What are your Christmas must watches? Apparently A Charlie Brown Christmas aired last night and I unfortunately missed it. I want to watch some Christmas classics this year and I'm coming to DL for inspiration! I'll find a way to watch Charlie Brown, but I'm also thinking of watching one of those stop motion ones... the Mr. White Christmas/Heat Miser one might work. I also want to watch I'll Be Home for Christmas with an adorably twinky Jonathan Taylor Thomas. What do you guys traditionally watch every holiday season?

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December 19, 2019 5:08 AM

A friend and I used to do the Heat Miser/Snow Miser routine when we were drunk ! It was hilarious !

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December 18, 2019 11:46 PM

[quote] I also want to watch I'll Be Home for Christmas with an adorably twinky Jonathan Taylor Thomas

It's on Disney+. You also get a nearly naked Adam Lavorgna which was surprising for this kind of movie.

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December 18, 2019 11:48 PM

The Home Alone movies are the ones I revisit most often. If you're in the mood for some Christmas cynicism check out something like The Ref, Bad Santa, or even Nightmare Before Christmas. If you're in the mood for something more heartwarming, you can't go wrong with the Home Alone movies. There are enough Christmas classics out there that you shouldn't have to bother with any of the Lifetime/Hallmark crap.

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December 18, 2019 11:52 PM

Ages ago (25 years, maybe) PBS showed Alan Ayckbourn's "Season's Greetings." I recorded it then and have watched it most Christmases since. At this point, I guess it's a bit like comfort food.

It's on YouTube, if anyone wants to have a look.

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December 18, 2019 11:53 PM

I watch the star studded 1994 Nobody's Fool.

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December 19, 2019 12:12 AM

My all time favorite: Scrooged

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December 19, 2019 12:13 AM

Heat Miser gives me LIFE!

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December 19, 2019 12:16 AM

Meet Me in Saint Louis is very charming and colorful.

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December 19, 2019 12:43 AM

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

The Year without a Santa Claus (with Heat Miser and Snow Miser!)

Frosty the Snowman

Dr. Who Christmas special: Last Christmas (with Santa!)

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December 19, 2019 2:46 AM

A Christmas Carol — the 1951 version with Alastair Sim. It’s on YouTube. In the 1960s in NY, WOR’s Million Dollar Movie would show that version twice a day every day in the week leading up to Christmas. I watched that movie a lot.

I also like The Muppet Christmas Carol.

And, yes, A Charlie Brown Christmas and Rudolph.

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December 19, 2019 3:20 AM

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Pee-Wee's Christmas special(s)

A Christmas Carol (the version with George C. Scott)

The Homecoming (TV movie with Patricia Neal; this was forerunner to "The Waltons"

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December 19, 2019 3:26 AM

I don't watch them when broadcasted -- too many commercials! A Christmas Carol with:

Alistair Sim

Mr. Magoo

George C Scott

A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph, It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street (Natalie version) It Happened on 5th Avenue, Meet John Doe

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December 19, 2019 4:46 AM

I didn't even think about the commercials!

I found The Year Without a Santa Claus streaming online so I'll watch it this way! I bet a lot of Christmas classics are online. I can't wait to indulge!!!

Thanks for the recommendations everyone! Keep them coming if you wish! I also DEFINITELY want to watch Krampus! I missed it when it came out, and I loved the director's previous film Trick 'r Treat!

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December 19, 2019 4:58 AM

I want JTT under my tree!

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December 19, 2019 5:01 AM

Polar Express could have been one for the ages had they just waited a couple more years to make it. Still worth watching.

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December 19, 2019 5:08 AM