What is your favorite Christmas film of all time and why?

[funtime_01]

There have been many Christmas films good and bad, what's your favourite?

[nightdrot]

Got to admit, I don't really have a favorite - or even unfavorite - Christmas movie.

Besides, Easter Sunday is my favorite holiday. For me, weird as it sounds, Christmas is a distant third after the aforementioned Easter Sunday and Thanksgiving. Christmas is to "in your face." It starts in July and ends in mid-January. Too much.

That said, I do remember "The Miracle on 34th Street." It is well done for its' time and has a nice theme. However, while it is a good movie, I would hardly rate it a favorite.

Anyhow, given everything I just wrote, maybe "Scrooge." He's my hero.

(Don't worry, that was a joke.)

[Wraith_Cemetery]

One of my all time favourite underappreciated Christmas movies is The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. Not many people know of this one but it is absolutely grand. There's a stop motion film from the 80's and it was also made into an animated film in 2000.

Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

My favourite horror Christmas films are Krampus and Black Christmas. I also enjoy all the classics such as Little Drummer Boy, Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town, Jack Frost, etc.

[Wraith_Cemetery]

Thanks for MHG :)

[SweetDumplings]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/TRt3XXJs_54

I love watching this all throughout Christmas time because they look high on acid and trippy ASF and I enjoy Jack Frost from the same animators who made this even though Jack doesn't get the girl after being a human and getting a bag of gold, a castle, and horse for her but it's okay cause I can always go back and watch this and even though it's trippy and they all look like they sniffed angel dust, at least there's a happy ending with this so I'm happy 😊💜💜💜😊

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

Home Alone 1&2 are Christmas classics. Besides them, Jingle All The Way is my favorite. Such an underrated Christmas movie. I love it.

[JohnE_69]

Yes, Home Alone 1&2 are good, any others after 3 are just a waste of time... But Jingle All The Way is another good one, Arnold can do it all, action, drama, comedy, Governor of California, he's a very smart man. Robert "James West" Conrad held his own against Arnold, he played the angry cop.
Sinbad really got on my nerves, but eventually mellowed out when Arni's son Jake "Anakin Skywalker" Lloyd gave him the doll. Phil Harman's perhaps last movie appearance, gone too soon.
Rita Wilson, cute as ever. GREAT! As you said Underatted Film. Deserves better recognition.

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

@JohnE_69 yeah they completely lost it after the 2nd home alone

[JohnE_69]

I meant after Home Alone 2, they should've hung it up. Like Jaws 3 and 4. Maybe Jaws ate those writers of movies 3 and 4., which is why there was no more movies since. 😉

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

@JohnE_69 I know. I agree.

[JohnBun90]

@ShaTTeredMasterpeace defiantly my favorites classics the third one was ok but it kind of ruined the series after that 💖

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

@JohnBun90 for sure

[JohnBun90]

@ShaTTeredMasterpeace I mean you can't beat Harry and Marv. its one of my favorite movies even if it is not Christmas time

[ShaTTeredMasterpeace]

@JohnBun90 lol true

[JohnBun90]

@ShaTTeredMasterpeace good movies to be cuddled up to a girl to watch with too.

[ObscuredBeyond]

A toss up between The Muppet Christmas Carol and Krampus. Michael Caine nails the part of Scrooge. Totally nails it. But I loved the horror twist in Krampus, where an evil Santa takes revenge on those who disrespect the holidays. A bizarre attempt at a morality tale, of how human selfishness can destroy almost anything, but ultimately leads us to our own destruction. That, and excellent costume design made for a really cool villain.

[MarkRet]

A Christmas Carol (the George C. Scott one). It's the most accurate looking of all the Christmas Carol versions, and to me it has the most heart and emotion.

[PeterCharie1991]

Decrease the surplus population

[exitseven]

Great ending Always makes me cry.

This movie has everything, humor, action, redemption, and a good dose of good American violence.
It has been my favorite Christmas movie for years.

[MrHopper]

Old one is probably Home Alone... new one is Happiest Season

[funtime_01]

Ah yes, Home Alone (1990) is a classic. Haven't seen that one that you've posted for the newer one. What's it about?

[MrHopper]

Saw it last year with my partner, Its got Aubrey in it <3 and its a "Lesbian" Comedy Christmas movie, the plot is basically she goes to her parents who are really religious and doesn't tell them her "friend" she's brought over for Christmas is actually her girlfriend

[Casey_Black]

Does Rudolph count?

[funtime_01]

I loved that film as a kid!

[AviatorTom]

It's a Wonderful Life, a true classic. Played several times on various channels during the Christmas season every year.

The tinkling of the bell as angel Clarence gets his wings is a classic.

[funtime_01]

That is one of my favourites of all time too. So old now being from 1946, but the message still applies to today!

[888theGreat]

That movie is like 4 hours long or seems it

[AviatorTom]

@888theGreat It's officially 131 minutes long, just over 2 hours. When they show it on TV though, they put so many commercials in that it often takes more than 3 hours.

[ODC2112]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fupg2r1EJ9w

This is the classical Italian Christmars movie. Not because it has a Christmars theme, but because from 1989 it is scheduled as 24th December night movie, every year.

[Miristheiss]

I have about 5 favorites.
If you are asking my top favorite if I could only pick one film it would be "It's a Wonderful Life"
Why? I just love it... it makes me feel good when I watch it.

[MTC29]

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer-

I watched is a small child, and I'd still watch it.

[TsundereMatrix]

I think Elf is my favorite. My dads favorite Christmas movie is How the Grinch Stole Christmas. My dad is a workaholic farmer so he doesn’t like the winter because it stops him from working and doesn't like Christmas for that reason either lol

[DizzyDesii]

Jim Carreys Grinch followed by Must Be Santa, Holiday in Handcuffs, Jingle All the Way, Three Days and Daddys Home 2

[readyplayer001]

black Christmas

[JohnE_69]

I like 'A Christmas Carol' with George C. Scott back in 1984, it is more dedicated to Charles Dicken's novel, great acting, great costumes, and scenery. It was made for Tv, but fora made for tv movie, it really hit the mark.

[JohnE_69]

I would to add to the Christmas movie hype thing. Why hasn't there ever been a movie about Mrs. Claus, all by herself up there at the north pole, waiting for Santa to deliver presents around the world to everyone? What's to stop an Alien encounter from attacking, or the elves decide they've had enough of Santa's CRAP and hold the MRS hostage. Or maybe Krampus wants to have a little fun with "The Mrs." and she has to handle the circumstances and make everything right before Santa makes it back home, and then when he asked how everything is, she says "Oh, you know, same old, same ole.

[bowenw]

The 1951 version of A Christmas Carol starring Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044008/

[BCRanger10]

Die Hard, The Santa Clause, and It's A Wonderful Life.

[888theGreat]

Die Hard , Die Harder, and Die Hardest ain't Christmas movies

[legalboxers]

@BCRanger10 Its Not Christmas until John McClaine crashes the party at Nakatomi Towers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5in09EwYV0

[Titanic1912]

A Grandpa For Christmas because it has a happy ending and it could teach us to always find the time to be with our loved ones because you don’t know what comes next.

[Anonymous]

It's been 74 years since "It's a Wonderful Life" was released. I'm completely convinced that it's still the greatest Christmas movie of all time

[TrueConfection]

Polar Express

I also love Scrooged and The Grinch.

[Anonymous]

Though not specifically billed as a Christmas film per se, I love 94's Little Women. There are several winter scenes and Christmas is featured. I watch it every year on Christmas day after we eat.

[Roxxy99]

It’s a Wonderful Life. It’s old and corny but it doesn’t feel like Christmas until I watch it. I used to watch it with my dad when I was a kid.