresses of the day in that one, Olivia Hussey (Romeo and Juliet), Margot Kidder (Superman), Keir Dullea (2001: Space Odyssey), and John Saxon (Enter the Dragon).  What a chiller of a movie that was.  I was in my mid-twenties and it still made the little hairs on the back of my head stand up!  The ending is frightening.  Not your standard Christmas fare.

It was on TV over the weekend. And I purposely went to a party late so I could watch the movie in its entirety.

A Christmas Story ..... it was on for 24 hours Christmas Eve and Christmas Day..... "I double dog dare you"...

I *love* the Miracle on 34th Street and I'm so glad to see that everyone is specifying "the old one"    I was so not impressed with the remake -  they totally messed up the best parts of the story!

A Christmas Story!! We played it for our kids a couple years ago when our oldest two were 5 and 8. They didn't appreciate it at all!! It couldn't be! I'm going to try again in another couple years. 

I added ELF to the list this year. That movie cracked me up.

Wow the closet Black Christmas fans are out of the closet. The very first movie to bring you serial killer cam vision.

Bob Clark (the guy who made the movie) was best friends with John Carpenter who developed one of Clarks ideas into the movie Halloween.

It is cool to see that people like Clarks other Christmas move - A Christmas Story. The man has a way with Christmas.

"Bad Santa"

Die Hard!!!!

Christmas in Connecticut. Barbara Stanwyck falling in love with Dennis Morgan. And who wouldn't?

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation (the best of the series).

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation