faves:
Krampus
A Christmas Horror Story
Black Christmas
NL Christmas Vacation
Home Alone
Elf
I really don't get into the classics like "wonderful life", "miracle on 34th street" or "white Christmas" (find that one so boring!) but I do love me "A Christmas Story".
Re: Holiday Movies
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Miracle on 34th Street
Elf
Cheesy Hallmark movies (ha)
Take it or leave it:
Christmas Vacation
Grinch cartoon
Not a fan:
A Christmas Story
White Christmas
Grinch real people
I've never watched It's a Wonderful Life
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My favorite classics are The Grinch (animated) and Charlie Brown Christmas.
I generally don't watch movies more than once. And that also goes for Christmas movies.
But I did like:
Don't forget Christmas cartoons! I pretty much like all of them, except Charlie Brown ones. I just don't like Charlie Brown, in general. My absolute fave...I don't even know what the title is...but it has the two little bears who don't want to hibernate because they want to meet Santa.
Home Alone is one of my all-time least favorite movies. Christmas or otherwise. I was rooting for the thieves over that obnoxious child. Plus, it's just hard for me to get over the outlandish premise of the whole movie. That no one called the police. Not the child. Not the parents, when they realized they forgot their child. And the fact that they didn't notice he was gone for as long as they did. Mmm..hmm.
That's literally it. I've watched a lot of the others....and it's not like I DISlike them. I just don't love them or care enough about them to make them a holiday tradition.
You know, I've never seen A Christmas Story the whole way though. Bits and pieces on TV, but not the whole thing. Ever.
Faves:
Muppet Christmas Carol
Miracle on 34th Street
Animated Grinch
Elf
The Santa Clause
Rudolph
Least faves:
Polar Express
Live action Grinch
Sequels to The Santa Clause
My mom and I also count Little Women as a Christmas movie, so I'll add that to a fave.
Muppets Christmas Carol
The Grinch {live action}
Nightmare Before Christmas
Love Actually
Movies I Typically Only Watch with my mum:
It's a Wonderful Life
Shrek the Halls {she lovvessss Shrek lmao}
Polar Express
Grinch {cartoon}
Shows:
Rudolph
Frosty
Frosty Returns (not a fan but I still watch)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (my favorite by far)
Elf
Polar Express
Muppet Christmas Carol
White Christmas
Take or Leave:
A Christmas Story - I'm glad that I saw it. I don't feel the need to see it again and I'm not drawn to it.
Home Alone (ditto above)
I enjoy White Christmas and It's A Wonderful Life.
Krampus was terrible!
The one with Alistair Simms is Scrooge (no D).
@Ro041 I've heard people call them both the opposite, hence why I wanted to double check.
My mum likes the Bill Murray version, I'm 'enh' with it. If I'm at her place while it's on, I'll watch but otherwise nah.
Home Alone
Elf (but I watch this year-round lol)
Miracle on 34th Street
Grinch cartoon (actually got to see it this year!!)
Charlie Brown Christmas
Take Or Leave:
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Story (H looooooooooves this movie)
Home Alone 2 Lost In New York (and that's where I draw the line)
Rudolph (his parents and the other reindeer are so mean to him!!)
Four Christmases
Meh:
Grinch with Jim Carrey
Frosty the Snowman
It's A Wonderful Life
Polar Express (I love the book and I love me some Tom Hanks, but the animation in this movie is just so creepy)
Rudolph
Grinch (cartoon)
Charlie Brown
It's a Wonderful Life
Meh:
Frosty
Real Life Grinch
I agree Hallmark movies are in their own categories.
Agree Hallmark movies are a separate category, though I don't care for them because they are formulaic and cheesy. But I can understand the love!
My formulaic, cheese love is for the "suspense" Lifetime movies. Where a (teacher, spouse, student, stepparent, stepchild, friend, or coworker) is stalking and terrorizing their (teacher, spouse, student, stepparent, stepchild, friend, or coworker).
BoJack Horseman: Sabrina's Christmas Wish
To be honest, I don't get the fascination with A Christmas Story. I thought it had a few amusing moments, but that was it.
Older/oldest versions (because I'm older/oldest) of....
A Christmas Carol with Reginald Owen
Miracle on 34th Street with Maureen O'Hara
The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant
An Affair to Remember and Meet Me in St. Louis (not "official" Christmas movies but their Christmas scenes are memorable for me.....)
Home Alone (the elderly neighbor gets me EVERY time)
The Santa Claus
Elf
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer...love the Bumble!
Chuck Brown for the music!
@MobKaz, there are four cities I don't think I could ever live in...because of the strong song association in my head, lol. I'll be showing my mom's penchant for torturing me with musicals as a child:
St. Louis, MI -- "Meet Me in St. Louis" -- song from the musical by the same name <<...meet me at the fair. NO! Stop!>>
Gary, IN -- "Gary, Indiana" -- from the Music Man movie
Chattanooga, TN -- "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" -- Don't know where this song comes from, but it haunts me every time I hear the word "Chattanooga"
Cincinnati, OH -- "Cincinnati WKRP" -- theme song to the tv show "WKRP"
I sincerely hope it is just me who gets those songs stuck in my head and I haven't scarred anyone else with this post.
I dont like Miracle or A Christmas Story.
Sorry any Gary people on here. Although...I'm sure you're there because you can't get out.