X-Mas Movie List - Page 3

kindlekitten · 11-12-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Moejoe

X-Mas isn't Christian anymore, right? It's now a secular holiday, so everyone can enjoy it! Ho-ho-ho! I now have a machine gun.

as I recall the film is from the early 60s

desertgrandma · 11-12-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

And my reply wsn't meant to be flippant either really. It's just one of those films that, presumably, was shown once or twice around Christmas time and has just kind of stuck from there - I guess it's next to impossible to explain why some things become traditional and some don't.

No, I didn't take it as flippant. I just was wondering if there was something I had forgotten about the movie that had to do with Christmas.

Hey. Our tradition here on Christmas is is Mexican food. Go figure.

desertgrandma · 11-12-2009, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by 6charlong

Why doesn't anyone ever mention "Bell, Book and Candle." A great Christmas movie although the theme is a bit unusual.

LOVE that film.

Bilbo1967 · 11-12-2009, 06:01 PM

I've been working in Germany a lot lately and one of my German colleagues told me that a German traditional film is one called "Dinner for One" (I think). It sounded like it at least had a Christmas theme - old lady having a Christmas dinner with her friends every Christmas until they all die and then it's just her and her butler from what I heard. I think that they said it was an English film?

Perhaps one of our German members could confirm?

kindlekitten · 11-12-2009, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

LOVE that film.

haven't seen it in years... however, kindle kitten's REAL name is Pyewacket

desertgrandma · 11-12-2009, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

haven't seen it in years... however, kindle kitten's REAL name is Pyewacket

Verencat · 11-12-2009, 07:45 PM

For two weeks, every Christmas time, a public television here present one child movie a day, and they call it Ciné-Cadeau (cine-gift). Watching all those old animés of Tintin, Astérix, Garfield, Lucky Luke... that's Christmas to me!

Jumping up and down from anticipation right now!

WT Sharpe · 11-12-2009, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I think it's the best movie every made. I'm being totally serious. Sentimental hogwash, it is, but brilliantly done.

It's a Wonderful Life is definitely up there; it's certainly in my top five at least. It's a wonderful movie.

Have you seen the Married With Children version where Al gets a chance to see what his family's life would have been like without him? The late, great Sam Kinison played Al's guardian angel. Al discovers that everyone's life would have been better had he never been born, but decides he wants to live after all just to spite them.

kazbates · 11-12-2009, 08:17 PM

Two favorite holiday films that we watch every year in a family marathon are "White Christmas" and "Holiday Inn". I love a good hoaky musical!

After Ryleigh goes to bed, we watch my other favorite, "Scrooged".

When I'm cooking Christmas dinner (which takes most of the day), my husband and kids watch, "A Christmas Story" to much giggling and laughing.

WT Sharpe · 11-12-2009, 08:29 PM

Although technically it's not a Christmas film, I'm surprised no one has mentioned The Wizard of Oz. Here in the States in the 1950s and beyond, you could pretty much count on that film being shown sometime in the the week before Christmas. It hardly seems like a proper holiday without a melting green witch!

desertgrandma · 11-12-2009, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Although technically it's not a Christmas film, I'm surprised no one has mentioned The Wizard of Oz. Here in the States in the 1950s and beyond, you could pretty much count on that film being shown sometime in the the week before Christmas. It hardly seems like a proper holiday without a melting green witch!

Back in the day.....used to be a Thanksgiving offering.

Every Thanksgiving day..........

paul1403 · 11-12-2009, 09:28 PM

Every Christmas Eve since... well, forever I guess, one of the TV networks here have shown a direct telecast of Carols by Candelight from Melbourne.

It's not really a movie, but it's been a tradition in our household to watch it each year... even though the host is the same, the performers are just about always the same, and of course the carols are always the same. I guess without it Christmas Eve wouldn't be the same.

Paul,
Canberra, Australia

WT Sharpe · 11-12-2009, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Back in the day.....used to be a Thanksgiving offering.

Every Thanksgiving day..........

I seem to remember it alternating between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

desertgrandma · 11-12-2009, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I seem to remember it alternating between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Well, of course I was so young I probably don't remember that well.............

BenG · 11-13-2009, 12:33 AM

The Lemon Drop Kid-Damon Runyon by way of Bob Hope
Babes in Toyland (aka March of the Wooden Soldiers) with Laurel and Hardy. They used to show this every Christmas.
Donovan's Reef with John Wayne and a Christmas pageant in a leaky chapel with Dorothy Lamour singing Silent Night.
3 Godfathers
Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol
The Man Who Came to Dinner. Monty Wooley is a hoot. (And it has PENGUINS!)

Or you could do a Shelley Winters Christmas:
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo
The Night Of the Hunter (one of my favorite Christmas scenes)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
and for New Year's Eve, The Poseidon Adventure

And then there's Ken Russell's A Kitten for Hitler:
http://www.comedybox.tv/index.aspx?f...cks&clip=10864

11-13-2009, 12:33 AM	#45
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,729 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	The Lemon Drop Kid-Damon Runyon by way of Bob Hope Babes in Toyland (aka March of the Wooden Soldiers) with Laurel and Hardy. They used to show this every Christmas. Donovan's Reef with John Wayne and a Christmas pageant in a leaky chapel with Dorothy Lamour singing Silent Night. 3 Godfathers Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol The Man Who Came to Dinner. Monty Wooley is a hoot. (And it has PENGUINS!) Or you could do a Shelley Winters Christmas: Whoever Slew Auntie Roo The Night Of the Hunter (one of my favorite Christmas scenes) The Greatest Story Ever Told and for New Year's Eve, The Poseidon Adventure And then there's Ken Russell's A Kitten for Hitler: http://www.comedybox.tv/index.aspx?f...cks&clip=10864 Last edited by BenG; 11-13-2009 at 12:36 AM.

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Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	I've been working in Germany a lot lately and one of my German colleagues told me that a German traditional film is one called "Dinner for One" (I think). It sounded like it at least had a Christmas theme - old lady having a Christmas dinner with her friends every Christmas until they all die and then it's just her and her butler from what I heard. I think that they said it was an English film? Perhaps one of our German members could confirm?

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Verencat Wizard Posts: 2,615 Karma: 96491 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal, Qc Device: xxx	For two weeks, every Christmas time, a public television here present one child movie a day, and they call it Ciné-Cadeau (cine-gift). Watching all those old animés of Tintin, Astérix, Garfield, Lucky Luke... that's Christmas to me! Jumping up and down from anticipation right now!

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kazbates Wizard Posts: 2,627 Karma: 406616 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Device: SurfacePro, SurfaceBook 2	Two favorite holiday films that we watch every year in a family marathon are "White Christmas" and "Holiday Inn". I love a good hoaky musical! After Ryleigh goes to bed, we watch my other favorite, "Scrooged". When I'm cooking Christmas dinner (which takes most of the day), my husband and kids watch, "A Christmas Story" to much giggling and laughing.

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WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Although technically it's not a Christmas film, I'm surprised no one has mentioned The Wizard of Oz. Here in the States in the 1950s and beyond, you could pretty much count on that film being shown sometime in the the week before Christmas. It hardly seems like a proper holiday without a melting green witch!

11-12-2009, 09:28 PM	#42
paul1403 Exertion Avoider Posts: 40 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Device: Eco-Reader, Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy S2	Every Christmas Eve since... well, forever I guess, one of the TV networks here have shown a direct telecast of Carols by Candelight from Melbourne. It's not really a movie, but it's been a tradition in our household to watch it each year... even though the host is the same, the performers are just about always the same, and of course the carols are always the same. I guess without it Christmas Eve wouldn't be the same. Paul, Canberra, Australia