The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials

RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by mobo (170) | (12/18/2006) Profile | Contact I still love the Grinch cartoon!!! And White Christmas---love the classics!! RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by SheilaNJ (5) | (12/17/2006) Contact ELF!!! When this movie first came out and my kids wanted to go see it I groaned thinking "Oh no! Not ANOTHER stupid Christmas movie!" Well, Will Farrell had me laughing so hard I literally embarassed my kids! lol! I loved it so much that I laughed all the way home! It's been on almost every night this week on different channels and I find myself STILL laughing at all my favorite parts! I LOVE THIS MOVIE! (I even bought the DVD last Christmas for ME!) :) RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by imaqt1962 (365) | (12/17/2006) Contact i just watched the polar express. what a great movie the animation was so lifelike RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by loveallcats (2) | (12/17/2006) Contact Animated and non animated The Grinch that Stole Christmas my favorite even not during Christmas time Donna Love everyone's Christmas's movies RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post By Scooter (Guest Post) (12/13/2006) I always get a good laugh with the Griswald's and "Christmas Vacation". It's always funny no matter how many times you've seen it...(;o) Also love the original Grinch, Charlie Brown etc. Merry Christmas everyone !! RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by diane from wisconsin (12) | (12/08/2006) Profile | Contact I am 61 years young. My favorite Christmas stories are 1. Muppets Christmas Carol 2. Holiday Inn 3. Scrooge with Alistair Sim, although Kelsey Grammer did a real good job last year. 4. Miss Scrooge with Susan Lucci 5. It's a Wonderful Life (non colorized) RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post By Jan (Guest Post) (12/08/2006) Thank you all for taking time to respond!! Does anyone have any TV specials they remember as being great Christmas movies? I have one that I remember called "The Story Lady" with Jessica Tandy. RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by LI Roe (42) | (12/07/2006) Profile | Contact RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by LI Roe (42) | (12/07/2006) Profile | Contact I love Miracle on 34th Street (the original and in black and white only), It's a Wonderful Life and also Bells of St Mary (I agree, not really a Christmas movie but they do show it at Christmastime). I also love A Charlie Brown Christmas. And I bought each one of the above mentioned movies. And that is only part of my list. LI Roe RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post By Judy (Guest Post) (12/07/2006) It's a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol are two of my favorites. I also just love the Grinch cartoon and the grinch with Robin Williams(i think) I love all the children's cartooney ones. Kid at heart! HUGS RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by monana (3) | (12/07/2006) Contact A few TV Christmas movies my husband and I have watched so far: Crazy for Christmas, Comfort and Joy, Once Upon a Christmas, Twice Upon a Christmas and Mr. St. Nick. They were all worth watching. We also enjoyed The Polar Express, One Magic Christmas, All I want for Christmas 1991, The Christmas Shoes, The Three Godfathers, It's a Wonderful Life and Jingle All the Way. My all time favorite is The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant. RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post By LINDA (Guest Post) (12/07/2006) SO MANY GOOD MOVIES BUT " THE BISHOP'S WIFE" HAS BEEN AT THE TOP OF MY LIST MANY YEARS, AFTER THAT GIVE ANYTHING WITH CHRISTMAS AND I AM A KID AGAIN :-) RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by mikki (59) | (12/07/2006) Profile | Blog! | Contact Here, we like Holiday Inn and Little Women. At age 40 I still melt over Bing Crosby's voice. RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by Joyce wis (51) | (12/07/2006) Contact When i was in grade school we all went too see All Might Too Give. It was a tear jerker. I wish i did have that movie today, but i could not find it RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post By Cathy from TN (Guest Post) (12/07/2006) My favorite cartoon is "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"! I love a lot of Christmas movies, but I really was touched by "The Christmas Box" with Richard Thomas in it. Merry CHRISTmas to you all! RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by foxrun41 (15) | (12/07/2006) Contact The movie I like the best is the 1951 version of scrooge with Alstair Sims. I hate and will not watch Miracle on 34th Street and It's a Wonderful Life.Great movies if you are 6 years old. RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by lazisuzi (14) | (12/06/2006) Contact My all time favorite is "A Christmas Carol". All versions, even the muppet one! I also love both versions of Miracle on 34th Street. On TV I like "Meet the Santas" RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post By (Guest Post) (12/06/2006) It's a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart. I too have never seen a Christmas Story. Hmmm. I did love the Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant too. What a beautiful story. God Bless to all. Laura RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by hugmehugs (69) | (12/06/2006) Profile | Contact No need to even think about this; my favorite Christmas movie is "It's A Wonderful Life". Although I watch and enjoy all the Christmas movies & specials, 'Wonderful Life' will always be the one for me. And I have a confession to make; I have never seen "A Christmas Story"... My friends think this is strange!! RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post By Alice (Guest Post) (12/06/2006) My favorite is the original "Miracle on 34th Street" starring Natalie Wood, the cutest little movie star ever (in my opinion). The remake cannot hold a candle to it, but it is a great story regardless of which version you watch. RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post By Tripleb (Guest Post) (12/06/2006) Hands down the very best Christmas movie is "The Bishop's Wife" w/Cary Grant, David Niven and Loretta Young. When Cary tells the story of the Twenty-third Psalm, it always brings tears to my eyes. If you've never seen it, you are missing a blessing. RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by imaqt1962 (365) | (12/06/2006) Contact i have a couple the grinch,elf and santa clause (the movie) 1 &2 with tim allen RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by crys7881 (48) | (12/06/2006) Contact When I was younger ( I am 25) I loved Home Alone...silly I know. But now I love watching A Christmas Story also....=) RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by lovethosehounds (58) | (12/06/2006) Contact It's not necessarily a Christmas movie - "The Bells of St. Mary's" with Bing Crosby. They usually run it at Christmas, tho. I remember watching that with my Mom every year. She would let me have potato chips and soda while we watched it. My Mom has been gone for almost thirty years, now. I still watch it when the stations run it, only sometimes now it does make the tears flow. I still miss my Mom, especially at Christmas. RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by BonnieAngel (18) | (12/06/2006) Profile | Contact My favorite is the Little Drummer Boy. It makes me cry every time that I watch it! I like all the other Rankin/Bass clay animation movies as well. Where I live, in Cleveland, Ohio there used to be a local personality, who was known as Mr. Jing-a-ling (the keeper of the key). He was on T.V. and could also be seen at a local department store. I remember eagerly watching the show and then begging my mother to take me to see him. I have very found memories of this. RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post By Glinda (Guest Post) (12/06/2006) My all time favorite, and makes me cry every time. "It's A Wonderful Life" with Jimmy Stewart. RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by Persnickety Paula (321) | (12/06/2006) Contact The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (both the older cartoon and the Jim Carrey re-make), Charlie Brown, and the Polar Express movie with Tom Hanks is really nice too. RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by grammaoftwo (25) | (12/06/2006) Profile | Contact The Best Christmas Movie is" It's a Wonderful Life" and the Best TV Specials are all the shows on tv that Families can share in together,as the Holiday Season is meant to be RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by stellajean66 (2) | (12/06/2006) Contact My favorite Christmas shows are ALL of the Rankin/Bass shows, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Frosty, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Year Without a Santa Claus, Little Drummer Boy. Those are all classics which bring me back to my childhood and the wonder of the Christmas season!!! RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post by grammar (177) | (12/06/2006) Contact still a kid at heart here.......so really can't pick my favorite but I watch Rudolph, Frosty and the Grinch .......family tradition here.....doesn't feel like Christmas without them.......enjoy the holidays :0) RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post By Matthew (Guest Post) (12/06/2006) I too have watched "A Christmas Story" for years! I can remember when it first came out back in the mid 1980s and my parents said, "Oh, we should check this out". So now, 20+ years later, like Lisa we have watched it every year. My cousins, aunts and uncles too can all quote almost every line of the movie ... so to all of you fellow Thrifty Fun peeps out there ... remember: "You'll shoot your eye out!!!" and don't stick your tongue to any flagpoles :) RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post By Robin (Guest Post) (12/06/2006) By far, my favorite is It's a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart. What a heartwarming movie! RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post By LB from LA (Guest Post) (12/06/2006) Elf...it's very funny and also gives a good message. RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post By DONNA J. BESSETTE (Guest Post) (12/06/2006) My favorite Christmas movie is A Christmas Story, starring Jimmy Stewart. RE: The Best Christmas Movies and TV Specials Post By Lisa (Guest Post) (12/06/2006) By far my favorite is "A Christmas Story". I have always been facinated with that era when times were simple. And the kids played their roles so genuinely. They really acted like kids rather than small adults as they often appear in films or TV. We usually watch or have that movie running all day on Christmas Day. It's become our Christmas tradition.