What's on your list of traditional holiday movies?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Life of Brian
Home Alone (1 and 2)

...and here's one damn near forgotten from 1979 directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Zemeckis:

1941.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

1. We did Christmas Vacation last night

and today we'll do White Christmas and Holiday Inn... I am always a sucker for Miracle on 34th Street (the old and the new version are pretty good). It always gets me when Santa speaks Dutch (or sign-language depending on version) to the little girl and she and her mom just light up... good stuff.

sP

[Inkfreak]

2. Gremlins, lol.

It's awesome.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

19. "Scrooged" too....

Where else can you see Santa and his elves arm up with assault weapons against endless machine gun toting henchmen and then be saved by Lee Majors with the mini gattling gun from Terminator II?

[LoveMyCali]

3. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation is way up there on my list

Also The Bishop's Wife (not to be confused with the Preachers Wife, love you Denzel but you're no Cary Grant)
It's a Wonderful Life, yeah I'm sappy like that
And A Christmas Story.

[jmowreader]

4. Die Hard doesn't count, right?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

16. ...

"Ho,....ho,....ho..."

[ColesCountyDem]

5. 'Miracle on 34th Street' is always on my list. n/t

[rurallib]

11. The original I trust?

I have tried to watch the remakes, but they are so over the top I turn them off.

[ColesCountyDem]

12. Absolutely!

I agree with you about the remakes.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

18. Caught a line from the original that still fits....

"Maybe he's just a little crazy, like painters or composers or some of those men in Washington."

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. Every time I watch it I have to watch "Them!" again.

[bigwillq]

6. NLCV, Elf, Home Alone

It's a Wonderful Life.


Great films!

[betsuni]

7. Watched "Christmas Vacation" last night, the best.

One of my favorites is "Metropolitan." Not exactly a holiday movie but it takes places over the holidays. Reminds me of the seventies and early eighties -- my older brother's Bible was "The Official Preppy Handbook."

[Coventina]

8. MST3K's "Santa Claus"

Disturbing and hilarious!!

[bikebloke]

9. Joyeux Noel

The WWI Christmas truce.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. I haven't seen this one yet

[Wounded Bear]

14. One of Steve Martin's best...

Mixed Nuts

Fine cast, interesting story twists and the most evil fruitcake in history.

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi144113945/?ref_=tt_ov_vi

[fizzgig]

15. we'll watch a christmas story once or three times tomorrow

[ancianita]

17. I love them all and But need variety -- a video like this one.

Part 2, too.

Have a wonderful holiday!

[Rowdyboy]

20. "Auntie Mame" (Rosalind Russell) and Capote's "A Christmas Memory" (Geraldine Page)

since you already listed Natl Lampoon's Christma which is my absolute favorite

[Initech]

21. OK I'll admit "Bad Santa" is a guilty pleasure here.

If you get frustrated with the holidays, nothing beats Billy Bob Thornton screaming and shouting obscenities at kids in the mall.