White Christmas

Meet Me in St. Louis

A Christmas Carol (Alastair Sim version)

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I have 6 must watch, one is a recent addition. A few others I also usually watch.

BTW Trading Places is not a Christmas movie, but Die Hard is. TP barely has any xmas stuff other than drunk Santa almost killing himself. Neither is Harry Potter really. DH is set at a Christmas party has a Christmas soundtrack, fake snow, xmas decor and multiple christmas references throughout.

Anyway.

Must watch:

• Die Hard - always first already saw it this year
• A Christmas Story - also already watched this year
• Scrooged
• A Christmas Vacation - already watched this year
• The Holdovers - new to the list 2 or 3 years ago but so good
• Love Actually

Also usually will see these although I don't make it a point to:

• The Grinch - Jim Carrey version
• How The Grinch Stole Christmas - animated TV special
• Elf
• Home Alone
• A Christmas Story Christmas - newer addition, the sequel is not bad very nostalgic for a nostalgic movie

Don't care for these - don't really like the "classics"

• It's a Wonderful Christmas
• The Polar Express
• White Christmas
• Miracle on 34th Street
• A Christmas Carol in any form

A Christmas Story
Christmas Vacation
Home Alone
Home Alone 2

Those are the only Christmas movies I really care to watch every year. I also watch a few Christmas specials like Rudolph and the Grinch, but those aren't movies.

OldArmy71 said:

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White Christmas

Meet Me in St. Louis

A Christmas Carol (Alastair Sim version)

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I believe this movie is playing in the background of a scene in The Family Stone.

Prosperdick said:

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Christmas Vacation
Die Hard
Home Alone

All the others are just not that rewatchable, especially A Christmas Story. TBS killed it.

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Only if you watch it multiple times. Once a year on my own timetable it's great.

Admittedly the others are more infinitely rewatchable.

TyHolden said:

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OldArmy71 said:

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White Christmas

Meet Me in St. Louis

A Christmas Carol (Alastair Sim version)

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I believe this movie is playing in the background of a scene in The Family Stone.

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That it is.

The Family Stone is criminally underrated. It might be my favorite Christmas movie.

Agreed with what was said earlier - The Holdovers has become a must watch during the holiday season for us. We already watched it during Thanksgiving week. Everything else, I'll rotate in and out every couple of years. I generally make sure the cartoon classics are on every year for the kid,

Gremlins
Christmas Vacation
Home Alone
Muppet Christmas Carol
Elf
Jim Carrey Grinch
Jingle All the Way
The Santa Clause

Off the top of my head those are the ones I always try to watch. Been also trying to catch the Nutcracker every year in Houston. Really liked this years rendition.

Another sleeper is "Feast of the Seven Fishes."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Seven_Fishes_(film)

The Holdovers really is a good movie.

The leftovers or the Holdovers?

RightWingConspirator said:

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The leftovers or the Holdovers?

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lol... sorry corrected

No particular order:

White Christmas
Christmas with the Kranks
Home Alone
Elf
The Muppet Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol(2009)
The Santa Clause
Arthur Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas(2000)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer(1964)

I actually dislike many of the older, more classic ones

Miracle on 34th (1947 version) - perfect post Thanksgiving movie to kick it off since it starts during the Macys parade.
Santa Clause
Muppet Christmas Carol
Love Actually - wife and I's tradition to watch since we've been together
Die Hard
Jingle All the Way (guilty pleasure)
Wonderful Life
The Holiday
Grinch (animated and Jim Carrey)
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Elf
Home Alone
Christmas Vacation

Watching the original Star Wars trilogy on USA network.

MGS said:

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Watching the original Star Wars trilogy on USA network.

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Including the Star Wars Holiday Special?

One I love that I haven't seen mentioned is "The Night Before". It's typically my Christmas Eve night movie that I put on while putting together the kids' toys. Cracks me up every watch.

The universal favorite seems to be Christmas Vacation. Coincidentally, that is my only must watch every year!

Movies that rotate in at out on my screen periodically are:
Family Stone
Family Man
Love Actually
Home Alone
Scrooged
The Ice Harvest
The Ref
The Disney CGI A Christmas Carol with Jim Carey
The Christmas Special from the BBC The Office

Literally just watched Bad Santa last night for the first time.

I think it was released at a time when I never would have seen it due to only going to kids movies then - my kids were 8 and 5 in 2003.

It's funny. Not going to be in my regular rotation of christmas movies. But it had moments.

I saw there was also a sequel but I'm wary.

Was in the same boat with my youngest. I did see Bad Santa for the first time about 8 years ago. It's a funny movie, but damn if that is not a movie that I want to watch with the wife.

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Was in the same boat with my youngest. I did see Bad Santa for the first time about 8 years ago. It's a funny movie, but damn if that is not a movie that I want to watch with the wife.

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Same watched it with my adult son and we both said Mom would hate this!!!!

Christmas Vacation
Home Alone
Elf
The Santa Claus

Classics
It's a Wonderful Life
the Bishops Wife
Miracle on 34th Street (original)
The Bells Of St Marys

Someone on here mentioned Feast of the Seven Fishes a few years ago. I watched it based off that recommendation and it's been in my yearly rotation ever since.

Fellowship of the Ring. The Fellowship departs Rivendell on December 25th.

It's the ultimate Christmas movie.