Post here every time you watch something Christmas-related between now and the new year!
So far this Christmas season, I've watched:
Films
• A Chipmunk Christmas (1981)
• A Christmas Carol (2009)
• Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
• Home Alone (1990)
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
• I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
• The Magic of Christmas at Walt Disney World (2003)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
• A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)
• The Preacher's Wife (1996)
• The Santa Clause (1994)
• Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
TV Shows
• "227"
--Mary's Christmas (1985)
• "30 Rock"
--Ludachristmas (2007)
--Christmas Special (2008)
--Secret Santa (2009)
• "3rd Rock From the Sun"
--Jolly Old St. Dick (1996)
--Happy New Dick! (1998)
• "Alvin and the Chipmunks"
--Dave's Wonderful Life (1989)
--Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll (1989)
• "Bewitched"
--A Vision of Sugar Plums (1964)
• "Boy Meets World"
--Santa's Little Helper (1993)
--Turnaround (1994)
• "Desperate Housewives"
--Boom Crunch (2009)
• "Family Guy"
--A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas (2001)
• "The Office" (UK)
--The Office Christmas Special (Part 1) (2003)
--The Office Christmas Special (Part 2) (2003)
• "The Office" (US)
--Christmas Party (2005)
--A Benihana Christmas (2006)
--Moroccan Christmas (2008)
--Secret Santa (2009)
• "Saturday Night Live"
--Blake Lively/Rihanna (2009)
--Taylor Lautner/Bon Jovi (2009)
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Re: Christmas Viewing Log 2009
Christmas with the Kranks (2004) - a really stupid movie and it's probably only 57% faithful to the book. For some reason I enjoy watching it, though. Probably because of how bad it is. And a nice reminder to me to skip the commercial side Christmas for real one day.
Santa Jr. (2002) - a television movie with Nick Stabile as Santa's son, Chris Kringle Jr, who doesn't like Christmas and doesn't believe in the Christmas Spirit until he's arrested and mistaken for being the "Christmas Bandit" (who steals toys and sells them on the black market).
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978 ) - one of my favourite Christmas specials of all time. After watching Follow That Bird to commemorate Sesame Street's 40th Anniversary, I watched this.
ETA: November 15, 2009
The Sure Thing (1985) - I never really considered this a traditional holiday movie, but it does take place pre-Christmas, so it should count. Plus, it's a John Cusack movie. It's awesome no matter what time of the year it is. And The Sure Thing is one of the most awesome John Cusack movies out there.
ETA: November 18, 2009
Swiss Family Robinson (1960) - it has a Christmas scene, so it counts!
It's one of my favourite Disney live-action movies and one of the few to have an awesome DVD. I was going through it last night and forgot just how extensive it all was! Took me almost 3 hours to get through all the stuff on the second disc! How often can one say that about a Disney DVD these days?
ETA: November 22, 2009
The Christmas Wish (1999) - a television movie with the one and only Neil Patrick Harris and Debbie Reynolds. I remember watching it for the first time last year and enjoyed it immensely. Was glad it was on ABC Family last night. Would love the DVD, but it's OOP.
ETA: November 23, 2009
Saint Maybe (1998 ) - a television movie that's adapted from the Anne Tyler book of the same name, and it's not really Christmas-focused though they do show several Christmases throughout the movie (which is likely why it was on the Hallmark Channel's Countdown to Christmas marathon). It's pretty good, though sometimes too sappy for its own good.
Meet the Santas (2005) - I never saw the first movie (Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus) but they provided enough exposition in this movie that I didn't have to. It's quite funny, and it's got Steve Guttenberg!
Silent Night (2002) - an amazing movie based on a true story. In the winter of 1944, three American soldiers knocked on the door of a cabin deep in the Ardennes. Inside was a German woman and her son. She allowed them in for the night, on the condition that they leave their guns outside. Soon after three German soldiers came to her cabin, and she allowed them in as well, again with the condition that they leave their guns outside. The group then share their rations and have a Christmas Eve dinner, and a German soldier helped one of the wounded American soldiers. After a peaceful night's sleep, the two parties then pick up their guns and go their separate ways. The movie adds some dramatic licence to the event which doesn't harm the story at all. Definitely one of the best Christmas movies (and in a way, one of the best war movies) I've seen in awhile.
ETA: November 26, 2009
Sons of Mistletoe (2001) - this probably shouldn't count towards this year since I only watched during the commercials of "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune", but I've seen the movie a couple times before and figured I'd add it to the list. Roma Downey is a businesswoman who wants to try to get rid of a foster boys' home (and right before Christmas too!) that her father used to help run, and George Newbern is the guy that runs the foster home (and he used to be a foster child in that home). There's also a bunch of foster kids, one of which is played by Scott Terra (who was in the DCOM "Motocrossed"). It's an okay movie and predictable (she doesn't get rid of the home, and the two of them fall in love). But still a fun movie to watch during the Christmas season.
ETA: November 28, 2009
Comfort and Joy (2003) - Nancy McKeon plays a single businesswoman who gets in a car crash and wakes up to find she is now a married mother of two, but has no recollection of it at all. The concept is interesting, and having it set around Christmas was more of a minor detail rather than a necessity to the story. But the movie just didn't...click. Still, it's Nancy McKeon, I'd watch her mashing potatoes with a lampshade on her head and it'd be good entertainment.
ETA: November 29, 2009
The Santa Clause (1994) - I hadn't intended on watching this the whole way through, but I did. We finished watching Pearl Harbor (yeah, yeah), and needed something to do for 45 minutes before catching "iCarly" at 10:30. So we put it on TBS to watch this, but ended up watching the whole movie! Now I'm in the mood to watch the second one, which I'll probably do later this week.
ETA: December 1, 2009
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006) - It was either this movie or A Christmas Carol (the 2004 TV musical with Kelsey Grammar). Since we never saw this one, and we had already seen The Santa Clause a couple days ago, we chose this one. It's not that good a movie, and I think I only enjoyed it because of the seasonal familiarity with the characters. The first movie was excellent and the second was a great follow-up. This one just seemed like...well, a chance to revisit with old friends, but nothing really interesting happens. It just wasn't a strong enough story, which led to "paycheck" acting from everyone. Perhaps in several years we can see The Santa Clause 4: The Next Generation, in which Charlie takes over the family business. That would be a sequel I'd like to see.
ETA: December 3, 2009
Christmas on Chestnut Street (2006) - this was one of the OnDemand movies that Lifetime was offering, and the premise sounded too ridiculous to pass up. A store accidentally orders 6000 boxes of Christmas lights instead of 60 boxes. In order to get rid of them, they decide to host a "Light the Night" contest, in which the winner is allowed one hour in the store on Christmas Day, during which they can pick up anything (and they mean *anything*) for free. This gets the whole town into buying more and more lights and decorations, and leading to more and more general shopping. There's more, but really, nothing too interesting. One of the store workers falls in love with the boss's daughter though both initially dislike each other.
ETA: December 7, 2009
"Saved by the Bell": Home for Christmas (1991) - Rather funny how we ended up watching this. It was 10:00 and we were watching the first half of "The Case of the Libertine Belle". It's the murder-mystery-weekend episode of "The Golden Girls". This got us thinking about the "Saved by the Bell" one, so we got the DVD to watch that. And incidentally, the DVD also had the Christmas episodes on it, so we watched those immediately after!
As kids we thought that show was prime entertainment, but watching it now, we can't believe how cheesy and silly it is. But it's got a lot of heart and nostalgia so we still enjoy it.
ETA: December 8, 2009
"A Charlie Brown Christmas" (1965) - Technically didn't watch all of it, only caught enough of it before "Prep and Landing". But I know I'll be watching it again later this month, so I might as well list it.
"Prep and Landing" (2009) - it felt too short, probably because of all the awkward commercial breaks they put in. I would love for this to be an ongoing series of specials (like, every couple of years they come out with a new one), as the characters are interesting and seem like they have more stories to tell. But if Disney is just committed to letting them have one special (which I doubt), then what we got was really good. I'm sure next year it'll be on DVD (and Blu-Ray?) with the usual staple of Disney Christmas specials ("Pluto's Christmas Tree", "Mickey's Christmas Carol", etc.).
ETA: December 9, 2009
A Christmas Story (1983) - it just started on TNT, though the TV Guide said it would be The Santa Clause. Oh well. I'm bound to watch this again on Christmas Day anyway.
ETA: December 17, 2009
Christmas in Connecticut (1945) - one of my favourite Christmas movies, and it was on TCM tonight so the whole family watched it. None have ever seen it for, which was weird because I've watched it faithfully on TCM during the holidays every year since like, 2002.
Holiday Affair (1949) - this aired after TCM and I was only paying half-attention to it, but it seems like a good film. A rare type of role for Robert Mitchum as well. And Janet Leigh looks so much younger here (obviously) compared to Psycho!
It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) - I actually watched this a couple weeks ago but forgot to note it on the list. So I'm adding it to this day to make up for it.
ETA: December 19, 2009
Serendipity (2001) - one of my favourite romcoms. I absoutely love John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale.
Elf (2003) - never saw it until now. It's got a lot of heart and I never expected to enjoy Will Ferrell in such a role. It's on my shortlist of movies with Will Ferrell that I enjoy (the others being Bewitched, Dick, Kicking & Screaming which is more sentimental value than it being a good film, Stranger than Fiction, and Wedding Crashers)
"Mickey's Christmas Carol" (1983) - part of an unexpected marathon of Disney's Christmas/Holiday-themed shorts.
"The Small One" (1978 ) - part of an unexpected marathon of Disney's Christmas/Holiday-themed shorts.
"Pluto's Christmas Tree" (1952) - part of an unexpected marathon of Disney's Christmas/Holiday-themed shorts.
"Mickey's Good Deed" (1932) - part of an unexpected marathon of Disney's Christmas/Holiday-themed shorts.
"The Clock Watcher" (1945) - part of an unexpected marathon of Disney's Christmas/Holiday-themed shorts. My favourite of the marathon.
"Toy Tinkers" (1949) - part of an unexpected marathon of Disney's Christmas/Holiday-themed shorts.
ETA: December 20, 2009
"Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion" (2005) - with the Tenner's last story this Christmas and New Year's Day, I've started a marathon of some of my favourite Tenth Doctor stories. Today I watched this and...
"Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride" (2006) - my favourite of the Christmas specials. Got a lot of quotable lines between the Doctor and Donna and is a good story as well.
ETA: December 22, 2009
Home Alone (1991) - it started on FX, but we didn't want commercials so we dug up the old VHS tape and watched that instead. After that, we were nostalgic for other old Christmas tapes we watched and watched...
"A Disney Christmas Gift" (1982) - we've seen the thing so many times that we had the music and all the segments memorized. It's really just a repackaging of old shorts and scenes from movies, but still was fun to watch.
albert
Santa Jr. (2002) - a television movie with Nick Stabile as Santa's son, Chris Kringle Jr, who doesn't like Christmas and doesn't believe in the Christmas Spirit until he's arrested and mistaken for being the "Christmas Bandit" (who steals toys and sells them on the black market).
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978 ) - one of my favourite Christmas specials of all time. After watching Follow That Bird to commemorate Sesame Street's 40th Anniversary, I watched this.
ETA: November 15, 2009
The Sure Thing (1985) - I never really considered this a traditional holiday movie, but it does take place pre-Christmas, so it should count. Plus, it's a John Cusack movie. It's awesome no matter what time of the year it is. And The Sure Thing is one of the most awesome John Cusack movies out there.
ETA: November 18, 2009
Swiss Family Robinson (1960) - it has a Christmas scene, so it counts!
It's one of my favourite Disney live-action movies and one of the few to have an awesome DVD. I was going through it last night and forgot just how extensive it all was! Took me almost 3 hours to get through all the stuff on the second disc! How often can one say that about a Disney DVD these days?ETA: November 22, 2009
The Christmas Wish (1999) - a television movie with the one and only Neil Patrick Harris and Debbie Reynolds. I remember watching it for the first time last year and enjoyed it immensely. Was glad it was on ABC Family last night. Would love the DVD, but it's OOP.
ETA: November 23, 2009
Saint Maybe (1998 ) - a television movie that's adapted from the Anne Tyler book of the same name, and it's not really Christmas-focused though they do show several Christmases throughout the movie (which is likely why it was on the Hallmark Channel's Countdown to Christmas marathon). It's pretty good, though sometimes too sappy for its own good.
Meet the Santas (2005) - I never saw the first movie (Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus) but they provided enough exposition in this movie that I didn't have to. It's quite funny, and it's got Steve Guttenberg!
Silent Night (2002) - an amazing movie based on a true story. In the winter of 1944, three American soldiers knocked on the door of a cabin deep in the Ardennes. Inside was a German woman and her son. She allowed them in for the night, on the condition that they leave their guns outside. Soon after three German soldiers came to her cabin, and she allowed them in as well, again with the condition that they leave their guns outside. The group then share their rations and have a Christmas Eve dinner, and a German soldier helped one of the wounded American soldiers. After a peaceful night's sleep, the two parties then pick up their guns and go their separate ways. The movie adds some dramatic licence to the event which doesn't harm the story at all. Definitely one of the best Christmas movies (and in a way, one of the best war movies) I've seen in awhile.
ETA: November 26, 2009
Sons of Mistletoe (2001) - this probably shouldn't count towards this year since I only watched during the commercials of "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune", but I've seen the movie a couple times before and figured I'd add it to the list. Roma Downey is a businesswoman who wants to try to get rid of a foster boys' home (and right before Christmas too!) that her father used to help run, and George Newbern is the guy that runs the foster home (and he used to be a foster child in that home). There's also a bunch of foster kids, one of which is played by Scott Terra (who was in the DCOM "Motocrossed"). It's an okay movie and predictable (she doesn't get rid of the home, and the two of them fall in love). But still a fun movie to watch during the Christmas season.
ETA: November 28, 2009
Comfort and Joy (2003) - Nancy McKeon plays a single businesswoman who gets in a car crash and wakes up to find she is now a married mother of two, but has no recollection of it at all. The concept is interesting, and having it set around Christmas was more of a minor detail rather than a necessity to the story. But the movie just didn't...click. Still, it's Nancy McKeon, I'd watch her mashing potatoes with a lampshade on her head and it'd be good entertainment.
ETA: November 29, 2009
The Santa Clause (1994) - I hadn't intended on watching this the whole way through, but I did. We finished watching Pearl Harbor (yeah, yeah), and needed something to do for 45 minutes before catching "iCarly" at 10:30. So we put it on TBS to watch this, but ended up watching the whole movie! Now I'm in the mood to watch the second one, which I'll probably do later this week.
ETA: December 1, 2009
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006) - It was either this movie or A Christmas Carol (the 2004 TV musical with Kelsey Grammar). Since we never saw this one, and we had already seen The Santa Clause a couple days ago, we chose this one. It's not that good a movie, and I think I only enjoyed it because of the seasonal familiarity with the characters. The first movie was excellent and the second was a great follow-up. This one just seemed like...well, a chance to revisit with old friends, but nothing really interesting happens. It just wasn't a strong enough story, which led to "paycheck" acting from everyone. Perhaps in several years we can see The Santa Clause 4: The Next Generation, in which Charlie takes over the family business. That would be a sequel I'd like to see.
ETA: December 3, 2009
Christmas on Chestnut Street (2006) - this was one of the OnDemand movies that Lifetime was offering, and the premise sounded too ridiculous to pass up. A store accidentally orders 6000 boxes of Christmas lights instead of 60 boxes. In order to get rid of them, they decide to host a "Light the Night" contest, in which the winner is allowed one hour in the store on Christmas Day, during which they can pick up anything (and they mean *anything*) for free. This gets the whole town into buying more and more lights and decorations, and leading to more and more general shopping. There's more, but really, nothing too interesting. One of the store workers falls in love with the boss's daughter though both initially dislike each other.
ETA: December 7, 2009
"Saved by the Bell": Home for Christmas (1991) - Rather funny how we ended up watching this. It was 10:00 and we were watching the first half of "The Case of the Libertine Belle". It's the murder-mystery-weekend episode of "The Golden Girls". This got us thinking about the "Saved by the Bell" one, so we got the DVD to watch that. And incidentally, the DVD also had the Christmas episodes on it, so we watched those immediately after!
As kids we thought that show was prime entertainment, but watching it now, we can't believe how cheesy and silly it is. But it's got a lot of heart and nostalgia so we still enjoy it.ETA: December 8, 2009
"A Charlie Brown Christmas" (1965) - Technically didn't watch all of it, only caught enough of it before "Prep and Landing". But I know I'll be watching it again later this month, so I might as well list it.
"Prep and Landing" (2009) - it felt too short, probably because of all the awkward commercial breaks they put in. I would love for this to be an ongoing series of specials (like, every couple of years they come out with a new one), as the characters are interesting and seem like they have more stories to tell. But if Disney is just committed to letting them have one special (which I doubt), then what we got was really good. I'm sure next year it'll be on DVD (and Blu-Ray?) with the usual staple of Disney Christmas specials ("Pluto's Christmas Tree", "Mickey's Christmas Carol", etc.).
ETA: December 9, 2009
A Christmas Story (1983) - it just started on TNT, though the TV Guide said it would be The Santa Clause. Oh well.
I'm bound to watch this again on Christmas Day anyway.ETA: December 17, 2009
Christmas in Connecticut (1945) - one of my favourite Christmas movies, and it was on TCM tonight so the whole family watched it. None have ever seen it for, which was weird because I've watched it faithfully on TCM during the holidays every year since like, 2002.
Holiday Affair (1949) - this aired after TCM and I was only paying half-attention to it, but it seems like a good film. A rare type of role for Robert Mitchum as well. And Janet Leigh looks so much younger here (obviously) compared to Psycho!
It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) - I actually watched this a couple weeks ago but forgot to note it on the list. So I'm adding it to this day to make up for it.
ETA: December 19, 2009
Serendipity (2001) - one of my favourite romcoms. I absoutely love John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale.
Elf (2003) - never saw it until now. It's got a lot of heart and I never expected to enjoy Will Ferrell in such a role. It's on my shortlist of movies with Will Ferrell that I enjoy (the others being Bewitched, Dick, Kicking & Screaming which is more sentimental value than it being a good film, Stranger than Fiction, and Wedding Crashers)
"Mickey's Christmas Carol" (1983) - part of an unexpected marathon of Disney's Christmas/Holiday-themed shorts.
"The Small One" (1978 ) - part of an unexpected marathon of Disney's Christmas/Holiday-themed shorts.
"Pluto's Christmas Tree" (1952) - part of an unexpected marathon of Disney's Christmas/Holiday-themed shorts.
"Mickey's Good Deed" (1932) - part of an unexpected marathon of Disney's Christmas/Holiday-themed shorts.
"The Clock Watcher" (1945) - part of an unexpected marathon of Disney's Christmas/Holiday-themed shorts. My favourite of the marathon.
"Toy Tinkers" (1949) - part of an unexpected marathon of Disney's Christmas/Holiday-themed shorts.
ETA: December 20, 2009
"Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion" (2005) - with the Tenner's last story this Christmas and New Year's Day, I've started a marathon of some of my favourite Tenth Doctor stories. Today I watched this and...
"Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride" (2006) - my favourite of the Christmas specials. Got a lot of quotable lines between the Doctor and Donna and is a good story as well.
ETA: December 22, 2009
Home Alone (1991) - it started on FX, but we didn't want commercials so we dug up the old VHS tape and watched that instead. After that, we were nostalgic for other old Christmas tapes we watched and watched...
"A Disney Christmas Gift" (1982) - we've seen the thing so many times that we had the music and all the segments memorized. It's really just a repackaging of old shorts and scenes from movies, but still was fun to watch.
albert
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AwallaceUNC: Would you prefer Substi-Blu-tiary Locomotion?
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I'm planning on watchin the following
The Grinch (2000)
After years of growing up with Chuck Jones animated masterpiece and never seein The Grinch, I'm quite curious of how this iconic story was expanded for the big screen. Hopefuly made in vein of Horton Hears a who.
Can somebody tell me if this actualy worth watchin? I saw a preview of it on youtube and it looks fairly good.
A Christmas Story
Ralphie Parker wants only one thing for Christmas: "an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock, and this thing which tells time."
Between run-ins with his younger brother Randy and having to handle school bully Scut Farkus and his sidekick Grover Dill. Ralphie does not know how he will ever survive long enough to get the BB gun for Christmas.
This film is a true classic holiday fun, loaded with melodrama and comedy when it's called a upon. I highly recommend this X-Mas film.
The Grinch (2000)
After years of growing up with Chuck Jones animated masterpiece and never seein The Grinch, I'm quite curious of how this iconic story was expanded for the big screen. Hopefuly made in vein of Horton Hears a who.
Can somebody tell me if this actualy worth watchin? I saw a preview of it on youtube and it looks fairly good.
A Christmas Story
Ralphie Parker wants only one thing for Christmas: "an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock, and this thing which tells time."
Between run-ins with his younger brother Randy and having to handle school bully Scut Farkus and his sidekick Grover Dill. Ralphie does not know how he will ever survive long enough to get the BB gun for Christmas.
This film is a true classic holiday fun, loaded with melodrama and comedy when it's called a upon. I highly recommend this X-Mas film.
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Movies/Specials:
-Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
-Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer and The Island Of Misfit Toys
-Robbie The Reindeer in Great Hooves Of Fire
-Robbie The Reindeer in Legend Of The Lost Tribe
-Olive The Other Reindeer
-Christmas Is Here Again
-Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
-Puppet Master Vs. Demonic Toys
-It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
-A Muppets Christmas Carol
-A Muppets' Christmas: Letters To Santa
-Elmo's Chritsmas Countdown
-Elmo's World: Happy Holidays
-A Charlie Brown Christmas
-It's Christmas Time Again, Charlie Brown
-I Want A Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown
-Charlie Brown Christmas Tales
-Gremlins
-Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
-Veggietales: The Toy That Saved Christmas
-Veggietales: The Star Of Christmas
-Veggietales: Saint Nicholas - A Story Of Joyful Giving
-Santa Claus: The Movie
-The Pink Panther: A Pink Christmas
-CinderElmo
-Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (both TV Special and Movie)
-Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
-The Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas The Fight Before Christmas
TV Shows:
-The Simpsons - Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire
-The Simpsons - Mr. Plow
-The Simpsons - Miracle On Evergreen Terrace
-The Simpsons - Grift Of The Magi
-The Simpsons - Homer Vs. Dignity
-The Simpsons - Skinner's Sense Of Snow
-The Simpsons - She Of Little Faith
-The Simpsons - Tis' The Fifthteenth Season
-The Simpsons - Simpson Christmas Tales
-Family Guy - A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
-Futurama - Xmas Story
-Futurama - A Tale Of Two Santas
-American Dad - The Best Christmas Story Never Told
-American Dad - The Most Adequate Christmas Ever
-South Park - Mr. Hankey The Christmas Poo
-South Park - Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson!
-South Park - Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
-South Park - Are You There God? It's Me Jesus
-South Park - A Very Crappy Christmas
-South Park - Red Sleigh Down
-South Park - Christmas In Canada
-South Park - A Woodland Critter Christmas
-The Venture Bros. - A Very Venture Christmas
-Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Mail Order Bride
-Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Cybernetic Ghost Of Christmas Past from The Future
-Aqua Teen Hunger Force - T-Shirt Of The Living Dead
-Stroker and Hoop - I Saw Stroker Killing Santa Claus
-Robot Chicken Christmas Special
-Robot Chicken - Robot Chicken's Half-Ass Christmas Special
-Squidbillies - Rebel Without A Claus
-Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
-Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer and The Island Of Misfit Toys
-Robbie The Reindeer in Great Hooves Of Fire
-Robbie The Reindeer in Legend Of The Lost Tribe
-Olive The Other Reindeer
-Christmas Is Here Again
-Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
-Puppet Master Vs. Demonic Toys
-It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
-A Muppets Christmas Carol
-A Muppets' Christmas: Letters To Santa
-Elmo's Chritsmas Countdown
-Elmo's World: Happy Holidays
-A Charlie Brown Christmas
-It's Christmas Time Again, Charlie Brown
-I Want A Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown
-Charlie Brown Christmas Tales
-Gremlins
-Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
-Veggietales: The Toy That Saved Christmas
-Veggietales: The Star Of Christmas
-Veggietales: Saint Nicholas - A Story Of Joyful Giving
-Santa Claus: The Movie
-The Pink Panther: A Pink Christmas
-CinderElmo
-Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (both TV Special and Movie)
-Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
-The Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas The Fight Before Christmas
TV Shows:
-The Simpsons - Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire
-The Simpsons - Mr. Plow
-The Simpsons - Miracle On Evergreen Terrace
-The Simpsons - Grift Of The Magi
-The Simpsons - Homer Vs. Dignity
-The Simpsons - Skinner's Sense Of Snow
-The Simpsons - She Of Little Faith
-The Simpsons - Tis' The Fifthteenth Season
-The Simpsons - Simpson Christmas Tales
-Family Guy - A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
-Futurama - Xmas Story
-Futurama - A Tale Of Two Santas
-American Dad - The Best Christmas Story Never Told
-American Dad - The Most Adequate Christmas Ever
-South Park - Mr. Hankey The Christmas Poo
-South Park - Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson!
-South Park - Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
-South Park - Are You There God? It's Me Jesus
-South Park - A Very Crappy Christmas
-South Park - Red Sleigh Down
-South Park - Christmas In Canada
-South Park - A Woodland Critter Christmas
-The Venture Bros. - A Very Venture Christmas
-Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Mail Order Bride
-Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Cybernetic Ghost Of Christmas Past from The Future
-Aqua Teen Hunger Force - T-Shirt Of The Living Dead
-Stroker and Hoop - I Saw Stroker Killing Santa Claus
-Robot Chicken Christmas Special
-Robot Chicken - Robot Chicken's Half-Ass Christmas Special
-Squidbillies - Rebel Without A Claus
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[quote="Mason_Ireton"]I'm planning on watchin the following
The Grinch (2000)
After years of growing up with Chuck Jones animated masterpiece and never seein The Grinch, I'm quite curious of how this iconic story was expanded for the big screen. Hopefuly made in vein of Horton Hears a who.
Can somebody tell me if this actualy worth watchin? I saw a preview of it on youtube and it looks fairly good.
It depends. It's not a bad movie, but not a real good one. The reviews are very against it, but I guess it's one you gotta see to believe....if it's good or not.
The Grinch (2000)
After years of growing up with Chuck Jones animated masterpiece and never seein The Grinch, I'm quite curious of how this iconic story was expanded for the big screen. Hopefuly made in vein of Horton Hears a who.
Can somebody tell me if this actualy worth watchin? I saw a preview of it on youtube and it looks fairly good.
It depends. It's not a bad movie, but not a real good one. The reviews are very against it, but I guess it's one you gotta see to believe....if it's good or not.
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Only two things come to mind right now. One, I saw the last part of a Family Channel movie that I think is called Snowglobe, or something like that, starring Christina Milian. I think Christina Milian is a hottie hot hottie, which is why I watched it, though it was no doubt very cheesy, as one expects from a modern TV Christmas movie though, but I wouldn't mind seeing the whole thing someday anyway. I'm a sucker for Christmas films and hotties, ha. Besides that, I've been watching a bunch of episodes of Christmas shows (public domain ones I think) on a 2 disc DVD set my older sis gave me for Christmas last year. It has holiday episodes of Jack Benny, Beverly Hillbillies, Racket Squad, Robin Hood, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Ozzie and Harriet, Dragnet, and so on... I've watched disc one so far, and I enjoyed all of it. I used to watch reruns of Jack Benny as a kid, so I really loved the whole Jack goes Christmas shopping sketch. Here it is after a brief commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWwR1GjTMyA
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Ditto. It's really weird, but I don't feel very Christmassy at all yet. But I'm sure once I start popping in my holiday faves that will soon change!PixarFan2006 wrote:I have not watched any holiday movies or holiday-related episodes of tv shows yet. I do not usually start until late November/early December.
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So far I've watched...
Films / Specials
- A Christmas Carol (2009)
-A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
-Home Alone (1990)
-National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
TV Shows
"The Office" (US)
-Christmas Party (2005)
-A Benihana Christmas (2006) + Deleted scenes
-Moroccan Christmas (2008) + Deleted scenes
"Scrubs" (2001)
-My Own Personal Jesus (2001)
Plus I've listened to much holiday music and Christmas themed epsiodes of Podcasts like The Ricky Gervais Show, SModcast and lots of Disney shows.
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Films / Specials
- A Christmas Carol (2009)
-A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
-Home Alone (1990)
-National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
TV Shows
"The Office" (US)
-Christmas Party (2005)
-A Benihana Christmas (2006) + Deleted scenes
-Moroccan Christmas (2008) + Deleted scenes
"Scrubs" (2001)
-My Own Personal Jesus (2001)
Plus I've listened to much holiday music and Christmas themed epsiodes of Podcasts like The Ricky Gervais Show, SModcast and lots of Disney shows.
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Last night, I watched Miracle on 34th street (the original of course) with my mom. I should say Saturday night, actually. Sunday night, I finished watching that DVD of public domain TV show Christmas episodes, and I also watched two movies on ABC Family. The first one Holiday in Handcuffs, starring Melissa Joan Hart. Melissa didn't age all that well (but she still cleans up nice), and most of the time, movies with pointless narration irritate me, ha (not talking about fantastic narration like in A Christmas Story, but even Jean Shepherd was off his game a bit in My Summer Story), this one was a good example, but it was watchable. Better was the Snowglobe movie, which I finally saw in its entirety after that one. Seeing the whole thing, it was goofy in that cable Christmas movie kind of way, but it was still pretty good over all.
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Just started watching this weekend:
Friday - Jingle All The Way - Can't get enough of this silliness, I watch this any time of the year.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - What can you say about the Griswold family that hasn't already been said. Randy Quaid almost steals this movie away from Chevy Chase.
Saturday - Went to the cinema to watch the Advance Screening of The Princess and the Frog - probably the best Disney animated film since "The Lion King". I really think that this one will be a hugh box office hit for Disney.
Will try to watch at least one Holiday movie each day until Christmas Day. Those on the watch list include: Holiday Affair with Janet Leigh (her first motion picture) and Robert Mitchum; Miracle on 34th Street (the original, not that vapid remake); The Santa Clause - all three of them; Santa Claus The Movie!; Prancer - just one heck of a great family movie, if you don't shed a tear in this one, you are just one big Scrooge; Scrooged starring Bill Murray; The Muppet Christmas Carol; Die Hard; Die Hard 2; Home Alone and Home Alone 2. There are a ton of others, but those are the highlights.
Friday - Jingle All The Way - Can't get enough of this silliness, I watch this any time of the year.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - What can you say about the Griswold family that hasn't already been said. Randy Quaid almost steals this movie away from Chevy Chase.
Saturday - Went to the cinema to watch the Advance Screening of The Princess and the Frog - probably the best Disney animated film since "The Lion King". I really think that this one will be a hugh box office hit for Disney.
Will try to watch at least one Holiday movie each day until Christmas Day. Those on the watch list include: Holiday Affair with Janet Leigh (her first motion picture) and Robert Mitchum; Miracle on 34th Street (the original, not that vapid remake); The Santa Clause - all three of them; Santa Claus The Movie!; Prancer - just one heck of a great family movie, if you don't shed a tear in this one, you are just one big Scrooge; Scrooged starring Bill Murray; The Muppet Christmas Carol; Die Hard; Die Hard 2; Home Alone and Home Alone 2. There are a ton of others, but those are the highlights.
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November 25th
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
November 28th
Elf
December 1st
Scrooge (A.K.A. A Christmas Carol)(1951)
December 2nd
Home Alone
December 5th
Mystery Science Theater 3000: "Santa Claus"
December 7th
The Big Bang Theory - 'The Gift Bath Item Hypothesis"
Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!(1966)
The Simpsons - "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace"
December 10th
The Office - "Secret Santa"
The Simpsons - "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
X-Men - "Have Yourself a Morlock Little Christmas"
December 11th
Gremlins
Miracle on 34th Street*
December 12th
A Charlie Brown Christmas
December 13th
The Santa Clause
December 14th
Saturday Night Live Christmas
December 15th
Mr. Bean - "Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean"
December 16th
My Name is Earl "White Lie Christmas"
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The Simpsons "Marge Be Not Proud"
December 18th
A Christmas Story
December 19th
Mystery Science Theater 3000 "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians"
The Simpsons "Grift of the Magi"
December 20th
South Park - "Mr Hankey the Christmas Poo"
December 21st
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
December 22nd
Futurama - "Xmas Story"
A Garfield Christmas Special
December 23rd
The Muppet Christmas Carol
By Christmas, I plan on watching the following (which will be removed from the list once watched)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Since I missed out on watching it around Halloween)
Animaniacs Christmas (Various episodes off the DVD sets)
Futurama (A Tale of Two Santas)
Mickey's Christmas Carol
The Office "Christmas Party"
South Park (Merry Christmas Charlie Manson and Mr Hanky's Christmas Classics)
The Simpsons (Skinner's Sense of Snow)
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
November 28th
Elf
December 1st
Scrooge (A.K.A. A Christmas Carol)(1951)
December 2nd
Home Alone
December 5th
Mystery Science Theater 3000: "Santa Claus"
December 7th
The Big Bang Theory - 'The Gift Bath Item Hypothesis"
Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!(1966)
The Simpsons - "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace"
December 10th
The Office - "Secret Santa"
The Simpsons - "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
X-Men - "Have Yourself a Morlock Little Christmas"
December 11th
Gremlins
Miracle on 34th Street*
December 12th
A Charlie Brown Christmas
December 13th
The Santa Clause
December 14th
Saturday Night Live Christmas
December 15th
Mr. Bean - "Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean"
December 16th
My Name is Earl "White Lie Christmas"
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The Simpsons "Marge Be Not Proud"
December 18th
A Christmas Story
December 19th
Mystery Science Theater 3000 "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians"
The Simpsons "Grift of the Magi"
December 20th
South Park - "Mr Hankey the Christmas Poo"
December 21st
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
December 22nd
Futurama - "Xmas Story"
A Garfield Christmas Special
December 23rd
The Muppet Christmas Carol
By Christmas, I plan on watching the following (which will be removed from the list once watched)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Since I missed out on watching it around Halloween)
Animaniacs Christmas (Various episodes off the DVD sets)
Futurama (A Tale of Two Santas)
Mickey's Christmas Carol
The Office "Christmas Party"
South Park (Merry Christmas Charlie Manson and Mr Hanky's Christmas Classics)
The Simpsons (Skinner's Sense of Snow)
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Just got back from a trip to Austin. While I was there, I saw "A Christmas Carol" in 3D at the Drafthouse on the day after Thanksgiving. At my sister's apartment, I watched Disney's Babes in Toyland, Jingle All the Way, Gremlins, Garfield's Christmas, Christmas in Connecticut, and Elf. This was all after watching Charlie Brown and Garfield Thanksgiving specials on Thanksgiving Day, of course.
I must be going insane. I could've sworn I posted in this thread. Ah, well. I'll keep it updated as I go.
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Meet Me in St. Louis
Love Actually
Phineas and Ferb: Christmas Vacation!
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Radio City Christmas Spectacular
It's A Wonderful Life
The Savior
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Winnie the Pooh and Christmas, Too
The Nativity Story
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Meet Me in St. Louis
Love Actually
Phineas and Ferb: Christmas Vacation!
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Radio City Christmas Spectacular
It's A Wonderful Life
The Savior
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Winnie the Pooh and Christmas, Too
The Nativity Story
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