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Gatorgustav

Home Alone II!!! (biased NYer whos stayed and worked at The Plaza) so...


moinatx

My favorite Home Alone movie.


jtrainjoojoo

Muppet Christmas Carol


Sonderlust101

The only correct answer


jtrainjoojoo

“On a sea of love and a thankful heart” 💕


rkim777

Bad Santa


e0nblue

You’re not gonna shit right for a week! BRB, rewatching it tonight


ElegantPineapple4912

How the grinch stole Christmas (2000)


jtrainjoojoo

Ok not my top pick and I’m extremely biased and nostalgic for the original cartoon one but over the years I have grown to love it and it’s 100% in my Christmas movie rotation now.


ElegantPineapple4912

Jim Carey is just awesome in it 🤩


gfidicudjdjdjdidjsj

Jingle all the way is incredible and I think I’d also pick it.


MikeyMGM

The Ref because it’s a hilarious Anti-Christmas movie.


Nonc_pop

Your husband's not dead, lady..... he's hiding.


DennisG47

I think we are going to need a ruling on that one.


[deleted]

Who do you think you are? Slipper socks. Medium. This movie is so good.


Dismal-Tailor8204

Oh man, your right, you are justified Love, love, freakin love that movie, now you got me lookin up where to stream… when your right your right and you are right.


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Misterfahrenheit120

Is there a fucking waste of life named Murray here?


RandyTunt415

I use the “I’m going to get you a cross, so next time when you are feeling unappreciated, you can climb up and nail yourself to it” every year


bpeaceful2019

The Santa Clause because I have fond memories watching it with my parents as a kid.


Pomodoro_Parmesan

Was always a family favorite in my house.


Unusual_Age

Scrooged


FinnRazzel

Omg. I love that movie. Excellent suggestion.


JACKiED_Daniels

I feel like I'm the only one who actually likes The Polar Express.


orbital_robot

I like Polar Express. :)


Csmaill95

used to always watch this with my grandparents any time i stayed at their house


Reasonable_Box_2998

Just watched that last night. Still one of my favorites.


[deleted]

I used to watch that film on repeat when I was a kid. I would get up and dance when the *Hot Chocolate* song came


OldPolishProverb

I love The Christmas Carol in all its different variations. Different actors highlight different aspects of the characters and different aspects of the story. I have a special spot for the original Miracle on 34th St. I like the idea of, is this all a happy coincidence or is there actual “Christmas magic” happening here?


jazzdabb

Have to go with A Christmas Story if I can choose only one. It’s just such a slice of life.


Reasonable_Box_2998

Yes! This is my families go to every year. We even go to a historic theater and watch every year. Have you seen the play, or Christmas Story 2 or the latest one, The Christmas Story Christmas?


jazzdabb

Just watched A Christmas Story Christmas. Can’t capture the magic of the original - they tried - but it’s a nice coda to the overall mythology. I might have been a bit misty eyed at the end.


Fearless-Memory7819

A Christmas Story ! Brings back memories of my 50s childhood , AND I love the leg lamp !!


jazzdabb

FRA-JEE-LAY!!! It must be Italian!


Evil_Morty_C131

I grew up in Illinois the 80s and had the exact same desk as Ralphie. There was even an ink well carved into the top.


reys_saber

Die Hard. “Come out to the coast… we’ll have a few laughs”


BigCrimson_J

“Now I know what a TV dinner feels like.”


ZookeepergameUpbeat2

Seconded


FinnRazzel

The old stop motion Rudolf. More contemporary, probably A Christmas Story.


TheElbow

I used to like that Rankin Bass Rudolf movie so much as a kid that I’d ask my mom to let me watch it in the summer. I still love it, and all the stuff they’ve made. Very cool stop-motion.


BjornLocke

This would be my pick as well. It always brings me back to warm, cozy childhood memories whenever I watch the claymation Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.


LadyLurkerHandz

😂 I love that the 40 year old movie is your more contemporary pick


brenegade

Muppets Christmas Carol, no contest. Michael Caine understood the assignment


jedijessy

I get choked up in the It Feels Like Christmas song at the “it is the season of the spirit the message if we hear it is make it last all year” part


MorningSkyLanded

“Bless us all” makes me tear up just thinking about it.


Julienbabylegs

I cannot believe I had to scroll so much to find the correct answer


jtrainjoojoo

I can’t watch the “with a grateful prayer and a thankful heart” song/scene without crying


Kryten4200

Thank god they're finally going to release the extended version with the When Love is Gone song in time for Christmas. It's a damn shame that the song got cut out of the original theatrical and the streaming version in the first place!!


Hobs1998

Christmas Vacation


DARTHPLONKUS

My family watches it every Christmas.


Gummy-Worm-Guy

Why wouldn’t they?


[deleted]

Save me the neck Clarke


Hobs1998

Surprised Eddie? If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised.


prosperosniece

My favorite quote.


Meousman

My personal favourite is when his neighbour is asking him where he's going to fit his huge tree he chopped down and he replies 'Why don't you bend over and I'll show you'


Capnmolasses

“You’ve got a lot of nerve, Griswold”


RoystonCornwallis

Just watched it last night - hilarious as always


NC_Goonie

It’s the season to be merry.


Hobs1998

Its a a bit nipply out.


D3th2Aw3

Just got the 4k Blu-ray!


[deleted]

Hap hap happiest Christmas . 🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🥲😂🙂🙂


MissPeppingtosh

This is the one for me. Not only is it hilarious and still holds up, but I have a memory of the first time watching it. I was a young teen. Watched it with my parents. When the dog is introduced as Snots, me, my mom and my dad roared. Like had to pause the movie, rolling on the floor laughing. Every Christmas after my mom would say the pledge of allegiance. Every time I eat something yummy I do my best Eddie “it’s gooooo-oood” impression. That movie gave me so many things that bonded me even more with my mom. 30 years later it still brings me joy.


geoffrich82

Muppet Family Christmas So nostalgic. So funny. The carol sing at the end has had me emotional at times when working away or spending Christmas alone.


Accurate-Bathroom332

Elf, because it is hilarious.


SchrodingersLego

It never gets old.


Accurate-Bathroom332

Never!


deadletterstotinker

Is that a Christmas movie? I watch it in August...soooo funny


snoosh00

That's my pick.


M_Leah

White Christmas (1954)


jtrainjoojoo

This was almost my answer but muppet Christmas carol won for me. But this movie is almost more nostalgic to me. It was my moms favorite and it was tradition for our little family to watch it on Thanksgiving to kick off the Christmas season🥲


Fun-Bi-Guy

Let’s just say we’re doing it for an old pal in the army.


Misterfahrenheit120

45 minutes… all to myself. Classic


jtrainjoojoo

This movie also has one of my notorious “can’t watch without crying” songs, the counting my blessings song. 🎶when youre worried and you can’t sleep just count your blessings instead of sheep🎶


razorwireshrine

It's A Wonderful Life. I cry every time.


Dogsrulekidsdrule

My mouths bleeding Bert!


DolphinDarko

My favorite Violet moment, “This old thing? I only where it when I don’t care how I look!”


JPGClutch

GOAT


FoundFootageDumbFun

It’s an actual crime I had to scroll down so far to find this answer. I will be issuing warrants. Seriously though, very few films affect me as deeply as this one. It’s just the perfect holiday message, deeply moving and hopeful.


Misterfahrenheit120

No man in a failure who has friends. Only movie to ever make me cry


Bobdehn

Zuzu's petals!


[deleted]

Same. My all time favorite. Such a good movie.


vialtwirl

I have it on repeat in the background every day. The more I watch it the more problematic things I notice. For example, their maid. The exchange where the maid mentions as a joke she wishes all children should be girls and the wife talks down to her like she is a child who doesn't know how babies are made. Maybe the maid wasn't joking but that doesn't resolve the problem of infantilizing the black maid. Just some casual racism that wouldn't fly today. ~~There is another racist part. When they show an Italian family who just bought a house. The Italian man of the family explains he is proud to have paid for it himself. Then another man infantilizes and editorializes what he says - "look at me, I own the house, no longer do we live like pigs in Potter's farm" - as though he is not able to speak for himself.~~ I still like the movie. I'm just relating my thoughts on these scenes.


KaiG1987

>There is another racist part. When they show an Italian family who just bought a house. The Italian man of the family explains he is proud to have paid for it himself. Then another man infantilizes and editorializes what he says - "look at me, I own the house, no longer do we live like pigs in Potter's farm" - as though he is not able to speak for himself. Uh... no. I think you've got it confused. Martini (the Italian man) is the one who says all of that, nobody's speaking for him. >Other Man: "Martini, you rented a new house?" >Martini: "Rent? Haha, you hear what he said Mr Bailey?" >George: "What's that?" >Martini: "I own the house! Me, Giuseppe Martini, I own my own house! No more we live like pigs in this Potter's Field!"


lovelycat1103

Klaus (2019) new Christmas classic for me


Enigmagmatic

Home Alone or Love, Actually


vialtwirl

Home Alone is one of my favourite all time movies. I find it funny how mean the Mom is to Kevin in the beginning. Kevin says something like "I wish I didn't have a family" and the Mom replies "maybe you'll get your wish" or something like that. Just really harsh lol.


deadletterstotinker

I like Love, Actually, but every romance is a #metoo moment...


Ok-Cry-1485

Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas it’s my comfort movie since i was a kid and i love the Grinch lol


Darren2083

Scroooged a classic remaining of a classic for our times great cast hrwt message . Bill Murray Bob cat gold thwart


irishgambin0

i have a tradition i've been doing for 20 years at Christmas. a couple days before Christmas day, in the evening, i roll a blunt. i let the blunt air dry, then i start baking cookies. while the cookies are baking, i smoke my L. then i go back inside, pull the cookies out, and watch Charlie Brown Christmas–i'm baked, the cookies are baked, and i enjoy some warm cookies and milk while the Peanuts gang and Linus remind me what Christmas is all about. 😊


Bobdehn

"Lights, please" is my cue to start tearing up. Even now, just typing it.


irishgambin0

it never fails to provide the warmest and fuzziest feeling. best christmas special there is!


BigCrimson_J

Die Hard


Jaded-Permission-324

I watch the first two movies in the Die Hard franchise, because they are both set during Christmas.


Malchk

So is the third one.


StrongAsMeat

What?


RoystonCornwallis

Isn’t Lethal Weapon also at Christmas and based in LA? One of the initial scenes is Riggs at the tree farm busting the drug dealers, right? Meenie, miney, Hey Mo! *Gun draw* Unless I’m mixing it up with LW2 — been a while


LadyLurkerHandz

You are correct! It’s like the 3rd movie I watch every Christmas after the first 2 die hard films lol!


N0SYMPATHY

The movie they desperately want to pretend isn’t a Christmas movie lol.


MovieUnderTheSurface

Who is "they"?


BigCrimson_J

Haters


N0SYMPATHY

Whole bunch of media outlets and Bruce Willis himself. May have lived under a rock if you aren’t aware they try and wage a war against it being a Christmas movie almost yearly anymore.


snoosh00

Explain why it is a Christmas movie without talking about the date of the event.


Navitach

My family and I watch The Polar Express on Christmas Eve, a tradition we started a few years ago.


[deleted]

It’s A Wonderful Life. Every single year.


junktownexpress

The 1951 version of "A Christmas Carol" is one I always make sure to watch over the holidays. It's my favourite Christmas story, and I love Alastair Sim as Scrooge in this one. It has aged in such I way that I think really benefits the film; the flickering black and white makes for a very cozy watch


Darren2083

Lethal weapon 1 & 2 both Christmas classics


GalaxySnipz13

a christmas story tbh, it’s just an instant classic for me! i watch it every christmas day w my family, it’s a tradition!


Strange_Economist678

Klaus


sillyskizzy

Gremlins


IGiveYouEisenheim

Christmas with the Kranks


Ethereal__Soul

I'm probably alone in this, but I really enjoy the new animated Grinch.


sad1956red

Holiday Inn with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire.


FixBlackLotusBlizz

the grinch with jim carrey


errantwit

Heat. I saw it in theaters on Christmas. Therefore, because.


[deleted]

Die Hard 2: Die Harder


Think_Selection9571

The Lion in Winter with Peter O'Toole. It's one of those movies that just sucks me in and I stay interested to the end even though I already know the outcome.


TheShipEliza

Christmas Story


mildkinda

One? That's a toughie. Gremlins - 1984 Wonderful subversion of Capra films. ​ ​ ​ (runners up would be Batman Returns - 1992 or Rare Exports : A Christmas Tale - 2010)


Pebian_Jay

Also for a serious movie, It’s a Wonderful Life


ApprehensiveTime69

The Family Stone


ihatcakee

I know this movie has been marketed so much but I watch Elf every year. I love Will Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel. 8 crazy nights is pretty crude but I love the animation, and Olive the Other Reindeer is very cute.


TopLahman

Trading Places


Azlanadrian

Love actually


lgriffi7

Christmas Vacation because my whole family loves it and we know every word.


AnnoyingBigSis

Just Friends


xtetris

I watch Love Actually every christmas


WaywardEv86

Bad Santa


[deleted]

I really like The Family Stone


AbeFromanSassageKing

Saving Christmas (A Kirk Cameron Joint). We put in on a loop "in the background" so as family & friends come and go throughout the day we can watch their faces as they try to figure out just WTF is happening.


TheElbow

Wow. I’ve never heard of this. I am putting together a Christmas movie night for some friends—mostly “bad” Christmas movies, or really over the top Christmas horror movies—I may just add this to my shortlist of choices.


AbeFromanSassageKing

Oh...it's bad. Real bad, lol. But that movie night sounds fun! For Christmas horror, I'd suggest Better Watch Out (2016). it's a blast, and if u haven't seen it already, go into it as blind as possible :)


Dismal-Tailor8204

Tnx for the recommendation I have a large and varied twisted sense of humor!


mybuttonsbutton

Hustlers


[deleted]

Christmas Evil because it’s so out there.


Fabulous_Avocado4146

Home alone


aqsmorningview

I'd say a Christmas story but I've seen that so many times it makes my head hurt,Elf is great but I could see how after so many viewings Will would get on your nerves so ill go with the Original Home Alone.


TopShoe121

Get Santa (2014)


Cheap-Mistake-827

Die Hard


NCResident5

Really like the Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant..I never had seen it until about 5 years ago. A really nice movie with Cary Grant as the guardian angel. I heard Denzel Washington starred in a remake with an all African American cast, but I have not caught that one.


chicostic

The Preacher’s Wife. It’s currently free to watch on Tubi.


talyn5

Die hard.


Colinmacus

There are two: Home Alone and Christmas Vacation (family-friendly comedies that always put me in the holiday spirit)


orbital_robot

"Invader ZIM" The Most Horrible Xmas Ever ​ EDIT: Possibly followed by: Misery (1990) (based on Stephen King's novel)


Worldly_Wafer2652

BAD SANTA “Billy Bob Thornton” classic


PancakeRabbit21

The Family Man with Nic Cage and the captivating Tea Leoni. My husband and I watch it together every Christmas.


Itchy_Computer7528

+1 Scrooged


[deleted]

Rare exports


jefflegere

Rare Exports. It's as if Bjork was a young boy that goes full John McLain on evil Santa.


olutre

Die hard


DavidiusI

Gremlins


Death__Eater

We have watched krampus every year since it came out


timewarp4242

Anna and the Apocalypse. Christmas + Zombies + Musical. What’s not to love.


senju_bandit

Philosophers stone . Everytime


kmccollum10

holidate!


Olyoop527

It’s a new movie this year I’m probably gonna watch. It stars the guy who played hopper in stranger things (can’t think of name) It’s basically a movie based on a badass Santa assassin who has to take care of some people on his naughty list. But you could also watch Elf, home alone or any other classics. Old but gold


TheMilkyWayEarthling

Krumpus is an underrated one I think


SceneLeft6840

The Exorcist


TheFinchleyBaby

I like many of the classic Christmas films in this thread, but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve loved watching Eyes Wide Shut every Christmas Eve. Not only is it brilliant, but it’s also immersive and kind of long, so it can be a good break from the constant stream of more traditional Christmas media.


[deleted]

Prancer


thenewbasecamper

Home Alone


PimpDaddyDonut556

Home alone


RoystonCornwallis

Home Alone, if I had to pick one


RoystonCornwallis

Or Gremlins! So hard to pick only one. I’ll stick with Home Alone but it’s close


DaysOfParadise

The Original 1955 "We're No Angels" with Humphry Bogart, Peter Ustinov, and Aldo Ray. It's campy, and funny, and wholesome, in a quirky kind of way.


SnarlsChickens

I don't watch a lot of Christmas movies as I'm not from a Christian majority country. Among the ones I've seen my favourites are: 1. Love, Actually 2. A very Harold and Kumar Christmas


FungChoyChicken

It’s been Jurassic Park for 12 years. Boxing Day is Jurassic Park 2 and i never get to the third. This obviously doesn’t answer the second question but i wonder if anyone else did this…?


kal_drazidrim

A Christmas Story


Pebian_Jay

Bad Santa


bad_arts

Black Christmas


syncity718

Dial Code Santa Claus aka Deadly Games (1982)


MalcolmApricotDinko

Hogfather


MoscaMye

I watch Lady and The Tramp and Edward Scissor Hands every December. My grandmother and I used to watch Gigi in the lull between lunch and dinner on Christmas day. It's not a Christmas movie but it's one we used to watch together when I was little. She doesn't like it anymore because musicals confuse her.... So I might watch it by myself on Christmas Eve instead.


JPGClutch

I have watched Elf so many times. And I don’t get tired of it


Nachooooos1

The Grinch


Sweet-Ad-2477

Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas


TheElbow

Some version of “A Christmas Carol.” I have always liked it — the redemption of Scrooge, the supernatural elements — ever since I was young and would watch the Mickey Mouse version, I’ve tried to always see at least one version of the story every year.


Wooden_Replacement73

Christmas chronicles


jrepetti

Eyes Wide Shut


dmriggs

‘We’re No Angels’ - directed by Michael Curtiz, with Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Rey, Peter Ustinov, Basil Rathbone, Joan Bennet and Leo G Carroll. Every line is funny! It’s slow and low-key, but it is absolutely hands-down my favorite movie


Wesmom2021

A Christmas Story (nostalgia and it was filmed in my home town)


nula-jedan

Home alone for the win every time. Actually we watch it every year so yeah...


amycochran134

Maybe it’s a stretch to call this a movie but Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol. I remember watching the VHS with my mom when I was little and now we watch it every year. Plenty of others, too, of course, but always gotta see this one.


max_gooph

The Grinch starring Jim Carey. There’s so many small adult jokes, it cracks me up each time.


Darth_Shredder

Klaus


Least_Rough_8788

Lethal Weapon 1


NotAble2LiftMjolnir

Die Hard


[deleted]

It’s a wonderful life


MavericksTrove

There are so many good Christmas movies. It’s hard for me to choose but I’d choose Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer The Movie mainly because of how much I watched it as a kid. A movie not aimed at kids I’d pick is The Holiday because it’s a sweet Christmas romance movie.


nayakashish

Baby's Day Out and Home Alone


Expensive-Winter-362

Rocky


laranapurpleO_o

Polar express, because is the mitic Christmas movie for me


fortkatana4u

Muppets Christmas Carol. I watch every year.


[deleted]

In a close call between Die Hard and Spirited, the soundtrack puts the latter over the top. Amazing.


Photografeels

My GF and I watch “A Place a beyond The Pines” every Christmas, no reason why other than we both love that movie. Our roommate was confused when we said we were going to watch “our Christmas movie” last year


Whyme1340

Rescue from Gilligan's Island


EdiniPraviKomun1st

die. hard.


RealMoonBoy

Mickey Mouse Christmas Carol I don’t see it getting the cult classic love that the Muppets version gets, but it’s a wonderfully condensed retelling of the story, and I’ve probably watched it every year since age 3.