movies

Well, first of all, Michael Caine is best Scrooge.

(Muppet Christmas Carol)

And of course Die Hard is a Christmas movie.

The usual family classics like the Charlie Brown & Garfield Christmas specials, all the Rankin/Bass specials, the first two Home Alones (shame they never made any more), newer classics like The Santa Clause and Elf…

But also a few that are a bit esoteric.

• Santa’s Magic Toy Bag - From the creators of Alf, a cute and short morality tale about an elf that can’t find his place in Santa’s workshop.

• The Snowman - A sad and wonderful story about a boy who builds a snowman that comes to (an all too short) life.

• The Christmas Toy - A Jim Henson production, two toys risk being seen moving on their own to stop new Christmas toys from replacing them. Sounds a bit like Toy Story, right?

Others that I still remember fondly but haven’t seen in a long time are The Berenstain Bears Christmas Tree, A Muppet Family Christmas, Ziggy’s Christmas Wish, and The Chipmunk’s Christmas.

Die Hard, obviously.

Does the Lord Of The Ring extended trilogy count?

My December viewing of Buckaroo Banzai.

Klaus for me. Great animation, and cool story and characters

I hadn't seen them before, so for a few Christmases, my partner and I watched The Lord of the Rings movies because any movie with an elf counts as a Christmas movie.

You know what's almost guaranteed to be a bad movie? Any movies specifically written to be a Christmas movie.

Seriously it's like wading through waist high sewage till something good drifts along.

So in likelihood of me to watch them:

1. Muppet Christmas movies (Christmas carol and Muppet Family Christmas are lots fo fun)
2. Tokyo Godfathers
3. Edward scissor hands
4. Klaus
5. Gremlins

Better Off Dead

Bad Santa

Office Christmas Party

The Night Before

What’s the one with Arnold and Sinbad?

Die Hard and A Christmas Story as always, but I've also added another one (not a movie), the Hawkeye series.

The classic A Christmas Carol with Alstare Sim

Nightmare Before Christmas. I just have a soft spot for Jack Skellington, possibly my first ever crush.

Emmett Otter's Jug-Band Christmas has been a favourite of mine since it came out. Another Jim Henson classic.

This is probably not as unpopular opinion as I think it is, but I can’t stand Christmas movies. I do enjoy and celebrate Christmas, but the commercial aspect of it is too shoved down our throats like some kind of Foie Gras nightmare.

Anyway, instead I watch through James Bond movies substituting misogyny and violence for hokey sentimental commercialism.

Finally we can talk about Christmas without forcing Santa to execute an elf.

Not a movie, but I'd like to throw the Zanta Claws episodes from Eddsworld into the ring.

It's definitely Klaus or Arthur Christmas. Klaus is just beautiful and amazing, and Arthur Christmas is hilarious. I always laugh at the "worry me" scene.

It's a wonderful life

Die hard and home alone are my top two

If I'm depressed, A Charlie Brown Christmas. If not, the 1966 special How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Mr. Robot S04 is a favorite as well.

I haven't seen many classic Christmas films though so I plan on broadening my horizons. My mom plans on showing my Diehard this year, I plan on watching FX/BBC's rendition of A Christmas Carol, and I likely will see the 2000 Grinch movie with a friend.

Classic Line from the Alstair Sim version, "Are there no prisons....are there no work houses?"

Christmas Vacation is on repeat in my house this time of year.

Rare Exports

The Polar Express is a classic