I would say mine is Nightmare before Chrsitmas, maybe...I can't think of them all.
2006-11-25 18:26:53 · 18 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
The Christmas Story
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas
2006-11-26 02:52:42 · answer #1 · answered by Leah 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's A Wonderful Life
2006-11-26 02:48:00 · answer #2 · answered by Margaret K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting -- I think of Nightmare as my favorite Hallowe'en movie; we watch it, usually more than once, every October (and this year we got to see it in 3D!) But then we go COMPLETELY wild for Hallowe'en; we fill the yard with skeletons, have a cemetery in the front, a fog machine, and various ghouls, ghosts and zombies.
By December, we're into a different mindset, and have a number of favorite Christmas movies. I enjoy both the Alastair Sim "Christmas Carol" (which has more social conscience) and also the Reginald Owen "Christmas Carol" (which has more heart). And then there's the Muppet "Christmas Carol," which has THE BEST delivery of "Bah, humbug" in motion-picture history -- because you don't even realize Michael Caine is saying it till sometime after he's said it! Brilliant acting. He doesn't say it like it's a Famous Line, he says it like it's something he says all the time.
"It's a Wonderful Life" is another holiday classic, and for all the hundred times I've seen it it still stirs the emotions when George Bailey comes home to find that Mary has raised the whole town to help him out. I can't hear "Auld Lang Syne" without getting teary-eyed.
Some other winners: "Miracle on 34th Street" is a lot of fun, but the scene where Edmund Gwenn starts singing to the little Dutch refugee -- in her own language -- is the corker. Of COURSE Santa Claus can talk to all kids in their own language! He's Santa Claus!
But this year... my whole family is involved with our local community theater in putting on a performance of the stage adaptation of "A Christmas Story" by Jean Shepherd. We open Dec. 1, which means we've been rehearsing like mad and will continue to do so till Friday night. My kids have the roles of Scut Farkas ("what a rotten name -- what kind of parents would name their kid Scut?") and Flick (the kid who gets his tongue stuck to the flagpole); my wife is the costume and prop manager; and I'm adult Ralph, the narrator.
The stage adaptation is a little different from the movie; obviously we can't have real snow, exterior shots, or as many scene changes as you can in the movie, but it makes up for it by having more of what makes Shepherd so much fun to listen to -- more narration, more description of the Red Ryder ads that hook Ralphie. And we have a couple more fantasy scenes, where Ralphie imagines himself saving his friends and classmates from a herd of pythons ("Good thing, too -- Indiana pythons are unforgiving"), thanks to his Legendary Official Red Ryder 200-shot Carbine-Action Range Model Air Rifle, with a compass and this thing which tells time built right into the stock.
We still have all the classic scenes -- the leg lamp, the frozen tongue, the Bumpus dogs (as sound effects only), the "oooooooh fffuuuuuuuudddddddggggge" scene, and of course, the Santa Claus scene ("You'll shoot your eye out, kid! Merry Christmas, Ho, ho, ho!") We have to talk around the "Peking Turkey" scene, but it's all right -- "it was a good Christmas, because we had love, we had each other. And in the final analysis, that's what counts."
Besides, every year for Christmas Eve, my family buys a roast duck from the local Asian supermarket, and I chop off its head with my Chinese cleaver. The kids all cheer. And last year, my daughter (the one who's playing Scut Farkas) gave me my very own can of Simoniz. It's got a cherished spot, beside my children's matched set of Legendary Official Red Ryder air rifles.
And yes, I always make sure they're wearing safety glasses before we go shooting... just in case. :-)
2006-11-26 21:11:15 · answer #3 · answered by Scott F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a wonderful life
The Christmas Story
The Grinch Who stole Christmas
Santa Clause 1,2,3
2006-11-26 10:05:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 1938 version of A Christmas Carol is my favorite. I think it stars Reginald Owen. Gene Lockhart is Bob Cratchett and his real life wife is his Mrs. Also their daughter June Lockhart (from the t.v. show Lassie) is one of their children. I watch that and It's a Wonderful Life every Christmas Eve. I love it.
2006-11-26 18:34:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say How the Grinch Stole Christmas...still my absolute fave.
I was a huge Dr. Seuss fan...I also loved Shel Silverstein when I was a child.
2006-11-26 02:30:46 · answer #6 · answered by shanstew 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Christmas Story.......because it reminds of Christmas through the eyes of a child.
2006-11-26 02:30:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Grinch
2006-11-26 02:29:30 · answer #8 · answered by barneso_hetfield 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Christmas Story. Youll shoot your eye out Ralphie
2006-11-26 08:10:15 · answer #9 · answered by mommawe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a Wonderful Life.
2006-11-26 02:31:48 · answer #10 · answered by childofhistory1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋