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a happy and joyful spirit.
SheltieLover
(75,511 posts)Sound of music, Elf, Christmas Story, Ernest Saves Christmas, Miracle on 34th St., It's a Wonderful Life, just to name a few.
debm55
(53,634 posts)applegrove
(129,475 posts)I no longer watch the whole thing through but will pause and watch a few scenes if I come across it on the tv.
debm55
(53,634 posts)pandr32
(13,674 posts)It is well down and tells the story of the real Christmas truce of 1914. I'm not religious, but Christmas/Yule traditions used to and still can be about the important things: family, friends, sharing, and joy.
debm55
(53,634 posts)EYESORE 9001
(29,368 posts)Dan Aykroyd wore a Santa suit, right?
debm55
(53,634 posts)Blue dot in KS
(5 posts)Is a Christmas movie
debm55
(53,634 posts)4TheArts
(184 posts)Stars John Houseman and Michael Learned.
Try it, you'll like it.
debm55
(53,634 posts)Bluestocking
(442 posts)debm55
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debm55
(53,634 posts)rsdsharp
(11,634 posts)debm55
(53,634 posts)justaprogressive
(6,057 posts)Feel-good movie featuring Bing's voice and Fred's dancing with great humor,
and songs by Irving Berlin incl. The original performance of "White Christmas"
Unless you're military skip the movie "White Christmas" see Holiday Inn instead!
debm55
(53,634 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(11,322 posts)debm55
(53,634 posts)JMCKUSICK
(4,748 posts)debm55
(53,634 posts)Niagara
(11,240 posts)debm55
(53,634 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(14,117 posts)It makes me tear up because it was also my late grandpa's favorite.
debm55
(53,634 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(14,117 posts)hlthe2b
(112,345 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(14,117 posts)debm55
(53,634 posts)EarthAbides
(410 posts)I am surprised no one has mentioned this classic!
Endlessmike56
(74 posts)Lots of opinions on that one lol
debm55
(53,634 posts)Endlessmike56
(74 posts)But I also like the Thin Man with William Powell and Myrna Loy. It takes place during the Christmas season.
debm55
(53,634 posts)get the red out
(13,898 posts)"You'll shoot your eye out kid". I am not the Holiday sentimental type. Bah Humbug!
debm55
(53,634 posts)Raven123
(7,357 posts)Darin McGavin and my late father could have been brothers. They shared many physical and personality characteristics.
My father introduced me to Bing Crosby. Bells of St. Marys is one of several holiday movies featuring him that we enjoyed together.
The Man Who Came to Dinner is a light hearted comedy starring Monty Woolley, who many do not know, and a cast of well known actors, some in small roles.
debm55
(53,634 posts)Big Blue Marble
(5,658 posts)with George C. Scott who is the best Scrooge ever. I also love A Christmas Story, Miracle and
Christmas Vacation plus Christmas In Connecticut.
Edit to add: The Grinch.
debm55
(53,634 posts)choie
(6,477 posts)Alastair Sims is the definitive Scrooge!
debm55
(53,634 posts)terip64
(1,600 posts)I'm not sure how it happened, but we watch it every year.
debm55
(53,634 posts)CanonRay
(15,856 posts)debm55
(53,634 posts)Dear_Prudence
(962 posts)I like the old one and the new one.
Niagara
(11,240 posts)The Holiday (2006)
A Christmas Story (1983)
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (2000)
Here on DU, we have adults that W-H-I-N-E about the movie but I happen to like the movie. That movie is:
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
beaglelover
(4,396 posts)debm55
(53,634 posts)beaglelover
(4,396 posts)debm55
(53,634 posts)MuseRider
(35,050 posts)Bad Santa
It is terribly funny and some of it makes me cringe, I usually would not choose this, the values are horrible then they end up saving a kid who had never had a chance at all.
Thurman Merman was able to see the good and it made me feel good inside. Also it was packed with good actors who just raised it up. Everyone else I know hates it and thinks it is disgusting and it is but sometimes you have to walk around all that to see and feel the good inside.
debm55
(53,634 posts)MuseRider
(35,050 posts)Going slowly but I hope better. Should know soon. Until then I will watch this dirty, snarky gross movie with a heart of gold as it ends.
marble falls
(69,954 posts)debm55
(53,634 posts)LogDog75
(1,012 posts)debm55
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(53,634 posts)mvd
(65,812 posts)Its just uplifting to see the change in Scrooge. Fits the holiday very well.
Hi Deb! Hope you and Rich are having a good holiday season. Im still around - just posting less and more in the political forums. Used to love to have fun in the Lounge and hope to more.
debm55
(53,634 posts)Tanuki
(16,220 posts)My parents loved it (so do I, now) but at the time it scared the bejabbers out of me, especially the part when the doorknocker turns into the spectral image of Jacob Marley!
😱👻
redstatebluegirl
(12,751 posts)debm55
(53,634 posts)no_hypocrisy
(53,939 posts)Hands down.
debm55
(53,634 posts)DingleBerryNW
(69 posts)Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
debm55
(53,634 posts)CBHagman
(17,403 posts)...I will. I'd watch it any time of year and have, but it is a Christmas movie and a family Christmas movie to boot.
And that's only the first of my lengthy list of favorite holiday movies. But it's one of my favorite movies, period.
debm55
(53,634 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,067 posts)debm55
(53,634 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,067 posts)waterwatcher123
(438 posts)Enjoy a good holiday toast too - you deserve it!
debm55
(53,634 posts)The Roux Comes First
(2,057 posts)Soundtrack last week, right on-season, I guess.
It started with "how do you solve a problem like Maria" but the next thing I knew (OK, after diversion into West Side Story: "almost like praying" my hills were alive, and laughing like a brook.
A great musical indeed!
debm55
(53,634 posts)Premiered in Pittsburgh with the Girl Scouts. and have not missed a year.
Rizen
(1,005 posts)Best xmas movie of all time.
debm55
(53,634 posts)Dear_Prudence
(962 posts)Burl Ives singing "Silver and Gold" is warming. I also watch A Christmas Carol, several versions, and Miracle on 34th Street. And Die Hard because then I can get my husband and adult son to join me for awhile. 🎅
debm55
(53,634 posts)electric_blue68
(25,213 posts)Not a real big fan of his, but he's really good, and funny in this. Alot of other good acting in it.
There one more vaguely remembered ( not sure at all why Tom Arnold come to mind) , but I think I'll have to look a long list of movies - though maybe from the '90s onward. 🤔
Off I go to look 😄
ETA
It might be T8m Allen's The Santa Clause
Only 6/10, and 73% but I'm liked it.
And I forgot Carey's - How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
Wiz Imp
(8,415 posts)Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
The Year Without A Santa Claus
And the 1/2 hour animated cartoons:
A Charlie Brown Christmas
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Frosty The Snowman
Twas The Night Before Christmas
Wiz Imp
(8,415 posts)Not strictly a Christmas Movie, but the Christmas scene where Judy Garland sings "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" is incredible.
RazorbackExpat
(817 posts)Charlie Brown, Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, the Rankin-Bass cartoons, and the Grinch.
I remember when the Grinch premiered-- December 18, 1966. I was really looking forward to it because I had the book and I loved that book. Earlier in that day, I had to sing in a church Christmas pageant, and I got very sick as a result. So, when I got home I was given some medicine and sent straight to bed. My bedroom was next to the TV room, so I could hear it, but I couldn't see it. I was so disappointed
Wiz Imp
(8,415 posts)Christmas in Connecticut with Barbara Stanwyck & The Lemon Drop Kid with Bob Hope.
Emile
(39,619 posts)KitFox
(482 posts)picture book. It does not have dialog but is set to the most wonderful music. It is delightful and poignant. Another was a made for TV special called The House Without A Christmas Tree with Jason Robards and Mildred Natwick. One I discovered a few years ago is This is Christmas a British film that is really touching. I loved reading all the posts and was reminded of some I had forgotten about. And Deb, I love me a Sound of Music fix anytime! 😊🩷