No, not an elimination game, just a festive thread to share your favourite Christmas films and argue about whether Die Hard counts.
What films are your traditional rewatches?
Every year my family rewatches most of these:
(although we shun the GODAWFUL Home Alone 4, Home Alone 5 occasionally gets an outing and the terrible terrible reboot with Aisling Bea doesn’t even get uttered).
Possibly my favourite of all time is:
And 2 usually gets an outing along with rocks but NEVER #3 Dude Where’s My Donkey.
Obviously we also watch this:
And for years when our kids were younger we watched this and we still crave watching it.
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shauny
19 December 2024 14:32
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Muppets Christmas Carol is the best adaptation of that story by a mile!
Other than that, I don’t tend to watch many Christmas movies. I might watch Home Alone if it’s on TV.
This year I’m going to rewatch all of Wallace and Gromit in anticipation of the new one!
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Tian
19 December 2024 14:33
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My wife and I watched Twas the Text Before Christmas. It was not my favorite but it was a Christmas movie…
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Tian
19 December 2024 14:34
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Why do you rewatch Home Alone 3. It is just bad!
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I think I might be looking forward to the new Wallace and Gromit more than I am Doctor Who! The return of Feathers McGraw and it’s an hour long!!
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The kids still like that one. It’s not as awful as 4 or the recent Disney+ reboot.
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Well, I like Home Alone, but my wife loathes it, so I rarely watch it. The Disney+ reboot is utter garbage.
Die Hard is another great. And it’s definitely a Christmas movie!
The Swedish comedy In Bed With Santa is another favourite, and we have watched it this year already.
It’s A Wonderful Life is very lovely as well.
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OMG that title! Looks like a complete cheesefest.
I saw this, was fun watching with a couple friends but I would not call it a good movie.
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Tian
19 December 2024 14:41
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I mostly remember that it had a cool remote-controlled car and that it was bad. I have not seen any after 3. But I did see this yesterday:
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Tian
19 December 2024 14:42
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What is that?
I sent this to my wife yesterday:
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Tian:
What is that?
Tomten är far till alla barnen
Oh, and Love Actually is one my wife and I often watch. It’s cheesy but lovely.
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I love the obvious one, Muppet Christmas Carol.
This is great.
& if you like Die Hard, Under Siege etc then this is a must watch.
When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.
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shauny
19 December 2024 14:52
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MrColdStream:
It’s A Wonderful Life
Oh yes I’ve never actually seen this and I have it on my to-watch list this Christmas!
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Tian
19 December 2024 15:01
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That is a better name for it
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My family often watches National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
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itits
19 December 2024 15:14
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not a christmas dog, but i do engage enough to have seasonal watches of the wallace & gromit films and muppets christmas carol.
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Jae
19 December 2024 16:01
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I haven’t had time to watch these yet this year, but we always watch der kleine Lord (Little Lord Fauntleroy)
and drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel, sort of a Cinderella adaptation, around Christmas
I really hope I can still fit them in this year
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I tend to answer Die Hard because it’s funny and that film is near perfect.
But the best Christmas movie is It’s a Wonderful Life , utterly beautiful film.
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I’ve never watched It’s a Wonderful Life.
I have, however, seen It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie which is basically the same story - and not brilliant.
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