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  • It's a Wonderful Life

    1 6.25%

  • Bells of St. Mary's

    0 0%

  • Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

    2 12.50%

  • A Christmas Story

    8 50.00%

  • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

    3 18.75%

  • Home Alone

    0 0%

  • A Christmas Carol (1938)

    1 6.25%

  • The Santa Clause (1994)

    0 0%

  • Santa Claus The Movie

    1 6.25%

  • The Muppet's Christmas Carol

    0 0%
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  1. 12-13-2006, 01:11 PM #1
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    Definitely...

    ...A Christmas Story...

    Don't get me wrong...A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim is a perennial fave, the George C. Scott version isn't bad either, don't think I ever saw the '38 version with Reginald Owen...Miracle On 34th St. is right up there...It's A Wonderful Life...Christmas Vacation (a bit of trivia: Mae Questel aka Aunt Bethany was the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl)...How about Laurel & Hardy's March Of The Wooden Soldiers...or Blackadder's Christmas Carol...

    In fact unless I'm mistaken, one of the local (NYC) independent TV stations used to play King Kong, Son Of Kong and Mighty Joe Young back-to-back on Christmas...so even they have a certain connection with Christmas (or was it Thanksgiving? markw help me on this)

    But...from Little Orphan Annie's secret message via the Ovaltine decoder pin to the "Oh fudge" flat tire to the smiling Chinese Christmas duck...not to mention the late Darren Mc Gavin...sooooo

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  2. 12-13-2006, 01:30 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Resident Loser
    ...A Christmas Story...

    Don't get me wrong...A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim is a perennial fave, the George C. Scott version isn't bad either, don't think I ever saw the '38 version with Reginald Owen...Miracle On 34th St. is right up there...It's A Wonderful Life...Christmas Vacation (a bit of trivia: Mae Questel aka Aunt Bethany was the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl)...How about Laurel & Hardy's March Of The Wooden Soldiers...or Blackadder's Christmas Carol...

    In fact unless I'm mistaken, one of the local (NYC) independent TV stations used to play King Kong, Son Of Kong and Mighty Joe Young back-to-back on Christmas...so even they have a certain connection with Christmas (or was it Thanksgiving? markw help me on this)

    But...from Little Orphan Annie's secret message via the Ovaltine decoder pin to the "Oh fudge" flat tire to the smiling Chinese Christmas duck...not to mention the late Darren Mc Gavin...sooooo

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    OOO OOOO Laurel & Hardy's March Of The Wooden Soldiers! Can I change my vote?
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  3. 12-14-2006, 01:38 AM #3
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    I will go with Scrooge 1951 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044008/ with Alistair Sim

    Some on that list I don't think are very good but in the spirit of Christmas I won't rip em too much. I do enjoy Christmas Vacation for the pur absurdity of the thing -- and when Clark finally gets the lights going it's a true Home Improvement revelation.

    I warmed up to the film Scrooged whcih I did not like when I saw it the year it came out. However it seems to play better now and Bill Murray and the ghost of Christmas past (Latka's wife from Taxi) are hilarious together.

    And while it is not Christmas I also watch Planes, Trains, and Automobiles every Christmas.
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  4. 12-14-2006, 02:57 AM #4
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    For Films with only a loose connection to Christmas, I go with Serendipity.
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  5. 12-14-2006, 05:56 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by RGA
    I warmed up to the film Scrooged whcih I did not like when I saw it the year it came out. However it seems to play better now and Bill Murray and the ghost of Christmas past (Latka's wife from Taxi) are hilarious together.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RGA
    And while it is not Christmas I also watch Planes, Trains, and Automobiles every Christmas.
    Another great one that I forgot about.
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