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Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 12:44 pm
by appstatealum
Instead of doing my regular derailing of a football thread....
What is everyone's top 5 Christmas movies?
5. Home Alone 2
4. A Christmas Story
3. Home Alone
2. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
1. Die Hard
I've already watched 2 of these this morning... Although I had to watch Die Hard before the kiddos got up....
Re: Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:08 pm
by Rekdiver
Olde ones:
It’s a Wonderful Life
White Christmas
Miracle on 34th Street
Newer I’d put Elf above HA2
Re: Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:16 pm
by MAD Doctor
1. A Christmas Story
2. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
3. Elf
4. Home Alone
5. A Christmas Carol
Old timers Honorable Mention- The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (Waltons)
Re: Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:19 pm
by appstatealum
Rekdiver wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:08 pm
Olde ones:
It’s a Wonderful Life
White Christmas
Miracle on 34th Street
Newer I’d put Elf above HA2
Ooo, Elf is a good one, it might be 5b at this point.
I have to put the classics (pre 1980) in another category. All three of those are great.
"Well, it's cold outside. A man's gotta do something to keep warm."
Re: Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:41 pm
by appstate77
A Christmas Story
Polar Express
Reds
Home Alone
The Peanuts Movie.
Re: Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:53 pm
by AppSt94
5. Die Hard
4. Emmitt Otter’s Jugband Christmas
3. Elf
2. A Christmas Story
1. Christmas Vacation
Re: Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:57 pm
by scatman77
1. Elf
2. White Christmas
3. A Christmas Carol (with George C. Scott)
4. Christmas Vacation
5. A Christmas Story
Honorable Mention Just Because: It's a Wonderful Life and either Miracle on 34th Street
Re: Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 2:57 pm
by EastHallApp
1. A Christmas Story
2. Elf
3. The Grinch (original)
Those are pretty much the only ones I watch. Frosty is a classic but honestly so dark that I find it haunting.
ETA: A Christmas Carol is great too but I haven’t watched it in so long I’m not sure where to rank it.
Re: Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 3:15 pm
by ukappfan
Jingle all the way
Muppets Christmas
Home alone
Re: Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 3:36 pm
by McLeansvilleAppFan
Reds is one of my favorite Warren movies But I have to admit I never thought of it as a Christmas movie. Maybe I need to watch this movie again.
Re: Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:02 pm
by booneboy92
appstatealum wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2019 12:44 pm
Instead of doing my regular derailing of a football thread....
What is everyone's top 5 Christmas movies?
5. Home Alone 2
4. A Christmas Story
3. Home Alone
2. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
1. Die Hard
I've already watched 2 of these this morning... Although I had to watch Die Hard before the kiddos got up....
I made it home from the CCG just in time to put on my John McClain getup for a Christmas Costume party... Complete with wife beater, bloody feet and pistol taped to my back! Not to toot my own horn, but “toot, toot!” (Or should I say “Yippeekiyay!”)... They loved me!!! Yeah, Die Hard is my #1! Merry Christmas Mountaineers!
Re: Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:37 pm
by T-Dog
Friday After Next
Re: Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:38 pm
by hotrod2001
1. Christmas Vacation
2. Miracle on 34th Street
3. Scrooged
4. Die Hard
5. Gremlins
6. I'm going to give Klaus an honorable mention, that movie was pretty good from both an originality standpoint and incredible hand-drawn/2D animation. You should def. check it out if you have a Netflix account.
Re: Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 5:29 pm
by appstatealum
hotrod2001 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:38 pm
1. Christmas Vacation
2. Miracle on 34th Street
3. Scrooged
4. Die Hard
5. Gremlins
6. I'm going to give Klaus an honorable mention, that movie was pretty good from both an originality standpoint and incredible hand-drawn/2D animation. You should def. check it out if you have a Netflix account.
Scrooged is definitely on my honorable mentioned
Re: Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:07 pm
by AppfaninCAALand
Top "Die Hard is NOT a Christmas movie" list (traditional Christmas themes)
A Christmas Story
Its A Wonderful Life
Christmas Vacation
Elf
Scrooged
Top "Die Hard IS a Christmas movie" list (only very slightly thematically Christmas but set during the Holidays)
The Thin Man
Die Hard
Iron Man 3
Lethal Weapon
Rocky IV
Top "I'm not sure if Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not, but Thanksgiving movies count" list (off-beat or non-traditionally focused but still generally Christmas/Holiday themed)
Gremlins
Home Alone
Nighmare Before Christmas
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Krampus
Re: Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:24 pm
by hotrod2001
AppfaninCAALand wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:07 pm
Top "Die Hard is NOT a Christmas movie" list
A Christmas Story
Its A Wonderful Life
Christmas Vacation
Elf
Scrooged
Top "Die Hard IS a Christmas movie" list
The Thin Man
Die Hard
Iron Man 3
Lethal Weapon
Rocky IV
Top "I'm not sure if Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not" list
Gremlins
Home Alone
Nighmare Before Christmas
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Krampus
Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a Thanksgiving movie.
It's a common misconception...same with 'Dutch'...another Thanksgiving gem.
Re: Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 11:11 pm
by NattyBumppo'sRevenge
No Ernest Saves Christmas?
Re: Top 5 Christmas movies
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 11:37 pm
by appstate77
McLeansvilleAppFan wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2019 3:36 pm
Reds is one of my favorite Warren movies But I have to admit I never thought of it as a Christmas movie. Maybe I need to watch this movie again.
The opening scenes show his house decorated for Christmas, and those decorations destroyed in the attack.