What are you’re top 3 go to Christmas movies

[greenmachines]

Love the Hogfather, it's in my top 5

Any Pratchett, even low budget Pratchett is still better than 90 percent of TV.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

As an adult I usually only watch Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story every year. I guess I'd add Home Alone on there for my third. I do still really like Emmet Otter, but I haven't watched that since my niece and nephew were younger!

 

[blewis17]

...gotta toss in the original 1964 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, the longest running Christmas special in history. Big thanks to both Montgomery Ward employee Robert May for coming up with the original poem as an ad campaign for the department store chain, and his brother-in-law-Johhny Marks for developing the subsequent song (Marks' neighbor just happened to be Arthur Rankin).

And then the Japanese stop motion work overseen by "Tad" Mochinaga and sponsorship by G.E.

I can still picture my South Florida childhood when I think of Rudoplh.

 

[Collectorchris]

Rudolph absolutely has to be on the list. My wife and I played some trivia the other night that was based on the original Rudolph. I did not know the backstory in its development, thank you for sharing!

 

[jts1031]

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
A Christmas Carol(George C. Scott)
A Christmas Story

 

[George]

"Elf" with Will Ferrell, James Caan and Zooey Deschanel never gets old for me.
And if you're into (English) classics, look up "A Child's Christmas in Wales" on youtube. That has to be my all-time favorite ever since I have seen it on tv as a kid

 

[scarf man]

Scrooge 1970 musical (Alec Guinness is great as Marley)
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
First episode of the Jesus of Nazareth miniseries

 

[ALLEY]

It’s A Wonderful Life. For me, there are no comparisons.

Although, I do prefer the original lost ending of the classic film.

“Hee-Haw and Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!”

 

[Bigdaddy]

It’s A Wonderful Life. For me, there are no comparisons.

Although, I do prefer the original lost ending of the classic film.

“Hee-Haw, and Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!”

I have the SNL Christmas DVD with that skit, always cued up to play immediately after the original ends.

 

[JPH]

Watch Spirited before making your decision.

Oh, and Diehard.

 

[Halliwax]

1. Suburban commando
2. Suburban commando
3. Suburban commando

Because who doesn’t love Suburban commando !?

 

[dascoyne]

It's a Wonderful Life
Die Hard
Bad Santa

 

[swgeek]

Die Hard
Leathal Weapon
A Christmas Story

 

[Ron]

Obviously it's not a Christmas movie but they always show The Sound of Music around Christmas time; so it has a Christmas feel to me.

 

[jkno]

Hmmmm

 

[agliarept]

#1 Jingle all the way
#2 A Christmas story
#3 Home Alone

 

[NeoRutty]

Christmas Vacation
Red Letter Media's two parter for "The Star Wars Holiday Special"
Just Friends

 

[nivektunk]

Okay I don't normally post on these but here we go. Top movies :
1. A Christmas Story
2. Christmas Vacation
3. Tie with Die hard and The Polar Express.
Top Christmas TV shows:
1. Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
2. Rudolph's Shiny New Year
3. A Year Without a Santa Claus
Cheers,
Kevin

 

[Megamicrofish]

Die Hard,
Its a Wonderful Life
National lampoons Christmas Vacation

 

[Funky]

Yeah, we’re pretty boring at our place.

A Christmas Story
The Santa Clause
Die Hard