<p>There were just on this weekend:</p>
<p>The Holiday
The Last Holiday
Family Man</p>
<p>mom2, I took her to the FAO Schwartz… I told her that was as close as she was gonna get, haha!</p>
<p>I love “It’s A Wonderful Life”, but my kids don’t.</p>
<p>D & I really like “Love Actually”.</p>
<p>Our family watches “White Christmas” together every year because we all like it, even H.</p>
<p>Got to agree with SamuraiLandshark - “The Ref”.</p>
<p>In a more traditional vein, I will almost never pass up watching “White Christmas”</p>
<p>The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek</p>
<p>“A Christmas Story” is absolutely my favorite Christmas movie. Followed closely by “Christmas Vacation,” and “Love Actually.” I have honestly never seen “It’s A Wonderful Life”!</p>
<p>Also, although not technically a movie, Jim Henson’s “Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas” is something from my childhood that we watch with our (now teenage) kids each year. Such a sweet story!</p>
<p>Tokyo Godfathers
In Bruges</p>
<p>One of these is really heartwarming, the other is really violent.</p>
<p>More traditional faves are White Christmas, and Christmas in Connecticut.</p>
<p>The Shop Around the Corner</p>
<p>The best Jimmy Stewart Xmas movie and inspiration for several newer romantic comedies.</p>
<p>^^^ Excellent call, skeets - thanks for the reminder!</p>
<p>No one has mentioned Meet Me in Saint Louis. That’s where Judy Garland sings Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas to a crying Margaret O’Brien. I’m pretty sure I know the dialogue by memory.</p>
<p>It’s not Christmas until I’ve seen “White Christmas” with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. I just love that old movie. My DH and DD don’t really appreciate old movies, so I usually watch that one alone, but we always watch “A Christmas Story” together.</p>
<p>IloveLA, your post sparked my memory. One of my husband’s favorites is John Ford’s Three Godfathers.</p>
<p>It’s a Wonderful Life (Christmas Eve, while wrapping the last of the packages)
Elf (soon after D gets home from school)
A Christmas Carol (the one with George C. Scott)
Home Alone (H loves this one)
A Christmas Story (my brag: I saw this in the theater during its original release)</p>
<p>Oh, how could I forget! Nobody can blow things up on Christmas Eve like Bruce Willis in Die Hard. Gotta have a few explosions with your eggnog.</p>
<p>To kick off the holiday season:
Planes, Trains & Automobiles.
Youtube: Those aren’t pillows
Funny funny</p>
<p>batilo: Best.Movie.Ever. (it was one of my picks on the “guilty pleasures” thread.)</p>
<p>I want a car. Right.Now.</p>
<p>John Candy-underrated comedic/dramatic actor
RIP big guy</p>
<p>farfallena, that makes sense-- I didn’t know about the John Ford movie, but apparently it was part of the inspiration for Tokyo Godfathers.
Here’s a review of Tokyo Godfathers, I really do recommend it.
<a href=“FILM REVIEW; Three Down-and-Outs Rescue a Foundling From the Trash. Anyone Have a Pacifier? - The New York Times”>FILM REVIEW; Three Down-and-Outs Rescue a Foundling From the Trash. Anyone Have a Pacifier? - The New York Times;
<p>White Christmas with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, et. al. My daughters have been watching it since these were very young and now make a big production out of watching it together. They sing along with all the songs, especially “Sisters”. My son-in-law cracked up watching them the first time he saw their routine.</p>
<p>Of course, A Christmas Story, but I also like the really old Heidi, w/ Shirley Temple.</p>