My all time favorite is National Lappoons Christmas!!!!!!!!! I watch it every year when we are putting up the tree.

Whats your?

my top 5
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Elf
Polar Express
It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story

Dolly Pardon's Smoky Mountain Christmas
Polar Express
Christmas Carol

Chritmas Story/It's a Wonderful Life

Jingle all the way, Chirstmas Story, and I grew up watching little house on the prarie and I love watching the christmas ones.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas - the cartoon, not the movie.

A Christmas Story. I broke down and bought that on dvd so I don't have to wait until Christmas Eve to watch the marathon on TBS.

Christmas Story
It's a Wonderful Life
Any of the classic cartoons: Frosty, Rudolph, Little Drummer Boy, etc.

A Charlie Brown Christmas....

There is a little short that game from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1932 called "The Christmas Party". They show it on TCM. For more info go to the link below.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021745/

I love Christmas. It is my favorite time of the year and I love to watch any holiday movie. I guess my favs are ELF, Charlie Brown Christmas.

Miracle on 34th Street (the original 1947 version in black and white). I hate it when they colorize old black & white movies.

A Christmas Story and Rudolph :yup:

The Santa Clause series with Tim Allen. I enjoyed all 3 of them.

Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas
Elf

A Christmas Story
Jingle All the Way
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

I don't have just one and I can't pick just one! I love Christmas shows.
The Santa Clause series with Tim Allen
3 Days
Borrowed Hearts
Miracle on 34th Street (the original 1947 version in black and white)
Dolly Pardon's Smoky Mountain Christmas
Polar Express
Christmas Carol
I usually always end up loving the new ABC Family movie
Plus I have to watch the old cartoons...Frosty, Rudolph, etc.

My all time favorite is A Christmas Story.

My TV is set to TBS on Christmas eve, its left on ALL night (with the tree LOL) and it doesnt get turned off until Christmas night, after the 24 hour marathon is over.

We also love all the Santa Claus (with Tim Allen) movies, Jingle All the Way, Emmet Otters Jugband Christmas, 3 days (I am glad to see I am not the only one that got hooked on that movie lol), Its a Wonderful Life... Ok I love them all! LOL

my top 5
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Elf
Polar Express
It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story

I'm gonna have to go with 4 of your top 5, for my personal top 5. You have Excellent taste!
Mine are:

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Elf
Polar Express
A Christmas Story
The Christmas Cartoon Classics DVD collection (w/ Rudolph, Frosty, Drummer Boy, & Santa)

Miracle on 34th Street (the original 1947 version in black and white). I hate it when they colorize old black & white movies.

Same here. That movie is wonderful!

It's A Wonderful Life.
I have got to get it on dvd this year. It is hardly ever on TV anymore.

I'm gonna have to go with 4 of your top 5, for my personal top 5. You have Excellent taste!
Mine are:

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Elf
Polar Express
A Christmas Story
The Christmas Cartoon Classics DVD collection (w/ Rudolph, Frosty, Drummer Boy, & Santa)


TY! I have to admit we do love your love last pick of the Christmas Cartoon Classics-I grew up on those,also realllly like the santa clause movies with Tim Allen-I was just trying to pick my top 5(since I couldnt pick just one) and that was hard enough-but those 5 are staples around here-I even said to dh last night I couldnt wait till the holidays so I could watch Elf over & over and no one would think i was crazy-his response we already know your crazy! :D

embarresed to say I have never seen Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas or Dolly Pardon's Smoky Mountain Christmas-I will have to look for those.
If you ask my ds he would say his fav Christmas Movie is 8 Crazy Nights-questionable I know, but it does have a good message :blush:

Top 3:

Miracle on 34th Street (original)
White Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas

A Christmas Carol (any version in B&W)

Christmas Vacation, Elf, It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, and any of the Rudolph, Charlie Brown, Grinch, and Frosty cartoons (except Frosty Returns...can't stand that one!)

I'd say 1947 Miracle On 34th Street is number 1.

Christmas Vacation is also up there.

Home Alone
Frosty the Snowman
Rudloph
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
The Santa Clause
How the Grinch Stole Christmas

White Christmas
Holiday Inn (Bing Crosby & Danny Kaye)
Miracle on 34th St.

White Christmas
Holiday Inn (Bing Crosby & Danny Kaye)
Miracle on 34th St.

FYI, Holiday Inn stars Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire, not Danny Kaye.

It's A Wonderful Life, when they get to "Here's to George Bailey, the richest man in the world." I am always a blubbering mess. Every single time!

A Christmas Story
Elouise Christmas at the Plaza :)

Home Alone, National Lampoon's, Elf, Polar Express, The Santa Clause...

Bad Santa!!!

LOVE the scene with Billy Bob's 'Santa' in the dressing room with the fat lady.:lmao: :lmao: "Lady...you ain't gonna **** right for a week!" :lmao: :lmao:

Rudolph (for me)
It's a wonderful life (dh)
Mickey's Once upon a Christmas (dd)
Charlie Brown Christmas (ds)

My tradition is to watch the premiere episode of Little House on the Prairie ( a great Christmas episode), I try to get the rest of my family to watch it w/ me, but they think it is boring! I watch almost anything on tv, however we only have 12 channels, so the choices are limited, love ABC family. I really want to see Smoky Mtn Christmas, but every time I order it from the library, I never get it until after Christmas, so I just cancel it. Maybe this year!

Holiday Inn
A Christmas Story
Charlie Brown Christmas

A Christmas Story!!!!!!!! I could watch this everyday!!!!! "you'll shoot your eye out kid"!!!

I have to say Elf.
That one gets me laughing every time. :)

I have several favorites:

A Christmas Story
Elf
Christmas Vaction
It's a Wonderful Life
Miracle on 34th Street
Home Alone
The Grinch
Love Actually
Three Days
The Santa Clause movies
Polar Express

Christmas Vacation
Jingle All the Way
A Christmas Story
Home ALone and Home Alone 2
Miracle on 34th Street (the most recent version, I just love the Santa!)
Elf
Rudolph
Frosty
I could go on all day. I watch them year round, whenever I need a lift!

Christmas Vacation
Elf
Christmas with the Kranks
The Santa Clause
The Santa Clause 2
Home Alone
Home Alone 2
Rudolph
Frosty
A Christmas Carol



and I am sooo excited about Deck the Halls and The Santa Clause 3 coming out this year



And Polar Express...I forgot that one

A Christmas Story
Jingle All the Way
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Those are my favorites as well.

A Christmas Story

It is a tough choice but I love that movie!! We are the Bumpuses of our neighborhood (we have 3 hound dogs).

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Christmas Story
B&W version of Miracle on 34th Street.

I also watch all of the old shows(Frosty, Rudolph, etc) on abcfamily.

Christmas Vacation
Home Alone 1 & 2
The Santa Clause 1 & 2
The Grinch
Polar Express
Elf
Jingle all the way ( I have lived that movie lol )
The Christmas Shoes ( on TV)
Christmas with the Kranks
A Christmas Story
Rudolph, Santa Claus is coming to town.....

While You Were Sleeping

And of course, all the Christmas cartoons.. Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Frosty, Rudolph, :yes:

A Christmas Story (I have it on DVD, DVD Special Edition and HD DVD)
The Santa Clause movies
Christmas Vacation
The Grinch
Elf
Polar Express
All the cartoons

I pretty much watch all Christmas shows. I have my Tivo setup with a Christmas Wishlist and have it record shows throughout the year.

My all time favorite has got to be National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
I can watch it any time of the year.

After that, I'd go with these:
Elf
Home Alone 1 & 2
Earnest Saves Christmas
The Grinch who stole Christmas (Cartoon version)
All the various stop-motion cartoons like Rudolph, and the Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, etc.
The classic cartoons like Frosty, Charlie Brown Christmas, The Disney Christmas cartoons,


I probably have too many favorites to list properly. :p

A Christmas Story
Grinch (the original)

It's A Wonderful Life!!! (although no one else in my family likes it. I have to watch it by myself!)
Then A Christmas Story

I think I love all Christmas movies! I am never able to pick a favorite :D One we watch a bunch that hasn't been mentioned is Scrooged.

1) A Christmas story
2) National Lampoons Christmas Vacation

The best part of scrooged is the very end, when you think it's over lol OKay, everyone on the left side of the theater lets hear you lol okay, now the right side :D

1. Christmas Vacation
2. Bad Santa
3. The Family Stone
4. Elf
5. The Polar Express
I have it real bad about Christmas Vacation. It's a running joke in our family that I must have switched at birth because I appear to be the long lost "love-child" of Clark Griswald and Martha Stewart!LOL My mother found a cute little stuffed squirrel a few years ago that goes in one of our trees evey year, I also have several othe items from that movie and I am always looking for more. The kids found me a copy of the soundtrack and I have every song memorized. I also watch several times during the year, anytime I need a little dose of Holiday Cheer!LOL

I like too many too pick just one I would have to say any christmas movie or tv show. my kids and I sit around during the holiday season and watch anything that has to do with christmas. My 4yr old is all ready watching frosty I'm lucky I have been able too get him to wait this long.

A Christmas Story
National Lampoon Christmas Vacation
A Charlie Brown Christmas

My favorite will always be "A Christmas Story" I'm going to have to get it on DVD soon though, I can't wait til Christmas Eve lol.

I Never Miss Its A Wonderful Life Although I Too Have To Watch It Alone,,but They Will Gather To Watch Prancer...i Jus Think Hes The Cutest Lil Thing

I love all Christmas movies and cartoons! But if I could only pick one then it would be Christmas Vacation.

1985's "Santa Claus the Movie". Overly commercial, but hey I went to the theater when I was a kid to see it with Mom. Still love that movie! Every time I see it, I get the craving for Coca-Cola and McDonalds. Product placement that still works after 20 years LOL...

After that, 1947's Miracle on 34th Street. They balance each other out I think.

My favs in order.

1. Christmas Vacation
2. Home Alone
3. Home Alone 2
4. A Christmas Story
5. Die Hard... "Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho." :D

:holiday07 We have a christmas box of movies that comes out Thanksgiving eve. and stays out until the New Year. I t includes a little of everything and they are all favorites.

Christmas vacation, All I want for Christmas, Elf, The Santa Clause series, A christmas story, Christmas Eve on Sesame Street ( a christmas eve tradition since my DD was 3 she's 20 now) Charlie brown Christmas, Polar express, Love actually (I love this) jingle all the way, i'll be home for christmas. A tape with assorted TV shows christmas episodes and so much more.

We sometimes bring the box out in the summer!!:holiday10

Scrooge (1951), Scrooge (1970), Polar Express, Santa Clause 1 and 2, Elf, (I always crack up when he eats the cotton balls)The Grinch (original) and March of the Wooden Soldiers (even though it isn't about any holiday). Back in the
1970's one of the NYC independant tv stations ran it every year on Thanksgiving.

The santa Clause 1 & 2 and Elf :)

Christmas Vacation
Christmas With The Kranks
It's A Wonderful Life
A Charlie Brown Christmas
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas
Disney Sing Along - Very Merry Christmas Songs

I have to admit that I saw It's A Wonderful Life for the very first time last year. I now LOVE that movie!

My favs in order.

1. Christmas Vacation
2. Home Alone
3. Home Alone 2
4. A Christmas Story
5. Die Hard... "Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho." :D

I actually watch Die Hard a lot around Christmas too. Maybe it reflects some inner conflict I have? I also like Gremlins. Weird huh!

Love Actually (especially when the Prime Minister shows up at the Tea Girl's family's front door)
cartoon "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
BBC cartoon Robbie the Reindeer in Hooves of Fire

Rudolph the red nose Riendeer, Did i mention Rudolph.
i also enjoy
miracle on 34th street, The santa claus 1 and 2 , Santa clause the movie, the Christmas shoes, Scrooge, black and white version, newer version and muppet version, Little drummer boy, santa clause is coming to town, The year with out a santa Clause, Jingle all the way, I'll be home for christmas, christmas with the cranks, I have so many I forget half of them

White Christmas & Chevy Chase's Christmas Vacation.

Those are the 2 my husband and I watch every year.

Well, and now the kids watch Polar express like 102 times during the season. I could probably recite that one from start to finish without it even being on!!! :rolleyes:

Home alone
:)

There are tons of great Christmas movies that I love. My favorite is a dead tie between A Christmas Story and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. I especially like the Christmas Vacation unedited version as it just makes it that much more hilarious than the TV version.

Also a big fan of Scrooged, Santa Clause: The Movie, and all the cartoons. I liked all of the cartoon versions of the Scrooge story - especially Mr. McGoos Christmas Carol which I haven't seen in forever and Disney's Christmas Carol with Donald Duck.

How about Garfield's Christmas? I always loved that one as a kid - just seemed like a great cartoon Christmas movie. Of course I also have to throw in Charlie Brown's Christmas here as well as Rudolph and Frosty.

I'm sure some will think I'm a little "off" but this isn't a movie........I always enjoy watching the Food Network holiday celebrations with all of the stars brought together. For some reason it just makes me all warm and fuzzy.

Charlie Brown Christmas, Polar Express, It's a Wonderful Life and any televised Nutcracker Ballet (not really a movie but I love to watch it!)

It's A Wonderful Life - every year I put it on when I decorate the tree and again when I wrap gifts. Of course, I watch it other times as well.

It's a Wonderful Life is my favorite. We also like A Christmas Story. We just got that one on DVD last week at Target for 10.00.


There is a joke in our family about National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. My father in law looks a little like Clark Griswald and acts even more like him. So much sometimes it's scary. There are many funny family stories about things he has done, not only with Christmas and trees, but throughout the year. My kids always like to watch this movie, they always ask "when can we watch Pop-Pop's movie?"

I cant name just one,..i love them all,..i have a drv and tape them all and watch them all year,..my hubby gets mad cuz i tape so many theres not much room left for his recording,.haha

I have 2 more to add to my list...not conventional Christmas movies but, The Family Stone w/ Sarah Jessica Parker and The Holiday w/ Cameron Diaz (I normally don't like her in anything)

I have 2 more to add to my list...not conventional Christmas movies but, The Family Stone w/ Sarah Jessica Parker and The Holiday w/ Cameron Diaz (I normally don't like her in anything)

LOL I was going to add these two to my list as well! I love both of these movies, they crack me up! :cheesy:

NL Christmas Vacation, White Christmas, and now The Family Stone

A Christmas Story. I broke down and bought that on dvd so I don't have to wait until Christmas Eve to watch the marathon on TBS.

LOL, me too. My all time favorite is National Lampoon Christmas Vacation. Other faves are A Christmas Story, The Homecoming (the very first Waltons. I bought the dvd of this too), Eloise At Christmastime, Prancer, The Polar Express, and all the Little House Christmas episodes. Does anyone know if they actually sell a set of just the Little House Christmas episodes? If they did, I think it would sell well.

Elena

I love any of the Christmas movies. I search for anything with Christmas in the title on my TV then record most of them on my DVR. My all time favorite is the original Miracle on 34th Street followed by A christmas Carol,( the old one, not sure which year it was made but I think it has the best Scrooge ever!) I have seen several romantic comedy type movies that were really good the last couple of years but I can't remember the names.

Christmas Story, my family watches it every year.

I'm in love with the Muppet Christmas Carol!

It's sad that in three pages.....only two responses held my all-time favorite Christmas Movie.....and one of them was a Muppet Version of the story.

The original version of "A Christmas Carol."

Others

NL Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Story
Santa Clause The Movie (hate #2)
Polar Express
It's a Wonderful Life
Charlie Brown Christmas

LOL, me too. My all time favorite is National Lampoon Christmas Vacation. Other faves are A Christmas Story, The Homecoming (the very first Waltons. I bought the dvd of this too), Eloise At Christmastime, Prancer, The Polar Express, and all the Little House Christmas episodes. Does anyone know if they actually sell a set of just the Little House Christmas episodes? If they did, I think it would sell well.

Elena

Yes, they do. The premiere episode is a Christmas one plus there are some others. I have one that has just a few Christmas episodes on it.

Forgot about:

A Simpson Christmas!
Original SouthPark Christmas

A Christmas Story
Bad Santa (Unrated Version)
Friday After Next (yeah, it's a Christmas movie...rated 'R')

I'm ready to start watching some xmas movies!!!!
:)

I started thanks to my kids. They watched Santa Clause 1 & 2 twice this week, so far. And also an real old one (early 80's) called, A Sesame Street Christmas. It's real old...Kermit's in it as is Mr. Hooper (No Alan). Gordon's still thin as a rail, Maria's with some skinny black guy, not her hubby and most of all....No Elmo!!!!!

Scrooge (1951), Scrooge (1970), Polar Express, Santa Clause 1 and 2, Elf, (I always crack up when he eats the cotton balls)The Grinch (original) and March of the Wooden Soldiers (even though it isn't about any holiday). Back in the
1970's one of the NYC independant tv stations ran it every year on Thanksgiving.
YES! Scrooge (1970), a musical with Albert Finney as Scrooge.

For those of you unfamiliar with the movie, remember those credit card commercials with the jingle, "Thank you very much, thank you very much, that's he nicest thing that anyones ever done for me...."

That was the big song from that movie and it was nominated for an Oscar for that song.

Not available on DVD last time I checked but I found a burned one on Ebay last year.

and here are the scenes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiNMz_745vQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_n-cf5YPHQ

A Christmas Story is my altime favorite! 24 hour marathon!

My top 10 are
"One Magic Christmas"
"Smokey Mountain Christmas"
"Charlie Brown Christmas"
"A Christmas Story"
"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
"Yes, Virgina There is a Santa Claus" (Both the animated 1974 and the live action 1991)
"The Christmas Gift" (1986)
"A Chirstmas Carol" (1999 version with Patrick Stewart)
"Little Match Girl" 1987 starring Keshia Knight-Pulliam
"Christmas Vacation"

Can you tell I am a child of the 80's

How the grinch stole christmas original and jim carrey version

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is the best!!!
I also love the classic Christmas staples, It's a Wonderful life and Miracle on 34th ST.

My favorite is Scrooged with Bill Murray- love the part when he is being shot at and the guy is singing. Also love Christmas Vacation.

A Christmas Story and Nester the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey! No one seems to know that one but I love it!

Christmas vacation is my favoriteand yay me, i get to start watching next friday! I watch that movie while wrapping my BF deals! It is by far my all time favorite christmas movie, although I do have a sweet spot for A Christmas Story.

hands down... A Christmas Story

Last year we went to the Christmas Story house in Cleveland, Ohio. It was great. We bought a bar of the soap and he sat on the same spot Ralph did with it in his mouth. LOL. Love that picture.

They let my daughter crawl in the cabinet in the kitchen were the little brother said "Dad will kill Ralphie". Took a pic of that!

My husband and I had our picture taken in the shed out back. It was great!

The life and adventures of Santa Claus. I love this Movie in it original claymation form. Last year my hubby got a copy of it for me on DVD I was soooooooo happy because they have started only playing the redone animation one at Christmas time.

Miracle on 34th St.
Elf
The Santa Claus