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‘Tis the season for holiday movies.
Those classics that have become signals that the holiday season is truly upon us. We have older classics such as It’s a Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street or White Christmas to more modern films that have engrained themselves into the hearts of people everywhere such as Christmas Vacation and Love, Actually. 
Some make it a family tradition to play certain movies when decorating the house or just to spend some extra time together as a family and some watch it old-school when they come on network TV – commercials and everything.
So, what do you watch this time of year that adds to the festiveness of the season and what makes you love it so much?
30 Comments on “The season of movies”
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For me I watch, A Mom for Christmas, The Nun’s Story, The Trouble With Angels and It’s a Wonderful Life.
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 6:58 am.
Love Actually – don’t think it requires any explanation to this crowd.
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 7:44 am.
Can I say that I prefer movies with songs in them? Maybe musicales? Well, just saying.
Oh, and I also prefer those animated short flicks. Like The Elf on the Shelf, etc.
I will say, those holiday flicks are always something that I associate with the holidays/seasons.
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 7:53 am.
I love Scrooge and A Christmas Story. They both make me smile.
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 8:53 am.
Holiday Inn, The Bells of St Mary’s and Love Actually!
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 9:11 am.
I love all holiday movies & try to watch as many as possible during the holiday season. However my favorites are Miracle on 34th Street, The Santa Clause, The Polar Express & How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the Jim Carey movie).
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 9:36 am.
I own White Christmas and we watch it every year. I love to watch Danny Kaye and Vera Ellen dance. I also own and watch Holiday Inn which actually introduced the song, White Christmas. I love musicals.
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 9:44 am.
It’s a Wonderful Life and Holiday Inn. We’ve always watched those. They’re very Christmas-y. I might also be caught watching Die Hard on occasion.
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 9:48 am.
My favorites are non classics like Elf and Santa Clause 2
Oh, I also really like New Year’s Eve!!!
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 9:48 am.
It’s a Wonderful Life was on last weekend & I’m such a sap that my eyes leaked AGAIN when all the townspeople came to the rescue. Even tho I’ve seen the movie many, many times–it still moves me. “-)
My other favorite to watch is Miracle on 34th Street with Natalie Wood in it.
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 10:02 am.
Love all the oldies like White Christmas and Miracle on 34th street. As for the modern, we watch Elf every year because it is touching and hilarious.
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 10:55 am.
We watch the original Star Wars Trilogy. While You Were Sleeping is another holiday favorite along with The Santa Clause. A Charlie Brown Christmas has to play at least 16 times in our house as DD1 is obsessed.
We like “fun” at Christmas.
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 11:14 am.
I love White Christmas and Holiday Inn because I grew up on them. A Charlie Brown Christmas is also a must for me. Yesterday because I could not stand another Spike Jones screeching song I put a DVD of Christmas music on that showed a fire in a a fireplace and just let it go all day, very nice and I didn’t have to pay close attention if I didn’t feel like it.
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 11:29 am.
I watch a few – Christmas in Connecticut (love Barbara Stanwyck), Holiday Inn, The Bells of St. Mary’s, and It’s a Wonderful Life.
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 11:34 am.
The original Miracle on 34th St and White Christmas are musts for me and I enjoy all the cartoons also like Charlie Brown, the Grinch and Rudolph. Last weekend I was on Hallmark and ION to watch the Christmas stories. I love this time of year.
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 11:55 am.
I think I watch them all
Love Actually= love, romance, the spirit of love
Bridget Jones Diary= love, humor, HEA
White Christmas= to sing along, feel like a child again
Holiday Inn=to sing alone and feel like a child again
Scrooged=to laugh
tradition states I Must watch National Lampoons Christmas Vacation- to piss my pants laughing
A Christmas Carol – the old b&w= to get into the Dickens spirit
It’s A Wonderful Life= to have faith and hope for the new year
Miracle on 34th Street – the original- I love Maureen O’Hara (I also recommend Only The Lonely and The Christmas Box)
The Polar Express- Believe
The Nightmare Before Christmas- with Tim Burton taking on Christmas, what can go wrong
Four Christmases- to look at my family members on the screen
Elf- I know almost every line of this
The Bishops Wife – original with Cary Grant- faith and hope and love
The Santa Clause- reminds me of my children and taking them to see it
Surviving Christmas – Ben Affleck – who doesn’t like action, adventure, and a little mayhem
Trapped In Paradise- Dana Carvey, Jon Lovitz in SNL days – this is funny with a Christmas message
and since I am ready to make a sandwich, Bad Santa
I think I am a secret Christmas addict – I love everything about it
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 12:49 pm.
I love Charlie Brown’s Christmas special. Don’t know when it is on this year, but just hearing Charlie depressed about the commercialization of Christmas moves me. Probably because I’m depressed about the same thing.
I also love Rudolph, the classic, and Frosty the Snowman. I guess I’m more of a TV Christmas junkie than a movie junkie
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 1:11 pm.
White Christmas and Holiday Inn top my list. I like all the ones I grew up watching as a child, too–Rudolph, Grinch, Charlie Brown, etc.
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 2:45 pm.
A Christmas Story is a must at our house!
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 4:19 pm.
Love Actually and the Grinch!
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 4:44 pm.
I can’t believe no one mentioned “National Lampoons Christmas Vacation” with Chevy Chase! We love to spend a little time with Cousin Eddie each year! LOL
I am a HUGE old (b/w) movie buff and its so nice to see all the classics represented by you ladies!
Christmas In Connecticut
Holiday Inn
White Christmas
The Bishops Wife (original)
It’s a Wonderful Life
and throw in The Thin Man and you’ve got a good list!
I also like The Holiday with Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet and Jude Law and Jack Black. GREAT Christmas movie!!!
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 6:38 pm.
The Holiday is my favorite.
I watched November Christmas this morning.
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 7:10 pm.
My fave go-to Christmas movies are “Die Hard” and “Lethal Weapon”. *g*
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 7:49 pm.
I have a stack of Christmas DVD’s and I watch them continuously from the day after Black Friday until Christmas Day! Helps me hang on to the Christmas spirit!
Some of my favorites are :
White Christmas
Holiday Inn
Elf
Christmas Vacation
Scrooged
A Christmas Carol
It’s a Wonderful Life
Miracle on 34th Street
The Santa Clause
Home Alone 1 and 2
Die Hard
Last Holiday
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 11:36 pm.
It has to be Love Actually. And then I cry at the end. EVERY. TIME.
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 11:43 pm.
I watch It’s a Wonderful Life every Christmas Eve with my mother. I like Christmas movies. I don’t care if they’re old or new. White Christmas, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, A Christmas Carol (Alastair Sim version is best), The Bishop’s Wife, Shrek The Halls, The Polar Express, The Nightmare Before Christmas. There’s more but I’ve taken up enough space.
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 12:33 am.
We watched A MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL the other night. Of course Charles Dickens turned in his grave, but we love it. Except for the OH SO SOPPY song in the middle.
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 3:46 am.
I didn’t even have time to visit here yesterday. I was making my Christmas meat pies! 14 pies -14 double crusts! whew! I did have The Santa Claus movie playing while I did it though.
I have a stack of Christmas movies I haul out every year:
White Christmas
Holiday Inn
Muppet Christmas Carol
Scrooged
all The Santa Clauses
Love Actually
Little Women
and many more
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 8:46 am.
We are suckers for movies at this time of year, and the little TV shows. We love all the old Rankin and Bass cartoons, love the Charlie Brown Christmas, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Movies–we love Elf, Miracle on 34th St, Mickey’s Christmas Carol, Christmas Carol (the hub only likes the Mickey one and the one with George C Scott as Scrooge). Love them!
Posted on December 9, 2012 at 7:25 pm.
One of our favorites that hasn’t been mentioned yet is One Magic Christmas. Got to love something horrible turned around by magic!
Posted on December 10, 2012 at 3:45 am.