Love Actually and It's a Wonderful Life.
Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty flowered bonnet, I will end you.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - Dec 06, 2010 7:21:07 am PST #10272 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
DavidS - Dec 06, 2010 7:24:31 am PST #10273 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The Ref, Christmas Story, It's a Wonderful Life. Emmett will usually get a viewing of Home Alone in during that stretch. (He loves The Ref and Christmas Story too.)
I'm more about the kids specials than movies, I think. Gotta have Charlie Brown Christmas, The Grinch, Rudolph, The Snowman, Little Drummer Boy, Olive the Other Reindeer plus special xmas episodes of The Adventures of Pete & Pete, and Futurama, and most especially Invader Zim.
DavidS - Dec 06, 2010 7:24:40 am PST #10274 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh yeah, and Elf.
Ginger - Dec 06, 2010 7:30:16 am PST #10275 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It's a Wonderful Life. I still burst into tears at "Here's to my big brother George, the richest man in town."
Spidra Webster - Dec 06, 2010 7:32:14 am PST #10276 of 30000
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
"It's a Wonderful Life" is my holiday favorite, hands down. I do "Holiday Inn" and "A Christmas Story" as well. I'd probably do more things regularly, but I don't own them. I'm fond of The Grinch but I don't own it, for instance...
Cashmere - Dec 06, 2010 7:35:35 am PST #10277 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
We have three copies of Olive the Other Reindeer. So awesome.
Hil R. - Dec 06, 2010 7:37:41 am PST #10278 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I love "Christmas in Connecticut" and "White Christmas." I'd never really thought of "Meet Me In St. Louis" as a Christmas movie -- it has a Christmas scene, but it takes place over the course of a year, doesn't it? I used to go see The Nutcracker every year, when my friend was still dancing with ABT, but she just retired, so I guess I'll watch it on TV or something.
DavidS - Dec 06, 2010 7:40:23 am PST #10279 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but it takes place over the course of a year, doesn't it?
Right, it has a famous Halloween scene too. But Judy Garland does sing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" in it.
Barb - Dec 06, 2010 7:46:12 am PST #10280 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
And a lot of the emotional climax takes place around the fact that the family will no longer be in St. Louis and that this is their last Christmas in their house.
Steph L. - Dec 06, 2010 7:47:31 am PST #10281 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I said in the Movies thread the other day that I think of Desk Set as a Christmas movie, because it has that awesome Christmas party scene.