Favorite Christmas programs

*Melanie68* · 12-04-2006, 08:10 PM

Tis the season officially!!

I am a sucker for any kind of Christmas program.

What Christmas programs do you love to watch every Christmas? It's not limited to TV - it can be movies, concerts, plays, etc.

I think I (or someone else) did a thread like this last year but I'll do a new one.

For me - it's Rankin and Bass programs. I don't care if they're good, mediocre or bad, I love them all! Tonight I watched Rudolph's Shiny New Year and now I'm watching one of my favorites - The Year Without A Santa Claus (heeee, see my avatar!!).

For performances, I love watching The Nutcracker Suite and a good chorus singing traditional Christmas songs.

For movies: It's A Wonderful Life, Holiday Inn, White Christmas, Scrooged, Miracle on 34th Street, Scrooge (with Albert Finney). And to really add to my public embarassment, if I catch A Smokey Mountain Christmas (with Dolly Parton and Lee Majors) on TV, I always watch it (*embarassed*).

Squinky · 12-04-2006, 08:25 PM

A Christmas Story!

*Melanie68* · 12-04-2006, 08:40 PM

"You'll shoot your eye out!"

***tabacco*** · 12-04-2006, 09:31 PM

Heh... I love Scrooged

artwking4 · 12-04-2006, 10:10 PM

The MST3K version of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.

Once A Villain · 12-04-2006, 11:11 PM

A Christmas Story and It's a Wonderful Life. Also, sometimes, Miracle on 34th Street.

Jatsie · 12-05-2006, 02:42 AM

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

samIamsad · 12-05-2006, 03:23 AM

^ I second that.

Also: Terminator 2 - Judgement Day. Hey, I don't know why, either, but it seems to be on every Christmas, at least that's my impression.

Panthera · 12-05-2006, 04:25 AM

I usually watch Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel (tysk)/Tři oř�*šky pro Popelku (tsjekkisk) (three nuts for cinderella) called "tre nøtter til askepott" in Norway. I love this old movie, even though it's really frustrating that it's been dubbed.

And we also always watch "Grevinnen and Hovmesteren" ("dinner for one" or "the Butler And the Countess") every year the 23. It's an old german short movie, very humorous.

Other than that I usually watch most of the disney movies, and of course "a christmas story" or something, it's the one with real characters I prefer, but the cartoon is nice too.

bulldog · 12-05-2006, 05:45 AM

Oh I like Scrooged with Bill Murray and Mickey's Christmas Carol

Jazhara7 · 12-05-2006, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Panthera

I usually watch Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel (tysk)/Tři oř�*šky pro Popelku (tsjekkisk) (three nuts for cinderella) called "tre nøtter til askepott" in Norway. I love this old movie, even though it's really frustrating that it's been dubbed.

And we also always watch "Grevinnen and Hovmesteren" ("dinner for one" or "the Butler And the Countess") every year the 23. It's an old german short movie, very humorous.

I love "Dinner For One". How many times does he stumble over the tiger's head? I think it was 11 or 13 times. We don't watch it on the 23 though. Here it is *the* Sylvester (31st of December) and New Year's movie. It is shown several times throughout the evening, on different channels.

As for Christmas movies, I always loved "A Muppets Christmas Carol". Scrooged is also nice.

And this year it seems as if the Advents movie of my favour is the entire Indiana Jones Trilogy.

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samIamsad · 12-05-2006, 07:46 AM

Mr. Pommeroy! Confusing thing, that. It was produced by Germans, written by a Brit, first broadcasted on German television, ... in English. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner_for_One

Hammerite · 12-05-2006, 07:55 AM

because of the excessive rain every winter, me and my dad have vowed to get all the dvds (films + tv shows) and watch every christmassy thing there.

including:
fast show christmas special
father ted special
family guy special
bottom special
,
etc.

Aj_ · 12-05-2006, 08:56 AM

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures of course. I don't ritually watch television, the only Christmas themed movie I remember liking is The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Jazhara7 · 12-05-2006, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by samIamsad

Mr. Pommeroy! Confusing thing, that. It was produced by Germans, written by a Brit, first broadcasted on German television, ... in English. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner_for_One

Here is part one and here is part two of the 18 minute version broadcast on Sylvester here in Germany.

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Jazhara7 · 12-05-2006, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Aj_

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures of course. I don't ritually watch television, the only Christmas themed movie I remember liking is The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Oh yes, Nightmare before Christmas is nice!

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Jelena · 12-05-2006, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by samIamsad

Mr. Pommeroy!

Cheerio Miss Sophie!

***Jackal*** · 12-05-2006, 12:06 PM

Rankin-Bass rules Christmas! Those and the animated Grinch.

Christmas Vacation is easily the best movie, but I finally burned out on it after watching it so often I could practically recite the lines. Scrooged, It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol ('51, B&W, of course) are also great. And my guilty pleasure is Ernest Saves Christmas.

Squinky · 12-05-2006, 12:12 PM

My guilty pleasure is Jingle All The Way.

samIamsad · 12-05-2006, 03:44 PM

I love you all

12-04-2006, 08:10 PM	#1
Melanie68 Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,907	Favorite Christmas programs Tis the season officially!! I am a sucker for any kind of Christmas program. What Christmas programs do you love to watch every Christmas? It's not limited to TV - it can be movies, concerts, plays, etc. I think I (or someone else) did a thread like this last year but I'll do a new one. For me - it's Rankin and Bass programs. I don't care if they're good, mediocre or bad, I love them all! Tonight I watched Rudolph's Shiny New Year and now I'm watching one of my favorites - The Year Without A Santa Claus (heeee, see my avatar!!). For performances, I love watching The Nutcracker Suite and a good chorus singing traditional Christmas songs. For movies: It's A Wonderful Life, Holiday Inn, White Christmas, Scrooged, Miracle on 34th Street, Scrooge (with Albert Finney). And to really add to my public embarassment, if I catch A Smokey Mountain Christmas (with Dolly Parton and Lee Majors) on TV, I always watch it (embarassed). Share Share this post on Twitter Last edited by Melanie68; 12-04-2006 at 08:16 PM.

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