The Lesser-Known Christmas Movies

[TheDoctor]

Remember "A Claymation Christmas Special" with the California Raisins?

What was Lisa Simpson's response? Something like "This is offensive to both Christians AND prunes!"

 

[Drewid]

My rotation is:

Twilight Zone: Night of the Meek
Garfield Christmas
Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas (this one is more popular than I thought)
Charlie Brown Christmas
The Rankin and Bass shows
The Muppet Christmas Carol
A Muppet Family Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated)
White Christmas
Scrooge (1960 musical with Albert Finney and Alec Guiness)

 

[WarPig]

The Warehouse 13 Christmas/Holiday episode is pretty good too!

 

[jackdoud]

No love for Ernest Saves Christmas?

And is Home Alone still a staple? I never see it anymore.

 

[CessnaDriver]

Lethal Weapon and Gremlins.

 

[slightlyagitatedwookie]

Putting a vote in for The Night They Saved Christmas from 1984, with Art Cartney as Santa, June Lockhart as Mrs. Claus, and Jaclyn Smith and Paul Le Mat.

Not many of my friends recall it, and it's definitely 'dated' I suppose, but I always enjoyed it.

The plot:

An oil company is exploring two Arctic sites for oil. The needed blasting at the first site rocks Santa Claus' North Pole village. He realizes that any blasting at the second site will destroy his home. He enlists the aid of a woman and her children to convince her husband (who works for the company) that the first site is where the oil they want is. Along the way, Santa explains all his secrets in delivering presents all around the world.

This was my favorite as a kid! I haven't seen it in years. My sister bought it on DVD a few years back I'll have to borrow it.

 

[Jet Beetle]

I did a paper in school where I broke down DIE HARD calling it a run of the mill Christmas movie - I don't remember it all but I know I compared John McClain to a realistic Santa Claus - the chimney was the elevator shaft and he even makes a list on his arm of the naughty people who are trying to spoil Christmas.

I got a low B