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Top 5 Christmas movies

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Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by appstatealum » Wed Dec 25, 2019 12:44 pm

Instead of doing my regular derailing of a football thread....

What is everyone's top 5 Christmas movies?

5. Home Alone 2
4. A Christmas Story
3. Home Alone
2. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
1. Die Hard

I've already watched 2 of these this morning... Although I had to watch Die Hard before the kiddos got up....
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Re: Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by Rekdiver » Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:08 pm

Olde ones:
It’s a Wonderful Life
White Christmas
Miracle on 34th Street

Newer I’d put Elf above HA2

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Re: Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by MAD Doctor » Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:16 pm

1. A Christmas Story
2. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
3. Elf
4. Home Alone
5. A Christmas Carol

Old timers Honorable Mention- The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (Waltons)
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Re: Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by appstatealum » Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:19 pm

Rekdiver wrote:
Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:08 pm
Olde ones:
It’s a Wonderful Life
White Christmas
Miracle on 34th Street

Newer I’d put Elf above HA2
Ooo, Elf is a good one, it might be 5b at this point.

I have to put the classics (pre 1980) in another category. All three of those are great.

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Re: Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by appstate77 » Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:41 pm

A Christmas Story
Polar Express
Reds
Home Alone
The Peanuts Movie.

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Re: Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by AppSt94 » Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:53 pm

5. Die Hard
4. Emmitt Otter’s Jugband Christmas
3. Elf
2. A Christmas Story
1. Christmas Vacation

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Re: Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by scatman77 » Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:57 pm

1. Elf
2. White Christmas
3. A Christmas Carol (with George C. Scott)
4. Christmas Vacation
5. A Christmas Story
Honorable Mention Just Because: It's a Wonderful Life and either Miracle on 34th Street
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Re: Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by EastHallApp » Wed Dec 25, 2019 2:57 pm

1. A Christmas Story
2. Elf
3. The Grinch (original)

Those are pretty much the only ones I watch. Frosty is a classic but honestly so dark that I find it haunting.

ETA: A Christmas Carol is great too but I haven’t watched it in so long I’m not sure where to rank it.

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Re: Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by ukappfan » Wed Dec 25, 2019 3:15 pm

Jingle all the way
Muppets Christmas
Home alone

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Re: Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by McLeansvilleAppFan » Wed Dec 25, 2019 3:36 pm

appstate77 wrote:
Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:41 pm

Reds
Reds is one of my favorite Warren movies But I have to admit I never thought of it as a Christmas movie. Maybe I need to watch this movie again.
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Re: Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by booneboy92 » Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:02 pm

appstatealum wrote:
Wed Dec 25, 2019 12:44 pm
Instead of doing my regular derailing of a football thread....

What is everyone's top 5 Christmas movies?

5. Home Alone 2
4. A Christmas Story
3. Home Alone
2. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
1. Die Hard

I've already watched 2 of these this morning... Although I had to watch Die Hard before the kiddos got up....
I made it home from the CCG just in time to put on my John McClain getup for a Christmas Costume party... Complete with wife beater, bloody feet and pistol taped to my back! Not to toot my own horn, but “toot, toot!” (Or should I say “Yippeekiyay!”)... They loved me!!! Yeah, Die Hard is my #1! Merry Christmas Mountaineers!

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Re: Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by T-Dog » Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:37 pm

Friday After Next

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Re: Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by hotrod2001 » Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:38 pm

1. Christmas Vacation
2. Miracle on 34th Street
3. Scrooged
4. Die Hard
5. Gremlins

6. I'm going to give Klaus an honorable mention, that movie was pretty good from both an originality standpoint and incredible hand-drawn/2D animation. You should def. check it out if you have a Netflix account.

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Re: Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by appstatealum » Wed Dec 25, 2019 5:29 pm

hotrod2001 wrote:
Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:38 pm
1. Christmas Vacation
2. Miracle on 34th Street
3. Scrooged
4. Die Hard
5. Gremlins

6. I'm going to give Klaus an honorable mention, that movie was pretty good from both an originality standpoint and incredible hand-drawn/2D animation. You should def. check it out if you have a Netflix account.
Scrooged is definitely on my honorable mentioned
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Re: Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by AppfaninCAALand » Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:07 pm

Top "Die Hard is NOT a Christmas movie" list (traditional Christmas themes)

A Christmas Story
Its A Wonderful Life
Christmas Vacation
Elf
Scrooged

Top "Die Hard IS a Christmas movie" list (only very slightly thematically Christmas but set during the Holidays)

The Thin Man
Die Hard
Iron Man 3
Lethal Weapon
Rocky IV

Top "I'm not sure if Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not, but Thanksgiving movies count" list (off-beat or non-traditionally focused but still generally Christmas/Holiday themed)

Gremlins
Home Alone
Nighmare Before Christmas
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Krampus
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Re: Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by hotrod2001 » Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:24 pm

AppfaninCAALand wrote:
Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:07 pm
Top "Die Hard is NOT a Christmas movie" list

A Christmas Story
Its A Wonderful Life
Christmas Vacation
Elf
Scrooged

Top "Die Hard IS a Christmas movie" list

The Thin Man
Die Hard
Iron Man 3
Lethal Weapon
Rocky IV

Top "I'm not sure if Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not" list

Gremlins
Home Alone
Nighmare Before Christmas
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Krampus
Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a Thanksgiving movie.

It's a common misconception...same with 'Dutch'...another Thanksgiving gem.

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Re: Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by NattyBumppo'sRevenge » Wed Dec 25, 2019 11:11 pm

No Ernest Saves Christmas?

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Re: Top 5 Christmas movies

Unread post by appstate77 » Wed Dec 25, 2019 11:37 pm

McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:
Wed Dec 25, 2019 3:36 pm
appstate77 wrote:
Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:41 pm

Reds
Reds is one of my favorite Warren movies But I have to admit I never thought of it as a Christmas movie. Maybe I need to watch this movie again.

The opening scenes show his house decorated for Christmas, and those decorations destroyed in the attack.

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