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It's kind of a tradition to watch the same movies every year around Christmastime.

I love It's a Wonderful Life. My all-time favorite Christmas movie and watch it every year. Miracle on 34th Street - great black-and-white family movie.

The Family Man - Nicholas Cage and Tea Leoni

Love, Actually is a sweet movie

Bad Santa - Billy Bob Thornton

Gotta be Rudolph.
It's a Wonderful Life is great too. I only saw the ENTIRE movie THIS year.
I almost always have come in at the same place, where he's on the bridge and saves Clarence.
I'd never seen the rest till this year. Dang.

NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION and A Christmas Story.

Debbie Does Santa Claus

Angel wrote:NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION and A Christmas Story.

+1

brywool wrote:It's a Wonderful Life is great too. I only saw the ENTIRE movie THIS year.

You know, I think alot more people than you'd think have actually not seen that movie all the way through.

About 10 years ago, I decided to watch the whole thing - had only ever seen the end (over and over - that always seemed to be where I came in)... and my LORD that movie bored me!

Top 3 that I watch EVERY year without fail...

A Christmas Story
Christmas Vacation
Home Alone

I LOVE the TBS "24 hours of A Christmas Story" - every minute that I am at home during those 24 hours, TBS is on, and I don't care who around me doesn't like it.

The Bishop's Wife with David Niven and Loretta Young.

It depends on what I'm in the mood for.

Funny/Silly: Home Alone or A Christmas Story

Inspirational/Heartwarming: It's A Wonderful Life or The Family Man

Spiritual: Jesus Of Nazareth. The one starring Robert Powell. It's 6-1/2 hours long, btw. Great movie but I gotta be in the mood for it. Fun Fact: Robert Powell does not blink his eyes -- EVER -- throughout this entire movie. Director Franco Zeffirelli wanted a Jesus that doesn't blink b/c he felt it made the character's presence more piercing, holy & believable. Good call, but can you imagine how many retakes they had to do?!?

Barbara Stanwyck is one of my favorite actresses. Here are three of her Christmas classics.

Remember The Night - Barbara Stanwyck & Fred MacMurray

Christmas In Connecticut - Barbara Stanwyck & Dennis Morgan

Meet John Doe - Gary Cooper & Barbara Stanwyck

JasonD wrote:Spiritual: Jesus Of Nazareth. The one starring Robert Powell. It's 6-1/2 hours long, btw. Great movie but I gotta be in the mood for it. Fun Fact: Robert Powell does not blink his eyes -- EVER -- throughout this entire movie. Director Franco Zeffirelli wanted a Jesus that doesn't blink b/c he felt it made the character's presence more piercing, holy & believable. Good call, but can you imagine how many retakes they had to do?!?

I've actually seen that movie a number of times. But "It's a Wonderful Life" - only seent hat once. That's what happens when you grow up catholic. It used to be on TV every year at Easter time (do they still do that?) and of course, going to catholic school, they made us watch it.

Doesn't blink? I never noticed that.

(and f'k you Jason, now it makes me want to watch it just dso I can look for that!! lmao!)

but I don't have eleventy hundred hours available to sit through it, so maybe not.

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

JasonD wrote:Spiritual: Jesus Of Nazareth. The one starring Robert Powell. It's 6-1/2 hours long, btw. Great movie but I gotta be in the mood for it. Fun Fact: Robert Powell does not blink his eyes -- EVER -- throughout this entire movie. Director Franco Zeffirelli wanted a Jesus that doesn't blink b/c he felt it made the character's presence more piercing, holy & believable. Good call, but can you imagine how many retakes they had to do?!?

I've actually seen that movie a number of times. But "It's a Wonderful Life" - only seent hat once. That's what happens when you grow up catholic. It used to be on TV every year at Easter time (do they still do that?) and of course, going to catholic school, they made us watch it.

Doesn't blink? I never noticed that.

(and f'k you Jason, now it makes me want to watch it just dso I can look for that!! lmao!)

but I don't have eleventy hundred hours available to sit through it, so maybe not.

I thought I was the only one logged on right now & I was just getting ready to log off but you caught me. Yes---he does not blink at all. There is a scene (I believe it's where Judas betrays him) that his eyes fill with tears & he looks down briefly & looks upward .... that is the closest he comes to blinking. I watched a documentary on the making of that movie & that's where I learned the blinking thing & so naturally I had to put it to the test next time I watched it. Not one blink.

JasonD wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

JasonD wrote:Spiritual: Jesus Of Nazareth. The one starring Robert Powell. It's 6-1/2 hours long, btw. Great movie but I gotta be in the mood for it. Fun Fact: Robert Powell does not blink his eyes -- EVER -- throughout this entire movie. Director Franco Zeffirelli wanted a Jesus that doesn't blink b/c he felt it made the character's presence more piercing, holy & believable. Good call, but can you imagine how many retakes they had to do?!?

Doesn't blink? I never noticed that.

(and f'k you Jason, now it makes me want to watch it just dso I can look for that!! lmao!)

but I don't have eleventy hundred hours available to sit through it, so maybe not.

Yes---he does not blink at all. There is a scene (I believe it's where Judas betrays him) that his eyes fill with tears & he looks down briefly & looks upward .... that is the closest he comes to blinking. I watched a documentary on the making of that movie & that's where I learned the blinking thing & so naturally I had to put it to the test next time I watched it. Not one blink.

So, you watched the whole 6 hours looking for blinking?

Let me ask you something... surely you would have blinked, so how can you be sure he didn't?

What if YOU blinked and missed it?

Lots of classics, including some named here - I have great memories of watching Miracle on 34th with my family as a kid. My dad loved/loves that shit.

I will go on record as saying I'd rather eat a bullet than ever watch a Christmas Story again. HORRIBLE movie and I just don't get the appeal. That kid is about as cute as placenta diarrhea

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

JasonD wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

JasonD wrote:Spiritual: Jesus Of Nazareth. The one starring Robert Powell. It's 6-1/2 hours long, btw. Great movie but I gotta be in the mood for it. Fun Fact: Robert Powell does not blink his eyes -- EVER -- throughout this entire movie. Director Franco Zeffirelli wanted a Jesus that doesn't blink b/c he felt it made the character's presence more piercing, holy & believable. Good call, but can you imagine how many retakes they had to do?!?

Doesn't blink? I never noticed that.

(and f'k you Jason, now it makes me want to watch it just dso I can look for that!! lmao!)

but I don't have eleventy hundred hours available to sit through it, so maybe not.

Yes---he does not blink at all. There is a scene (I believe it's where Judas betrays him) that his eyes fill with tears & he looks down briefly & looks upward .... that is the closest he comes to blinking. I watched a documentary on the making of that movie & that's where I learned the blinking thing & so naturally I had to put it to the test next time I watched it. Not one blink.

So, you watched the whole 6 hours looking for blinking?

Let me ask you something... surely you would have blinked, so how can you be sure he didn't?

What if YOU blinked and missed it?

Yep. That's me: Life in the fast lane.

a christmas story... the ending is classic... love the marathon on TBS every year!! you will shoot your eye out!!


Home Alone has grown on me in recent years too. The wet bandits!!
Home Alone 2 actually is a GREAT SEQUAL.


RUDOLPH is the best xmas special animated.

Ehwmatt wrote:I will go on record as saying I'd rather eat a bullet than ever watch a Christmas Story again.

The wedding is OFF.

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:I will go on record as saying I'd rather eat a bullet than ever watch a Christmas Story again.

The wedding is OFF.

Dammit! I was looking forward to being a bridesmaid.

The Homecoming.

White Christmas. Old school and schmaltzy, but I just love it.

a newer one that grows on you.. the family stone... The Holiday from a couple of years ago is pretty good too.

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Christmas Story, and It's a wonderful life

It's not strictly a Christmas movie but one we used to watch every Christmas morning for years... The Quiet Man, with John Wayne. Made on location in a tiny Irish village called Cong, in about 1952-53. I've been to that village recently, and they still have landmarks, tours and monuments dedicated to that movie more than 50 years later. Great movie.

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:I will go on record as saying I'd rather eat a bullet than ever watch a Christmas Story again.

The wedding is OFF.

lol, fuck that movie and fuck Ovaltine. It sounds like a feminine hygiene product {if ya know what I mean}

Jana wrote:It's kind of a tradition to watch the same movies every year around Christmastime.

I love It's a Wonderful Life. My all-time favorite Christmas movie and watch it every year. Miracle on 34th Street - great black-and-white family movie.

The Family Man - Nicholas Cage and Tea Leoni

Love, Actually is a sweet movie

Bad Santa - Billy Bob Thornton

"It's A Wonderful Life" is not only the best Christmas movie ever, it's one of the best films ever made PERIOD. If you don't love that film you have no soul.

I'm also right with you on "Family Man" (very sweet, modern update of the WONDERFUL LIFE idea) and "Love Actually" is brilliant. LOVE that Director's new film too (PIRATE RADIO- great, underrated film)

Some Bad Santa scenes. Merry Christmas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlkzrmQdUkI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwfaxZcLW0w

Just thought I'd pop in to say fuck Kwanzaa and Hanukkah. Merry Christmas, fuckers.

DrFU wrote:White Christmas. Old school and schmaltzy, but I just love it.

love it too!! grew up on bing crosby's christmas record. my sister katy and i can sing the whole thing with mele kalikimaka being our big number . sure makes me miss my parents, but truly grateful for the best childhood ever.

enjoy polar express, christmas story and of course it's a wonderful life.

merry christmas.

Die Hard 2 (it was on last night)
Black Christmas
Trading Places



Yeah, I know - weird. I'm not big on traditional Christmas movies (but if I must name one - The Bells of St. Mary's)

Edit - forgot Shrek the Halls - one of my new favorites.

I love it's a wonderful life and Miracle on 43th street.Both great old movies.

Babyblue wrote:I love it's a wonderful life and Miracle on 43th street.Both great old movies.

You crack me up!!!