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TrustedHer (original poster member #23328) posted at 2:03 AM on Tuesday, December 8th, 2020
I haven't seen a thread this year, so I thought I'd start one.
I lean more toward quirky movies and older movies, so here's my list, rated from quirkiest to more mainstream:
We're No Angels (Bogart, Ustinov, Leo G. Carroll, Basil Rathbone, Aldo Ray)
The Ref (Not a favorite due to infidelity, but a hoot the first time you see it). Language warning.
Christmas In Connecticut (Barbara Stanwyck)
A Christmas Carol (The over-acted, over-produced George C. Scott version)
And of course, the standards:
The Bishop's Wife
It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Carol (all the other versions)
White Christmas
A Christmas Story (You'll put your eye out, kid!)
Not my cup of tea for watching every year, but worth considering:
Christmas Vacation
Die Hard (Definitely a Christmas movie!)
Meet Me In St. Louis
Got any suggestions for quirky movies I've missed?
I feel like I'm forgetting one or two.
Take care of yourself. There's a great future out there. It won't come to you; you have to go to it.
BearlyBreathing ( member #55075) posted at 2:26 AM on Tuesday, December 8th, 2020
Home for the Holidays.
And the Muppets’ Christmas Carol is the best version :-)
Me: BS 57 (49 on d-day)Him: *who cares ;-) *. D-Day 8/15/2016 LTA. Kinda liking my new life :-)
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thebighurt ( member #34722) posted at 8:10 AM on Tuesday, December 8th, 2020
The movie Holiday Inn first featured the song White Christmas.
I love The Muppets. And did anyone mention Home Alone?
Finding what life could have been....... Why didn't I see it?
thebighurt ( member #34722) posted at 9:23 PM on Tuesday, December 8th, 2020
Great OLD movie (from 1947) - Miracle on 34th Street. Features Edmund Gwynn, Maureen O'Hara with Natalie Wood as an adorable child star.
And Elf is the favorite quirky Christmas movie of some in my family.
Finding what life could have been....... Why didn't I see it?
EllieKMAS ( member #68900) posted at 9:48 PM on Tuesday, December 8th, 2020
The Family Stone - LOVE this one!
"No, it's you mothafucka, here's a list of reasons why." – Iliza Schlesinger
"The love that you lost isn't worth what it cost and in time you'll be glad that it's gone." – Linkin Park
TrustedHer (original poster member #23328) posted at 2:57 PM on Friday, December 11th, 2020
And how could I forget the Christmas version of my favorite story: The Shop Around The Corner, with Jimmy Stewart, Frank Morgan, and Margaret Sullavan.
Not to be confused with the same story with Judy Garland and Van Johnson as a musical: "In The Good Old Summertime". Or the same story with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan as "You've Got Mail". Or the same story as a broadway musical called "She Loves Me".
Take care of yourself. There's a great future out there. It won't come to you; you have to go to it.
looking forward ( member #25238) posted at 12:33 AM on Monday, December 14th, 2020
One Magic Christmas (1985, Disney, Mary Steenburgen & Harry Dean Stanton, Canadian-American Christmas Fantasy)
I love that film!
And the best Scrooge ever, IMO, was Alastair Sim in the 1951 version of 'A Christmas Carol.'
Die Hard!!!!
Together 56 years, Married 51 years. Sober since 2009. "You've always had the power, my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself." (The Wizard of Oz)
TrustedHer (original poster member #23328) posted at 3:11 AM on Wednesday, December 16th, 2020
I just remembered another quirky one: "It Happened on 5th Avenue". 1947
Charlie Ruggles, Don Defore, Gale Storm, Alan Hale Sr.
And it looks like the 1949 "Holiday Affair" with Janet Leigh and Robert Mitchum might be a good one, too. I haven't seen it yet, but I read a synopsis and it seems promising.
Take care of yourself. There's a great future out there. It won't come to you; you have to go to it.
Sofarsogood ( member #71991) posted at 8:04 PM on Thursday, December 24th, 2020
A lesser known movie "Holiday in Handcuffs' starring Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez, Markie Post, and June Lockhart. It's a hoot!
Sofarsogood ( member #71991) posted at 8:06 PM on Thursday, December 24th, 2020
Also "Christmas Chronicles one and two" starring Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn.
Tred ( member #34086) posted at 8:26 PM on Thursday, December 24th, 2020
Santa Claus is Coming to Town. FHE stop action animation, but classic. Great cast. Only thing I really watch every year.
Married: 27 years (14 @JFO) D-Day: 11/09/11"Ohhhhh...shut up Tred!" - NOT the official SI motto (DS)
cass ( member #24261) posted at 8:58 PM on Thursday, December 24th, 2020
Love 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles'. Loved John Candy.
Watched 'Meet Me in St Louis' today.
DDay - April 2008
Me - 58 and doing great, alone.
Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket!
gr8ful ( member #58180) posted at 9:27 PM on Friday, January 1st, 2021
It seems my kids have made Harry Potter movies a Christmas tradition. Is that a thing elsewhere?
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