[Advent] Dec 3rd: Favorite Holiday movies

[lunadelcorvo]

Wow - I have quite a few.

A Christmas StoryI love this movie, still. It reminds me of the Milwaukee Christmases of my childhood; there's a smidge of my grandfather in the Old Man, to be sure! The last few years we've gotten to see this on stage, which was wonderful, but alas, this year was the last year.

A Christmas Carol Again, I love to see this on stage when we can, but for the telly, Patrick Stewart's version is by far my favorite - brilliant!

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, et. al. All of the wonderful Rankin bass holiday specials are just so much a part of Christmas from when I was little - Jack Frost, Kris Kringle, the Heat Miser, and of course, Rudolph, Cornelius, Hermey, Clarice and the rest....

While You Were Sleeping I'm only rarely a sucker for the rom/com, but I love Sandra Bullock, and this one is a holiday staple. (I like Serendipity, too, but not as much!)

The Nightmare Before Christmas I can never decide if this is a Halloween movie, or a Christmas one. Either way, I love it.

Honorable Mentions: Edward Scissorhands, The Snowman, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, The Original Grinch, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Scrooged.

Comments

[mypetconcubine.livejournal.com]

Your choices are perfection.

[raven-moon.livejournal.com]

LOL! Sweet! Thanks!

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

:o)

I have a personal tradition that I always re-read 'A Christmas Carol' at this time of the year. It's an old, old favourite.

I was born an' brung up in Dickens's home town, after all. :o)

[raven-moon.livejournal.com]

I reread it too, when I can. It really depends on what the end of the semester piles on me.

I also read Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales" aloud on Christmas eve. (I'm sort of trying to train my son to take it over one of these years....) :D

[snakesinspace.livejournal.com]

DIE HARD! Woo!