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troopoleon8897

11-20-2005, 01:48 PM

So This Is Pretty much where you can list your favorite Christmas Movies and TV Specials?

I'll Make A complete List later but Im gonna start out small:

Movies
A Christmas Story
Scrooged
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Santa Clause
Santa Clause 2
Christmas With The Cranks
Surviving Christmas
Home Alone
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York
It's A Wonderful Life
Miracle On 34th Street
A Muppet Christmas Carol
**More To Come...

TV Specials
Rudolph, The Red Nose Reindeer
Frosty The Snowman
Frosty Returns
A Garfield Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Nutcracker Scoobe
A Smurf Christmas
The Flintstones Christmas Carol
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
**More To Come...

Mijada

11-20-2005, 01:57 PM

A Christmas Story
It's a Wonderful life
Bell Book and Candle (Not so much a Christmas movie but takes place around Christmas time)
Both Home Alone movies
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Carol (1984 version)

I can't think of very many TV specials at the moment but I love the Charlie Brown Christmas special. There was also a tv movie that came on a few years ago with Julie Andrews and James Garner that I thought was pretty good. Can't think of the name of the movie but those two make such a great onscreen pair.

Southern Hellraiser

11-20-2005, 02:02 PM

Movie
A Diva's Christmas Carol (2000) (Comes on VH1)

TV
Rugrats Christmas episodes

The Chauffeur

11-20-2005, 02:06 PM

Scrooge (1970) starring Albert Finney

*MIBabe03*

11-20-2005, 02:38 PM

Movies
It's A Wonderful Life
A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott)
A Christmas Story
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Scrooged
Miracle on 34th Street
Both Home Alone movies

rusyd

11-20-2005, 02:52 PM

A Christmas Carol-the 1939 version
It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story
Miracle on 34th Street

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
Frosty the Snowman
Charlie Brown Christmas

Jo_Luvs_Ketchup

11-20-2005, 02:55 PM

I'm a sucker for Christmas hehe Here's my list, although I really love all the christmas stuff!:D

Miracle On 34th Street
A Muppet Christmas Carol (I looove this one!)
Frosty The Snowman and Frosty Returns
How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Both movie and cartoon)
Santa Clause 1 & 2
A Charlie Brown Christmas
It's a Wonderful life
Rudolph, The Red Nose Reindeer
A Diva's Christmas Carol (I like this version a lot)
It's A Wonderful Life
ALL of The Facts of Life Christmas episodes (omg they rock!)

Penny Lane

11-20-2005, 03:55 PM

Ok, here we go! Not in any particular order mine are;

Scrooge(1970)

A Christmas Carol(1984)-George C Scott was awesome !

A Christmas Story

It's A Wonderful Life

The Homecoming

House Without A Christmas Tree

The Night They Saved Christmas

Charlie Brown Christmas

How The Grinch Stole Christmas

One Magic Christmas

Home Alone

Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Penny Lane

11-20-2005, 03:57 PM

Scrooge (1970) starring Albert Finney

Oh yeah! My favorite! :happyface

*Miss Randomness*

11-20-2005, 04:04 PM

I love The Muppets Christmas LoL, I used to watch that all the time when I was little.

Number 9 Dream

11-20-2005, 04:05 PM

I love How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, a Christmas Story, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Elf, and Garfield's Christmas

tv star collector

11-20-2005, 08:08 PM

In no particular order:
Movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (the original; with Oscar-winner Edmund Gwenn)
It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra's classic; James Stewart, Donna Reed)
Santa Claus: the Movie (with David Huddleston, Dudley Moore, John Lithgow)
Holiday in Your Heart (TV-movie with LeAnn Rimes and Bernadette Peters)

Specials:
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962; the very first animated TV special)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965; the first Peanuts TV special)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964; narrated and sung by Burl Ives)
Frosty the Snowman (1969; narrated and sung by Jimmy Durante)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966; narrated by Boris Karloff)
The Little Drummer Boy (1968; narrated by Greer Garson)
The Simpsons' Christmas Special (1989; first show)
For Better or For Worse: The Bestest Present (1986; from the comic strip)
A Garfield Christmas Special (1987)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970; starring the voice of Mickey Rooney)
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974; featuring the voice of George Gobel)
Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper (1982)
Ziggy's Gift (1982; based on the comic strip)
The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas (1973; voice of Tom Smothers)
A Chipmunk Christmas (1981; directed by Chuck Jones)
Annabelle's Wish (1997; narrated and sung by Randy Travis)
Olive the Other Reindeer (1997)
A Wish for Wings That Work (1991; based on the Opus & Bill characters from Bloom County comic)

tvfan 2

11-21-2005, 12:48 AM

Scrooged
A Muppet Christmas Carol
Jingle all the way
Jack frost
It's a Wonderful life
Home alone 1 and 2
Earnest saves christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas The Movie and cartoon
Mickey's Christmas carol cartoon

AD FAN

11-21-2005, 01:09 AM

movies:
It's A Wonderful Life
Love Actually
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Story
Miracle on 34th Street (Original version)
A Christmas Carol

Kristen

11-21-2005, 01:38 AM

bad_boy

11-21-2005, 01:40 AM

Movies:
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Jingle All The Way
Home Alone
The Santa Clause 1

TV:
Rudolph, The Red Nose Reindeer
Frosty The Snowman
The Flintstones Christmas Carol
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas

Raven-Symone

11-21-2005, 04:25 AM

Movies

The night they saved christmas
It's a wonderful life
It nearly wasn't christmas
Brady Bunch christmas
Home Alone
Santa Clause pt 1 and 2
Look who talking Now

T.V

Powerpuff Girls special

Moonlight Lady

11-21-2005, 09:26 AM

Movies

Home Alone
The Gathering
Natl. Lampoons Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Story

TV Specials

Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer
Santa Claus is coming to Town
The Year without Santa Claus (The Miser Brothers)
Rudolph's Shiny New Year

tv star collector

11-21-2005, 09:46 AM

My favorites:

A Charlie Brown Christmas - That little tree, lol
Rudolph - I love Hermie the Elf!
Frosty the Snowman
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey - Am I the only one who remembers this one?!
I used to have Christmas Eve on Sesame Street and Cabbage Patch Kids' Christmas on tape, until the tape broke a couple years ago! :( I miss those!
I vaguely remember "Nestor the Long-Eared Donkey," narrated by Roger Miller. Not one of the most celebrated (or most repeated) of the many Rankin/Bass specials but an entertaining show nonetheless. I have to consult my book, THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS by Rick Goldschmidt, to refresh my memory as I haven't seen that show in many, many years. It first aired on ABC, on Dec. 3, 1977 and was based on a song written by Gene Autry, Don Prumner and Dave Burgess. It was repeated a few times on ABC and was released by Warner Home Video.

I also liked the Disney featurette "The Small One," which also dealt with a
Christmas donkey. That came along ten years later, in 1987.

tv star collector

11-21-2005, 09:48 AM

I vaguely remember "Nestor the Long-Eared Donkey," narrated by Roger Miller. Not one of the most celebrated (or most repeated) of the many Rankin/Bass specials but an entertaining show nonetheless. I have to consult my book, THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS by Rick Goldschmidt, to refresh my memory as I haven't seen that show in many, many years. It first aired on ABC, on Dec. 3, 1977 and was based on a song written by Gene Autry, Don Prumner and Dave Burgess. It was repeated a few times on ABC and was released by Warner Home Video.

I also liked the Disney featurette "The Small One," which also dealt with a
Christmas donkey. That came along ten years later, in 1987.
I still have "The Cabbage Patch Kids' First Christmas" on video tape. But I don't
have any means to make a copy.

MsOrange

11-21-2005, 06:04 PM

Rudolph. I'll watch it every year till i'm 90.

tv star collector

11-21-2005, 06:43 PM

80sTrivia

11-21-2005, 08:14 PM

My favorite movie would definitely be A Christmas Story, the funniest Yuletide movie ever! My sister and I quote this film all the time... even when it's not Christmastime! :lol:

dawsongirl

11-21-2005, 11:45 PM

When I was younger, it wasn't Christmas until I saw that Garfield Christmas special. I haven't watched it the past couple years though.

I seem to see Home Alone more around Thanksgiving than Christmas.

phoebe7165

11-22-2005, 12:45 AM

My favorite movie would definitely be A Christmas Story, the funniest Yuletide movie ever! My sister and I quote this film all the time... even when it's not Christmastime! :lol:

OMG, my sister & I do the same thing when we watch this movie!! Fra-gee-lay!!:lol:

Also:
It's a Wonderful Life
Charlie Brown Christmas
Miracle on 34th Street(the one with Natalie Wood)

and when I was younger, I remember always watching "Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas", but I haven't seen it lately.

Hollow

11-22-2005, 01:15 AM

i don't BELIEVE in christmas movies and tv specials, that's just an urban legend.

robyrob

11-22-2005, 01:22 AM

i don't BELIEVE in christmas movies and tv specials, that's just an urban legend.
www.snopes.com/tedturner

Holly

11-22-2005, 11:13 AM

Santa Claus 1 & 2, The Grinch, Home Alone Lost in New York

Cactus Jack

11-22-2005, 11:37 AM

Christmas Vacation is my fav Christmas movie too!:D

oh and for TV specials definentily A Year Without Santa Calus MISER BROTEHRS!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Chauffeur

11-22-2005, 02:42 PM

Christmas Vacation is my fav Christmas movie too!:D

oh and for TV specials definentily A Year Without Santa Calus MISER BROTEHRS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ooooo! I love the Miser Brothers! :lol: I remember I wanted to dress up at Halloween as one of them one year as a kid, but my mom said no :( I cried and protested Halloween :lol:

Cactus Jack

11-22-2005, 02:45 PM

Ooooo! I love the Miser Brothers! :lol: I remember I wanted to dress up at Halloween as one of them one year as a kid, but my mom said no :( I cried and protested Halloween :lol: Yeah me too
:lol: Why couldnt you be a miser for Halloween? Wait cause it was Halloween not Christmas right?

The Chauffeur

11-22-2005, 03:23 PM

Yeah me too
:lol: Why couldnt you be a miser for Halloween? Wait cause it was Halloween not Christmas right?
I think that was part of it and the fact that there were never costumes for them. My mom just wasn't creative enough to make one. :lol:

Cactus Jack

11-22-2005, 03:53 PM

I think that was part of it and the fact that there were never costumes for them. My mom just wasn't creative enough to make one. :lol:
Ah :lol:

Sharop

11-22-2005, 06:37 PM

My favourite Christmas movies are probably Home Alone 1 and Home Alone 2. I saw them for the first time when I was about five and I've loved them ever since. I don't just watch them at Christmas, though...I've watched them pretty much through all the seasons of this year. I love seeing Harry and Marv get battered!

Courtnee

11-24-2005, 01:17 PM

I love those Charlie Brown specals! Charlie is so emo....

and Kiss saved Santa....thats the best one evaaah

Leigh Ann

11-25-2005, 12:16 PM

Mine are:
Miracle on 34th Street-the one with Natalie Wood
It's a Wonderful Life
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Carol
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Rudolph
Frosty the Snowman
Christmas episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, American Dreams ("Silent Night"), The Andy Griffith Show, and Mama's Family.
Oh, and The Homecoming.

I pretty much watch these each year.

Gizmo1

11-26-2005, 03:28 PM

Movies:
A Christmas Story
A Muppets Christmas Carol
A Diva's Christmas Carol
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation

Tv Specials:
A Charlie Brown Christmas
The Year Without A Santa Claus
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Rudolph

Stormtracker TF

11-26-2005, 08:33 PM

For movies, I've always been a fan of Jingle All The Way and How The Grinch Stole Christmas. The Year Without A Santa Clause, Rudolph and Charlie Brown Christmas are my favorite Christmas TV Specials.

Probably more that I just can't think of yet. :D

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤

11-26-2005, 08:58 PM

Christmas Vacation!!

treky

11-27-2005, 04:32 AM

MOVIES

A Christmas Carol-the one with Alistair sim
A Christmas Carol-the one with Patrick Stewart

TV SPECIALS

Mr. Magoos Christmas Carol-fortunately, I have it on VHS, because I've heard they butcher it whenever it's on TV
How the Grinch stole Christmas-the animated special, DEFINETALY NOT! that awful movie with Jim Carrey
A Charlie Brown Christmas

tv star collector

11-27-2005, 02:44 PM

Jim Carrey's version of THE GRINCH was disappointing (more disturbing--almost
scary--than amusing). I didn't even bother to see Mike Myers' THE CAT IN THE
HAT. There are some properties that only can be done well in animation.

Chad Michael Murray

11-27-2005, 03:19 PM

As long as I see A Christmas Story, How The Grinch Stole Christmas (The classic version, of course) and A Charlie Brown Christmas, all is good. Anything else is just icing on the cake.

But I do love at Christmas time, especially like the week OF Christmas, that it seems like basically anything you turn on your TV is a Christmas episode of some sort. It gets me all in the mood and it makes me feel like they're celebrating Christmas too.

Also, on a side note, the other day I saw Christmas With the Kranks and I thought it was actually a really good movie. I could see myself watching that every year.

treky

11-28-2005, 02:12 AM

also, an episode of "The Honeymooners" that I have-it's one of the "lost episodes"-which were actually sketches from "The Jackie Gleason show" in the 50s, and were never really lost, because Jackie knew they were still around but noone ever bothered to ask him!:lol: :lol: :lol:

Anyway, this was one that was a half-hour, and Jackie did most of the other characters he played on his show, not just Ralph Kramden. He played Reginald Van Gleason the third, Fenwick Babbit, Joe the bartender, the poor soul, & Rudy the repairman (if you've ever seen clips of his show, you know who all these people are, and he didn't do one-a character named Charlie Braddock)