Best Christmas Movie Ever?

Raiders Army · 12-01-2006, 01:06 PM

What was the best Christmas movie ever? I'm including Scrooge because it was my favorite growing up. Thank ya very much! Thank ya very much! That's the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me!

Raiders Army · 12-01-2006, 01:08 PM

Oh yeah, Die Hard, Gremlins, etc. don't count.

Butter · 12-01-2006, 01:10 PM

Dadgummit, blowout!

rkmsuf · 12-01-2006, 01:11 PM

What's a Christmas-gram? Ooh, I want one!

cartman · 12-01-2006, 01:15 PM

Growing up it was 'It's a Wonderful Life'. But now I think that 'A Christmas Story' has firmly supplanted itself as the definitive Christmas movie.

flounder · 12-01-2006, 01:20 PM

Where's the Jingle All the Way option?

ISiddiqui · 12-01-2006, 01:34 PM

A Christmas Story, bar none.

PackerFanatic · 12-01-2006, 01:35 PM

No Grinch???

Warhammer · 12-01-2006, 01:42 PM

I clicked my eye out voting.

DeToxRox · 12-01-2006, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by flounder

Where's the Jingle All the Way option?

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cartman · 12-01-2006, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by PackerFanatic

No Grinch???

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Originally Posted by flounder

Where's the Jingle All the Way option?

Other/Trout <--------------------

PackerFanatic · 12-01-2006, 01:54 PM

Grinch should have its own *shakes fist*

MJ4H · 12-01-2006, 01:56 PM

a christmas story. this one is so cake

Neuqua · 12-01-2006, 01:59 PM

A Christmas Story, no doubt....

cartman · 12-01-2006, 01:59 PM

Grinch the movie, no way.

Grinch the TV special? Light years better than the movie, but since it was a 30 minute show, and not a movie, no inclusion for you.

Dr. Sak · 12-01-2006, 02:02 PM

Charlie Brown's Christmas

rkmsuf · 12-01-2006, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman

Grinch the movie, no way.

Grinch the TV special? Light years better than the movie, but since it was a 30 minute show, and not a movie, no inclusion for you.

Grinch the movie was a shameful money grab and a terrible recreation of what is a classic 30 minute story. Shame on you Jim Carrey. Do a Great Pumpkin movie and maybe I'll be impressed.

heybrad · 12-01-2006, 02:18 PM

Tought to vote on just one. If I want the spirit of Christmas I'd go with A Christmas Story. If I'm trying to prepare for the reality of the holiday season its National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.

rkmsuf · 12-01-2006, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by heybrad

Tought to vote on just one. If I want the spirit of Christmas I'd go with A Christmas Story. If I'm trying to prepare for the reality of the holiday season it National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.

squirrel!

sabotai · 12-01-2006, 02:27 PM

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087797/

SunDevil · 12-01-2006, 02:34 PM

A Christmas Story by far. That movie is awesome and I watch it every year.

JS19 · 12-01-2006, 02:47 PM

I'm gonna have to go with Christmas Vacation, with A Christmas Story coming in a close second.

PackerFanatic · 12-01-2006, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman

Grinch the movie, no way.

Grinch the TV special? Light years better than the movie, but since it was a 30 minute show, and not a movie, no inclusion for you.

Yeah, I meant the TV special. The only reason I liked the movie was because of Jim Carrey.

So yeah, I see your point...you win this round, asshole

PackerFanatic · 12-01-2006, 03:09 PM

And I also voted for National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, such a great movie.

SFL Cat · 12-01-2006, 03:25 PM

1st Place -- It's a Wonderful Life
2nd Place -- Christmas Story

Coffee Warlord · 12-01-2006, 03:35 PM

One badly missing movie from here is Santa Claus (not Clause the Tim Allen movie).

But it's second to Christmas Story anyway.

ntndeacon · 12-01-2006, 03:47 PM

Miracle on 34th Street ranks #1 on my list. next on my list isn't a Christmas movie persay, but it warms my heart so Iwatch it then...Going My Way... with Bing Crosby.

Oilers9911 · 12-01-2006, 03:57 PM

I vote Other since my favourite Christmas movie is The Ref with Denis Leary.

Lorena · 12-01-2006, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Warhammer

I clicked my eye out voting.

Ooooohhh fuuuuuuddge!!

Christmas Story without a doubt. I watch it every single year, sometimes even two times in a row.

zums · 12-01-2006, 04:25 PM

umm nobody has even mentioned the clay-mation rudolph yet?!?

cartman · 12-01-2006, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by PackerFanatic

Yeah, I meant the TV special. The only reason I liked the movie was because of Jim Carrey.

So yeah, I see your point...you win this round, asshole

Your real name wouldn't be Scott Tenorman, would it???

Tigercat · 12-01-2006, 05:06 PM

I would have voted Its a Wonderful life, but the scenes with George screaming at his family having me cringing every time I watch the movie, in a way don't want to from a Christmas movie. Although I still like the movie a lot.

I voted Scrooged. It was funny, a retelling of a classic, and lighthearted while still having serious moments; almost everything I could want in a Christmas movie. It also helps that it came out when I was a kid and HBO and other stations played it 10 times a year.

Johnny93g · 12-01-2006, 05:36 PM

How can Die Hard not count. Die Hard and Die Hard 2 are the best christmas movies ever. Me and my buddy have a 9 year tradition of watching both of those movies the week before christmas

Buccaneer · 12-01-2006, 06:30 PM

Godfather 1.

I never understood the fanaticism with A Christmas Story. It's a good movie but I thought Christmas Vacation and Home Alone were much more fun (and funny) to watch. Figures.

Toddzilla · 12-01-2006, 06:36 PM

No Jack Frost?

bbor · 12-01-2006, 06:59 PM

I love X-mas story...watch it every year......but....home alone always makes me think of X-mas even if i watch it in the summer.

Craptacular · 12-01-2006, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by rkmsuf

squirrel!

Where's Eddie? He usually eats these goddamn things!

Not recently Clark. He read that they were high in cholesterol.

Raiders Army · 12-01-2006, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by bbor

I love X-mas story...watch it every year......but....home alone always makes me think of X-mas even if i watch it in the summer.

Sorry, didn't include the porno because it didn't fit the criteria...like the 30 minute Grinch, Charlie Brown, Rudolph, Frosty, etc.

14ers · 12-01-2006, 08:51 PM

This poll is rigged I tell you.

Where the hell is
The Nightmare Before Christmas?

Izulde · 12-01-2006, 09:28 PM

1st place - Surviving Christmas
2nd place - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Lathum · 12-01-2006, 11:48 PM

EMMIT OTTER'S JUG BAND CHRISTMAS!!!!!

sterlingice · 12-02-2006, 01:20 AM

Guess I just wasn't meant to vote in this as the first two things I came up with were The Grinch and Charlie Brown Christmas. Then Die Hard...

SI

Raiders Army · 12-02-2006, 07:27 AM

Just an aside, I went out to Best Buy yesterday and looked for Scrooge. They have four copies of The He-Man/She-Ra Christmas Special but no Scrooge.

Grammaticus · 12-02-2006, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by JS19

I'm gonna have to go with Christmas Vacation, with A Christmas Story coming in a close second.

Me too.

Grammaticus · 12-02-2006, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Guess I just wasn't meant to vote in this as the first two things I came up with were The Grinch and Charlie Brown Christmas. Then Die Hard...

SI

On the animated front, I would also throw in Frosty the Snow Man. As a kid we always anticipated Frosty, Charlie Brown and even Rudolph.

For some reason they used to run Wizard of Oz in the weeks before Christmas. It's not a Christmas movie, but I associate watching it over the holidays each year.

lordscarlet · 12-02-2006, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by 14ers

This poll is rigged I tell you.

Where the hell is
The Nightmare Before Christmas?

Wow. Shame on me for not realizing this first.

Joe · 12-02-2006, 10:23 AM

Santa Clause 3, bitches!

TRO · 12-02-2006, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by heybrad

Tought to vote on just one. If I want the spirit of Christmas I'd go with A Christmas Story. If I'm trying to prepare for the reality of the holiday season its National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.

YY.

cartman · 12-02-2006, 01:39 PM

Until this poll, I never realized that just voting could bump a thread poll. I always thought that just posts could cause a bump.

cthomer5000 · 12-02-2006, 08:46 PM

Home Alone, baby. I get a little misty eyed at a few different parts, seriously.

View Poll Results: Best Christmas Movie Ever?
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)	30	17.05%
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)	5	2.84%
A Christmas Carol (1951)	2	1.14%
Scrooge (1970)	1	0.57%
A Christmas Story (1983)	78	44.32%
Scrooged (1988)	10	5.68%
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)	26	14.77%
Home Alone (1990)	10	5.68%
The Santa Clause (1994)	1	0.57%
Elf (2003)	3	1.70%
Bad Santa (2003)	3	1.70%
The Polar Express (2004)	0	0%
Other/Trout	7	3.98%
Voters: 176. You may not vote on this poll

12-01-2006, 01:10 PM	#3
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Dadgummit, blowout! __________________ My listening habits

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rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	What's a Christmas-gram? Ooh, I want one! __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

12-01-2006, 01:15 PM	#5
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Growing up it was 'It's a Wonderful Life'. But now I think that 'A Christmas Story' has firmly supplanted itself as the definitive Christmas movie. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

12-01-2006, 01:34 PM	#7
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	A Christmas Story, bar none. __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

12-01-2006, 01:08 PM	#2
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Oh yeah, Die Hard, Gremlins, etc. don't count.

12-01-2006, 01:20 PM	#6
flounder High School Varsity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lynchburg, VA	Where's the Jingle All the Way option?

12-01-2006, 01:35 PM	#8
PackerFanatic Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	No Grinch??? __________________ Commissioner of the RNFL

12-01-2006, 01:42 PM	#9
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	I clicked my eye out voting.

12-01-2006, 01:54 PM	#12
PackerFanatic Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	Grinch should have its own shakes fist __________________ Commissioner of the RNFL Last edited by PackerFanatic : 12-01-2006 at 01:55 PM.

12-01-2006, 01:56 PM	#13
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	a christmas story. this one is so cake

12-01-2006, 01:59 PM	#14
Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	A Christmas Story, no doubt.... __________________ Our Deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?

12-01-2006, 02:02 PM	#16
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	Charlie Brown's Christmas

12-01-2006, 02:18 PM	#18
heybrad Norm!!! Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Manassas, VA	Tought to vote on just one. If I want the spirit of Christmas I'd go with A Christmas Story. If I'm trying to prepare for the reality of the holiday season its National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. Last edited by heybrad : 12-01-2006 at 02:25 PM.

12-01-2006, 02:27 PM	#20
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087797/

12-01-2006, 02:47 PM	#22
JS19 College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NY	I'm gonna have to go with Christmas Vacation, with A Christmas Story coming in a close second.

12-01-2006, 03:09 PM	#24
PackerFanatic Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	And I also voted for National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, such a great movie. __________________ Commissioner of the RNFL

12-01-2006, 03:25 PM	#25
SFL Cat College Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: South Florida	1st Place -- It's a Wonderful Life 2nd Place -- Christmas Story

12-01-2006, 03:35 PM	#26
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	One badly missing movie from here is Santa Claus (not Clause the Tim Allen movie). But it's second to Christmas Story anyway.

12-01-2006, 03:47 PM	#27
ntndeacon Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Alabama	Miracle on 34th Street ranks #1 on my list. next on my list isn't a Christmas movie persay, but it warms my heart so Iwatch it then...Going My Way... with Bing Crosby.

12-01-2006, 03:57 PM	#28
Oilers9911 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2006	I vote Other since my favourite Christmas movie is The Ref with Denis Leary.

12-01-2006, 04:25 PM	#30
zums H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Dec 2000	umm nobody has even mentioned the clay-mation rudolph yet?!?

12-01-2006, 05:06 PM	#32
Tigercat College Starter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Federal Way, WA	I would have voted Its a Wonderful life, but the scenes with George screaming at his family having me cringing every time I watch the movie, in a way don't want to from a Christmas movie. Although I still like the movie a lot. I voted Scrooged. It was funny, a retelling of a classic, and lighthearted while still having serious moments; almost everything I could want in a Christmas movie. It also helps that it came out when I was a kid and HBO and other stations played it 10 times a year.

12-01-2006, 05:36 PM	#33
Johnny93g College Starter Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Toronto	How can Die Hard not count. Die Hard and Die Hard 2 are the best christmas movies ever. Me and my buddy have a 9 year tradition of watching both of those movies the week before christmas __________________ FOOL- Toronto Marlboros FOOL Classic Champions 2073, 2078, 2079, 2114, 2116, 2117, 2129, 2152, 2155, 2169, 2192 46 35 FOOL H- New York Giants World Champions 1914, 1928 BBCF: Notre Dame TML

12-01-2006, 06:30 PM	#34
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	Godfather 1. I never understood the fanaticism with A Christmas Story. It's a good movie but I thought Christmas Vacation and Home Alone were much more fun (and funny) to watch. Figures.

12-01-2006, 06:36 PM	#35
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	No Jack Frost?

12-01-2006, 06:59 PM	#36
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	I love X-mas story...watch it every year......but....home alone always makes me think of X-mas even if i watch it in the summer. __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

12-01-2006, 08:51 PM	#39
14ers High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2006	This poll is rigged I tell you. Where the hell is The Nightmare Before Christmas? __________________ I like the company I keep when I am alone. 'The Blonde Bomber'

12-01-2006, 09:28 PM	#40
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	1st place - Surviving Christmas 2nd place - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

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Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	EMMIT OTTER'S JUG BAND CHRISTMAS!!!!!

12-02-2006, 01:20 AM	#42
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Guess I just wasn't meant to vote in this as the first two things I came up with were The Grinch and Charlie Brown Christmas. Then Die Hard... SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

12-02-2006, 07:27 AM	#43
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Just an aside, I went out to Best Buy yesterday and looked for Scrooge. They have four copies of The He-Man/She-Ra Christmas Special but no Scrooge.

12-02-2006, 10:23 AM	#47
Joe Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Minneapolis	Santa Clause 3, bitches!

12-02-2006, 01:39 PM	#49
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Until this poll, I never realized that just voting could bump a thread poll. I always thought that just posts could cause a bump. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

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