Neil Young
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Scrooge. This is the absolute best version of A Christmas Carol.
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It's getting to be that time. Your favorite Christmas movie?
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TrainedRage
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LegendOfKage
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quickwhips
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Christmas vacation but die hard is my favorite.
Puffthedragon
Neo Member
Christmas vacation
MayauMiao
Member
Out of all 'A Christmas Carol' versions, this one is the best, bar none. Maybe Lethal Weapon 1 and Die Hard 1 comes next.
BlackOlivesMatter
Banned
Night of the Comet and Gremlins
Explosive Zombie
Banned
This one is currently airing on Shudder, I haven't watched yet but it looks badass...
#Phonepunk#
Banned
Ernest Saves Christmas is my family's favorite one.
it's a totally through a through pure cheesy Christmas movie but with Ernest's crazy cast of usual characters.
the whole movie is on youtube in several lofi variations.
it's just a lot of silly fun. a low budget 80s fantasy movie with a great effects heavy flying sequence at the end. but most of it is low budget character based cartoonish comedy.
there is a scene where he has to smuggle in Santa Claus to a movie set and he dresses up as a character called "Snake Man" who is totally based on some Florida everglades living swamp type. it is just perfect. for some reason this scene just makes me laugh so much.
and of course a reprise of his famous drag character, playing his own mother.
Jim Varney had magnificent range and was an incredible actor, so I've always thought he was massively underrated. too lowbrow for MSM.
it's a totally through a through pure cheesy Christmas movie but with Ernest's crazy cast of usual characters.
the whole movie is on youtube in several lofi variations.
it's just a lot of silly fun. a low budget 80s fantasy movie with a great effects heavy flying sequence at the end. but most of it is low budget character based cartoonish comedy.
there is a scene where he has to smuggle in Santa Claus to a movie set and he dresses up as a character called "Snake Man" who is totally based on some Florida everglades living swamp type. it is just perfect. for some reason this scene just makes me laugh so much.
and of course a reprise of his famous drag character, playing his own mother.
Jim Varney had magnificent range and was an incredible actor, so I've always thought he was massively underrated. too lowbrow for MSM.
J-Roderton
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Wow. Thanks for posting this. Definitely going to give this a watch. Nostalgia overload.
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
George C Scott Christmas Carol
Super Mario
Banned
Christmas Vacation. Many movies from 1989 did not age well. This one has stood the test of time
Bad Santa is underrated. A lot of people haven't given it a chance. It is hilarious.
Elf is also good, even if some don't like to admit it. It hits all of the levers of a good Christmas movie.
There are a ton of good Christmas movies.
Bad Santa is underrated. A lot of people haven't given it a chance. It is hilarious.
Elf is also good, even if some don't like to admit it. It hits all of the levers of a good Christmas movie.
There are a ton of good Christmas movies.
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slugbahr
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Die Hard
Mohonky
Member
I love Christmas and I love Christmas movies, but yeh Scrooged is obviously right up there.
Krampus was a surprisingly awesome holiday horror
Krampus was a surprisingly awesome holiday horror
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Someday I'll watch krampus.
TindalosPup
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Many of my favorites are among the Rankin Bass claymation and animation movies;
-Santa Clause is Coming to Town
-The Year Without a Santa Clause
-Twas the Night Before Christmas
-Cricket on the Hearth
-Frosty the Snowman (Frosty's Winter Wonderland, Frosty Returns)
-Rudolph (Rudolph's Shiny New Year, and other Rudolph shenanigans)
-The Little Drummer Boy, I actually watched that this week and it got to me way more than it did the last time I watched it (over a decade ago)
I'm not sure how many of you have watched this, but this is something I try to find to watch almost every year (haven't found the full version, but here's the shorts in YouTube videos):
Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Special
I love Christmas and Claymation (obviously I like Nightmare Before Christmas for the same reasons)
-Santa Clause is Coming to Town
-The Year Without a Santa Clause
-Twas the Night Before Christmas
-Cricket on the Hearth
-Frosty the Snowman (Frosty's Winter Wonderland, Frosty Returns)
-Rudolph (Rudolph's Shiny New Year, and other Rudolph shenanigans)
-The Little Drummer Boy, I actually watched that this week and it got to me way more than it did the last time I watched it (over a decade ago)
I'm not sure how many of you have watched this, but this is something I try to find to watch almost every year (haven't found the full version, but here's the shorts in YouTube videos):
Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Special
I love Christmas and Claymation (obviously I like Nightmare Before Christmas for the same reasons)
JimmyRustler
Member
Home Alone and Jingle all the way.
J-Roderton
Member
And who could forget the classic KISS Saves Santa
EverydayBeast
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There’s a sense that Christmas is just another day lately, uh, I would say top four
Home alone 1
Home alone 2
Elf
Christmas Vacation
Home alone 1
Home alone 2
Elf
Christmas Vacation
teezzy
Banned
You seen any of the SIlent Night Deadly Night movies bro? Jack Frost?
jufonuk
not tag worthy
Firestartah
Member
1.Home Alone I
2.Trapped In Paradise
3.Die Hard
4.Jingle All The Way
5.Home Alone II
2.Trapped In Paradise
3.Die Hard
4.Jingle All The Way
5.Home Alone II
diffusionx
Gold Member
Die Hard isn’t a Christmas movie and it’s not even a question. It is a movie that is set during Christmas but that is a different thing. It could take place at any time and be the same movie. Christmas is not central to it.
My favorite is probably Bad Santa followed by Home Alone 2 just because the bandits get fucked up way better than the first, Trump is in it, and it takes place in NYC.
My favorite is probably Bad Santa followed by Home Alone 2 just because the bandits get fucked up way better than the first, Trump is in it, and it takes place in NYC.
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jufonuk
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But he gets the gift of a machine gun. Hans and co learn to not mess with an NYPD cop.
Firestartah
Member
I kinda dont agree. The Christmas theme is in the movie a lot, it doesnt rly need to a comedy or feel good type of movie to be qualified as a christmas movie. As a kid, the black cop singing "Let it snow" while he was leaving the store with his donuts was so iconic for me. The party in Nakatomi Plaza is a christmas one, theres the "ho ho ho now I've got a machine gun" written on the dead terrorist's shirt. Its just so much in the movie that it has to qualify, it feels integral to the atmosphere of the movie and I think the movie would suffer if it was during a random autumn day for example.
But yea of course its not the type of family comedy or feel good type of movie we usually watch on Christmas so I get where you're coming from.
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brap
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no and jack frost is fucking garbitch.
NeoIkaruGAF
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Trading Places has been Italy's Christmas movie for ages. It's always on TV on Christmas Eve - regularly followed by Young Frankenstein for some reason.Trading Places
It's becoming a tradition since they're airing this movie every fucking year!
Orutisu Furio
Member
2 Elves, 1 Cup (of Eggnog) *wink *wink*
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GardenOfAbbylon
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Personally I always watch Bad(der) Santa and Christmas Vacation.
GardenOfAbbylon
Member
omg I grew on this. It was my jam
Manus
Member
It's the best. They don't make them like the used to anymore.
Fbh
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It's 100% just nostalgia but I love Jingle All the Way. It was my favorite as a kid and watching it (almost) every year during Christmas is a bit of a tradition.
As a bonus, as and adult I like how upset people get about it now. "Um actually, it's not funny because the neighbor is creepy and Arnie is a bad dad and if you think about it he and the other dude do a lot of illegal and dangerous stuff".
Nah...fuck it, it's funny and from a time you could make jokes about technically serious stuff without people crying about it.
As a bonus, as and adult I like how upset people get about it now. "Um actually, it's not funny because the neighbor is creepy and Arnie is a bad dad and if you think about it he and the other dude do a lot of illegal and dangerous stuff".
Nah...fuck it, it's funny and from a time you could make jokes about technically serious stuff without people crying about it.
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HellforLeather
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Its a Wonderful Life.
Its probably the most rewatchable schmaltzy old timey movie of all time. Its just great. I dont always watch it every year but its good stuff.
Its probably the most rewatchable schmaltzy old timey movie of all time. Its just great. I dont always watch it every year but its good stuff.
GardenOfAbbylon
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Maxwell Jacob Friedman
leads to fear. Fear leads to xbox.
Christmas Vacation, reminds me a lot of my Christmases growing up.
A guy wants to try to have the perfect Christmas with his family and by all means somehow everything manages to go wrong. By far my fav Christmas movie ever.
A guy wants to try to have the perfect Christmas with his family and by all means somehow everything manages to go wrong. By far my fav Christmas movie ever.