28 thoughts on “Reader Friday: What’s Your Favorite Holiday Movie?”
For me it’s a tie: It’s a Wonderful Life and Die Hard.
I watch It’s a Wonderful Life on Christmas Eve while I wrap presents.
We watch Die Hard as a family between presents and Christmas dinner.
Hubby and I watch his favorite, A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott as Scrooge) on Christmas night after everyone else has gone home.
Yay Christmas!
in re _Die Hard_ (see below). I’ve only watched it in fragments on TV, so maybe it’s more of a Christmas movie than I realize. I’ll have to get the DVD from the library.
Eric – it’s awesome. There’s some debate as to it being a Christmas movie, but as far as I’m concerned, if the soundtrack is entirely Christmas carols, it’s a Christmas movie.
Sue – glad you approve!
I love all three movies, Cynthia! Excellent choices.
Of the few I’ve seen, I’d plump for _Home Alone_. I guess it’s my kind of odd-ball humor with a touch of humanity. Perhaps it’s true that “none wished it longer.”
_Home Alone 2_ is another one of those sequels that shouldn’t have been made. What was fresh in _Home Alone_ is tedious when re-hashed.
I looked at Rotten Tomatoes’ Top 50 Christmas movies. Several, like _Die Hard_, hardly seem like Christmas movies even if they happen to be set around Christmas.
If Jimmy Stewart didn’t irritate me every time he opens his mouth I’d watch _It’s a Wonderful Life_ again.
You’re a tough customer, Eric. Home Alone was a funny movie. Haven’t seen it in years, though. I may add it to my gift-wrapping movie list. Give Die Hard a try. I bet you’d like it. Thanks for playing!
I like _Die Hard_. I just didn’t see it as a Christmas movie. [How do you get italics in your post?]
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A Christmas Story with Darren McGavin. This movie became a huge thing with my circle of friends that they made a “leg lamp” for our front window. The story of how my friend Gary traveled by air with a mannekin leg is legend. The “major award” arrived at our front door in a box marked in Italian – Fra Gile.
It’s a Wonderful Life is a must see for me too. My favorite scene is when Jimmy Stewart gets a call from his “hee haw” best friend & Donna Reed is standing next to him, listening in. The sexual tension is palpable as he realizes his dreams if leaving town are gone, that he loves her.
OMG, Jordan, that’s hilarious! You need to post pics of the leg lamp. Too funny!
I love It’s a Wonderful Life. Brings back so many happy memories.
The story of Gary traveling with a dismembered leg, unable to hide it in a plane’s overhead bin and walking with it through an airport or going through TSA. That’s commitment.
Miracle on 34th Street and the Alastair Sim Christmas Carol.
Two fantastic movies, Jim! Loved both. Christmas Carol is one of my all-time favorites. We usually rewatch Miracle on 34th Street every year, too.
Given our “Christmas” tradition consists of Chinese food and a movie, we would go see whatever was playing at our local theater.
Ooh, Chinese food and a movie sounds like a great tradition, Terry!
Home Alone, Die Hard, Jingle All the Way, and The Santa Claus are high on my list, but the best of all are It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street (the original from 1947 with Maureen O’Hare, Natalie Wood, and Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle)—one or the other of these is played every year, often both.
Oh, I forgot about The Santa Claus. Loved that movie. Totally agree with the classics, too. Thanks for chiming in, Douglas!
If Miracle on 34th St. is The Season’s love child, I’m all for it. Will never except a killer filler as a Christmas message.
Miracle on 34th Street as The Season’s love child … love it, Gerald!
Meet Me in St. Louis. At the end of the scene where Tootie smashes her snow people I cry. Every. Freaking. Time. TCM shows this movie on Christmas Eve and I nearly always watch it.
I enjoy It’s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story, too. Bad Santa has its moments, too.
I haven’t seen Meet Me in St. Louis in years, Catfriend. Thanks for the reminder!
My husband loves National Lampoon’s Christmas – but only the first half hour or so when they go out for a Christmas tree. So, we have a long history of uproarious laughter from my husband, then the movie often gets turned off and we do other family things.
Hahahahahahaha. The National Lampoon movies crack me up, too, Pat. Chevy Chase is one-of-a-kind.
I LOVE that movie. The Wal-Mart shopping scene of Randy Quaid with the see-through dickey & his too-tight pants showing off his jingle bells. Or how Randy empties the toilet system in his ramshackle RV. Classic & definitely politically incorrect.
For me it’s a tie: It’s a Wonderful Life and Die Hard.
I watch It’s a Wonderful Life on Christmas Eve while I wrap presents.
We watch Die Hard as a family between presents and Christmas dinner.
Hubby and I watch his favorite, A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott as Scrooge) on Christmas night after everyone else has gone home.
Yay Christmas!
in re _Die Hard_ (see below). I’ve only watched it in fragments on TV, so maybe it’s more of a Christmas movie than I realize. I’ll have to get the DVD from the library.
Eric – it’s awesome. There’s some debate as to it being a Christmas movie, but as far as I’m concerned, if the soundtrack is entirely Christmas carols, it’s a Christmas movie.
Sue – glad you approve!
I love all three movies, Cynthia! Excellent choices.
Of the few I’ve seen, I’d plump for _Home Alone_. I guess it’s my kind of odd-ball humor with a touch of humanity. Perhaps it’s true that “none wished it longer.”
_Home Alone 2_ is another one of those sequels that shouldn’t have been made. What was fresh in _Home Alone_ is tedious when re-hashed.
I looked at Rotten Tomatoes’ Top 50 Christmas movies. Several, like _Die Hard_, hardly seem like Christmas movies even if they happen to be set around Christmas.
If Jimmy Stewart didn’t irritate me every time he opens his mouth I’d watch _It’s a Wonderful Life_ again.
You’re a tough customer, Eric. Home Alone was a funny movie. Haven’t seen it in years, though. I may add it to my gift-wrapping movie list. Give Die Hard a try. I bet you’d like it. Thanks for playing!
I like _Die Hard_. I just didn’t see it as a Christmas movie. [How do you get italics in your post?]
You can italicize words by adding HTML codes. For example, for italics put this before the title < i > (without spaces; I just used them here so it wouldn’t read the HTML as code). After the title, use this < / i > The backslash ends the code, so if you want an entire sentence italicized, then move < / i > to wherever you want it to end (again, no spaces).
For bold, use < b > before and < / b > after, or < strong > and < / strong > after (same here; no spaces).
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Thanks. I didn’t realize you could type the html tags right into the main comment form.
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A Christmas Story with Darren McGavin. This movie became a huge thing with my circle of friends that they made a “leg lamp” for our front window. The story of how my friend Gary traveled by air with a mannekin leg is legend. The “major award” arrived at our front door in a box marked in Italian – Fra Gile.
It’s a Wonderful Life is a must see for me too. My favorite scene is when Jimmy Stewart gets a call from his “hee haw” best friend & Donna Reed is standing next to him, listening in. The sexual tension is palpable as he realizes his dreams if leaving town are gone, that he loves her.
OMG, Jordan, that’s hilarious! You need to post pics of the leg lamp. Too funny!
I love It’s a Wonderful Life. Brings back so many happy memories.
The story of Gary traveling with a dismembered leg, unable to hide it in a plane’s overhead bin and walking with it through an airport or going through TSA. That’s commitment.
Miracle on 34th Street and the Alastair Sim Christmas Carol.
Two fantastic movies, Jim! Loved both. Christmas Carol is one of my all-time favorites. We usually rewatch Miracle on 34th Street every year, too.
Given our “Christmas” tradition consists of Chinese food and a movie, we would go see whatever was playing at our local theater.
Ooh, Chinese food and a movie sounds like a great tradition, Terry!
It’s part of our heritage. 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1uZ_W7atDE
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Home Alone, Die Hard, Jingle All the Way, and The Santa Claus are high on my list, but the best of all are It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street (the original from 1947 with Maureen O’Hare, Natalie Wood, and Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle)—one or the other of these is played every year, often both.
Oh, I forgot about The Santa Claus. Loved that movie. Totally agree with the classics, too. Thanks for chiming in, Douglas!
If Miracle on 34th St. is The Season’s love child, I’m all for it. Will never except a killer filler as a Christmas message.
Miracle on 34th Street as The Season’s love child … love it, Gerald!
Meet Me in St. Louis. At the end of the scene where Tootie smashes her snow people I cry. Every. Freaking. Time. TCM shows this movie on Christmas Eve and I nearly always watch it.
I enjoy It’s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story, too. Bad Santa has its moments, too.
I haven’t seen Meet Me in St. Louis in years, Catfriend. Thanks for the reminder!
My husband loves National Lampoon’s Christmas – but only the first half hour or so when they go out for a Christmas tree. So, we have a long history of uproarious laughter from my husband, then the movie often gets turned off and we do other family things.
Hahahahahahaha. The National Lampoon movies crack me up, too, Pat. Chevy Chase is one-of-a-kind.
I LOVE that movie. The Wal-Mart shopping scene of Randy Quaid with the see-through dickey & his too-tight pants showing off his jingle bells. Or how Randy empties the toilet system in his ramshackle RV. Classic & definitely politically incorrect.