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[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Muppet Christmas Carol.

A reminder that the true meaning of Christmas is scaring rich people into being more generous. Also Kermit

[โ€“] RIP_Cheems 7 points 10 months ago

"Violence is never the answer, it's the solution" -Kermit

[โ€“] AcornCarnage 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Family Christmas are the only things I'll still require my kids to watch with us every year. They're just the best.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Muppet Family Christmas and Emmett Otter are our yearly Xmas Eve watch.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Emmett Otter is an absolute masterpiece and a treasure I've watched since the 80s. I've never met anyone who knows what it is, though. Have you ever paid attention to the lyrics in the opening song? ROFL

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I am thrilled that Disney+ (last I checked) removed that The Love is Gone song that I've been programmed to fast-forward through since I was a small child in the VHS days.

[โ€“] tacotroubles 17 points 10 months ago

The empire strikes back. My brother and I would watch it and afterwards go play in the snow pretending to be on Hoth.

[โ€“] paddirn 15 points 10 months ago (4 children)
[โ€“] RIP_Cheems 15 points 10 months ago

I hate this answer but I have to respect it cause I asked.

[โ€“] ohlaph 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can buy minutes... ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

most honest answer in the thread

[โ€“] wildcardology 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] paddirn 6 points 10 months ago

I think they really lost their way around #7, from that point on the series mostly kind of stagnated and they seemed to have forgotten what made it so great to start with. Thatโ€™s why #14 was so earth-shattering, it just reinvented the series and made us redefine what a bubble butt could really do. The first 6 are still good though.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The first 3 Die Hard movies

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What are you talking about? There are only three Die Hard movies ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

My new favourite is Violent Night, but I haven't watch Silent Night (with Joel Kinnamen) yet.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

fucking caillouโ€™s christmas special. i hate this bald ass child with all my fucking heart but i cannot stop myself from watching the special every year. thereโ€™s just something about it that compels me to watch it. itโ€™s not good and actually makes me angry to watch it. but i have to

[โ€“] 7u5k3n 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Violent night was added to the tradition list last year.

But nat. Lampoons Christmas vacation Die hard Lethal weapon

The wife loves elf and home alone 2.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just watched Violent Night on the weekend. Awesome! But I'm also yet to watch Silent Night, with Joel Kinnamen.

[โ€“] 7u5k3n 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah that's definitely on the list. Hopefully it'll be good.

[โ€“] Makeitstop 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, since you say Christmas or not, my favorite show any time is Babylon 5.

But for Christmas stuff, Hogfather is my favorite tradition. Also Die Hard, and the Christmas episode of Justice League.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Babylon 5 is pretty awesome.

[โ€“] distantsounds 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The Royal Tenenbaums

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, Love Actually & The Family Stone, to name a few..

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I tend to watch the whole Marvel lineup to this day starting early December and my wife and I watch the whole shebang of Harry Potter on Christmas eve and day.

March/April I tend to rewatch Boston Legal and the cliffnotes of Dragon Ball OG to Super. Rest of the shows I rewatch aren't as tied to time of year.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Harry Potter films. I just finished HalfBlood Prince this evening.

[โ€“] Zahille7 2 points 10 months ago

They are good "holiday" movies. They're just good movies.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

My favorite movie to watch at this time of year, or any time of the year for that matter, has to be the multiple Golden Globe nominated sensation of 2023, Barbie, which, coincidentally, is also available on Blu-Ray and select streaming services.

You should watch it too.

[โ€“] theywilleatthestars 4 points 10 months ago

So uh.... how familiar are you with the Doctor Who radio plays that started when the show was off the air in the 90s? ๐ŸŸฃ๐Ÿฎ

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A Christmas Horror Story (2015) has been one of my favorites (since it came out, obviously) but my family doesn't usually let me pick the movies to watch because - and this is true - I like bad movies.

...Not like I only like bad movies, or all the movies that I like are bad... But I have a track record of liking movies that the rest of the fam thinks are bad.

[โ€“] captainjaneway 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You should hang out with my wife. Though having "bad tastes" does lend itself to some awesomely bad movies. My wife has found some gems that are so bad they are good.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I rewatch the Blade Runner movies every year on Boxing Day. Sometimes I do different cuts, but mostly final cut. Then BR2049 turned out good enough to add to the tradition, so I watch that next.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Klaus is new-ish and has found a special place in my heart. It's just a great movie!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

For me it's Arthur Christmas

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Home Alone I: Kevin is alone in the house
Home Alone II: Kevin is alone in the house in New York
Home Alone III: Dennis the Menace
Home Alone IIII: Fake Kevin is alone in the house
Home Alone IIIII: Heeeeiiiiist
Home Alone IIIIII: Kevin and New Kevin alone in the house (not New York)

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I thought 3 jumped the shark... I had no idea

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ever since I learned it was a thing from the shorts on Youtube, Rare Exports.

Obligatory link to the shorts: https://youtu.be/uMqMN9Bo0IE?si=8dJAmP8Bg_K77zjy

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/uMqMN9Bo0IE?si=8dJAmP8Bg_K77zjy

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Home for the Holidays (1995)

wonderful, all-star cast. very funny. so rewatchable for me.

holly hunter, ann bancroft, RDJ, claire danes, steve guttenberg

[โ€“] Late2TheParty 2 points 10 months ago

This is my guilty pleasure Christmas movie

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Today it's the Doctor Who episode "A Christmas Carol", on the day that we're all halfway out of the dark.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

We don't do it anymore, but we used to watch the Charlie Brown Christmas special when I was growing up. Nowadays we don't have a tradition like that, but I'll always do my best to watch The Santa Clause because it's one of my favorite holiday moves.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Die Hard and Six Degrees of Celebration

[โ€“] wilberfan 2 points 10 months ago

BOOGIE NIGHTS and MAGNOLIA, one on Christmas Eve the other on New Year's Eve--depending on my mood or what I did the year before.

[โ€“] lordnikon 2 points 10 months ago

Brazil (1985)