Favorite Christmas Special/Movie.

[Tink1]

my kids favorite is The Bear Who Slept through Christmas. I have it on VHS taped from the TV. Have been looking for a DVD decent copy of it for years.

The OJ Simpson running through the airport commercial is an added bonus to the VHS copy LOL

Nanc

[AgentC]

So many great responses and movies I haven't thought of.

"A Christmas Carol" the Sir Patrick Stewart version

Patrick Stewart is so good in this. I have an audio version that I love listening too.

Love this!

Favorite special has to be the cartoon mouse version of Twas the Night Before Christmas. I love it because it's so sweet and sentimental plus Joel Grey voices father mouse!

Yay! Someone else who loves this. It is one of my favorites. Kerplop Kerplooey.

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As far as movies we enjoy watching Home Alone and Santa Clause, and National Lampoons Christmas.

I think I am the only person in the world to have not seen Home Alone. I'll have to check it out someday.

My personal favorites are It's A Wonderful Life and Love Actually.

I adore Love Actually.

My list is a bit heavy on the specials. It was always a big deal in my house when they came on. My mom even calls me now (like tonight) to tell me when a good one is on.

Specials in no special order.

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas- How can you go wrong with Dr. Seuss and Boris Karloff?

The Year Without a Santa Claus - Love the whole theme of believing in Santa with the added bonus of Heat and Cold Miser.

Santa Claus is Coming to Town- Mickey Rooney, Fred Astaire, the Winter Warlock and the Burgermeister Meisterburger.What's not to love?

Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer - Love that Bumble.

A Charlie Brown Christmas

[RAIDER]

The Grinch and Polar Express and Scrooged ( Bill Murray ) are my favourites

[DizneyFreak2002]

Charlie Brown Christmas is on tonight...

[joonyer]

Favorite TV special: "A Charlie Brown Christmas", because that's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown!

My favorite TV movie: "A Christmas Story", because I dreamed of and got a Daisy BB gun for Christmas when I was a boy. My wife hates this movie though. I love it when TBS shows it for 24 hours straight.

My Wife's favorite Christmas movie: "A Christmas Carol" , George C. Scott version.

Other favs: "Miracle on 34th Street", "It's a Wonderful Life", and "Holiday Inn"\

I also have to list our family's favorite Christmas audiobook: We listen to it every year: "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" (starring the Herdman children), by Barbara Robinson. It's been made into a movie, but the audiobook is much better. Hilarious and touching.

[IwannabeinNarnia]

Just remembered another one.. Nestor the Long Eared Christmas Donkey. and anyone remember Disney's "Small One"?

[Melanie]

Just remembered another movie I love watching this time of year - the Winona Ryder version of Little Women.

[Aurora]

Great thread! I love so many of the ones already listed and have to watch them every year. But there's one nobody has mentioned yet: Rankin/Bass's The Little Drummer Boy.

Love Greer Garson's narration and the music by the Vienna Boys Choir. When the drummer boy sees the star for the first time, the music makes me choke up every time -- I'm like Pavlov's dog.

Another one that hasn't been mentioned but is one of my daughter's favorites because she is a '90s baby: Beauty and the Beast's Enchanted Christmas. Not one of my favorites but when she was younger she HAD to watch it every year.

And two more of my children's favorites: The Snowman and The Bear. Both hand-drawn animation with no dialogue but lovely music and a dreamy quality.

[Mickey'sGirl]

It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story
Elf
Cartoon The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Love Actually

I wanted to add that I absolutely HATE the messaging of Rudolf, but the characters are the cutest of any special or movie for sure!

[MNNHFLTX]

Just remembered another movie I love watching this time of year - the Winona Ryder version of Little Women.

Ha! You beat me to it!

Also A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph, It's a Wonderful Life (which is actually mildly depressing in some parts, but so uplifting at the end!), White Christmas and one I watched for the first time last year and will watch again this year--Joyeux Noel.

[Aurora]

... and one I watched for the first time last year and will watch again this year--Joyeux Noel.

Oh, that was a great movie! Thanks for the reminder!

[Melanie]

one I watched for the first time last year and will watch again this year--Joyeux Noel.

We have that movie. James (my hubby) really liked it. I need to definitely watch.

Another one we have I've never watched is The Nativity. Anyone seen it? Worth a watch?

[barnaby]

We have that movie. James (my hubby) really liked it. I need to definitely watch.

Another one we have I've never watched is The Nativity. Anyone seen it? Worth a watch?

I thought the Nativity Story was pretty good. It is the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Christ that is told based closely on the Gospels, primarily Luke and Matthew I think.

[Mickey'sGirl]

Anyone ever see the Star Wars Christmas special from 1978? It was broadcast only once (speaking to the quality of it ) . All about Chewy going home to Kashyyyk. Kind of a fun thing to find on the Internet.