For me, it’s jingle all the way. It’s got everything. A drunk reindeer. A terrorist mailman. Arnold punching a deer. Arnold punching Sinbad. Arnold punching Santa. Arnold in general.
Edit: sure are a lot of die hard fans of Die Hard.
It’s genuinely Die Hard. Calling it a Christmas movie used to be something I said for fun, but somewhere along the line, watching it at Christmas has become an actual tradition that I look forward to
If you’re the kind of person who counts Die Hard as a Christmas movie, I seriously suggest you watch The Long Kiss Goodnight as a contender. Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson co-starring in a Christmas flavored spy adventure roadtrip.
Here’s a minute and a half to make my point.
I love that movie! :)
Absolutely in the same boat as you. Used to be home alone (1&2) but the past 5 years or so the first Christmas movie I put on is Die Hard and I can’t imagine that changing anytime in the future.
Home alone is a great choice too. Love those ones. Such great comedy, so many good memories of watching it with my family.
It’s like how Star wars movies are Christmas movies.
Not at all.
Die Hard at its heart it is a story of a man trying to bring his family together. His presence in the story is one of traditional family values thrown into a world where they aren’t valued.
Just the fax, ma’am
Have you seen the Star Wars Christmas special?
Unfortunately.
I don’t mean it like that. I’m not trying to meme or anything. Yeah, meming is why I first started watching it at Christmas, but it’s long stopped being about the meme and and debates about whether it’s a Christmas movie.
I watch it every Christmas now because it has become a genuine tradition for me
Yeah same for me with Star wars. I know I’m not the only one, but it’s just fun.
For me it has to be National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, along with other seasonal offerings, Groundhog day, Trading Places, Love Actually, & The Family Stone…
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Honestly it’s one of the few Christmas movies I still really look forward to watching. Not only have I always loved the muppets, but it’s just a really good movie. Micheal Caine is gives it 100% and the story adaptation is really well done. And having Gonzo narrating as Dickens plus Rizzo for breaking tension was pulled off so well.
Hogfather. Based on the Terry Pratchett book of the same name. The hogfather (santa) is missing so Death has to fill in.
The 2006 mini series or the 2007 movie?
I haven’t watched it, but I think the 2007 movie is just a re-airing of the miniseries (which was two parts) as a single part. At least that’s what it seems like looking around the internet.
I’m definitely watching it this holiday. I love Pratchett.
Hear me out: Ernest Saves Christmas
Been quoting lines from this movie for years:
- Every time we see Santa at the mall: (lean it to the wife) “His real name is ‘Santos’”
- Everytime we see a sleigh decoration: “‘Slay’! Not ‘Sleigh’”
- “Call it a fifth sense. Call it extra sensory perspiration.”
- “Right as rain sugar. Pork’s my meat!”
- “It’s all dem movie people want. Poison!”
- “Having walked from the airport, I’ll be dead soon”
- … and much much more
Holy Christmas I thought I was the only one. When he’s talking to Vern in his house, and he’s trying to set the lights up, and while he’s talking to Vern he’s pulling the corn and it’s ripping out of the wall and then it ends up going to the chandelier then he pulls the chandelier but it won’t fall, so he walks away saying he’s going to get some wire cutters. I can’t believe how funny this movie is. And I literally watched it last night too lol.
Can’t believe I don’t see Gremlins anywhere here! The first one is inarguably a Christmas movie.
I love when his mom fires up the blender and when stripe rewires Mrs. Deagle’s stair climber.
8/10 Christmas rating.
Ooh that’s a good one.
A Muppet Family Christmas
It has everything, muppets, sesame street, fraggle rock, songs, jokes, swedish chef. It was my favorite as a kid and still makes me laugh every year.Home Alone. For me, only the first one. The soundtrack is also a legit good Christmas album.
Muppet Christmas Carol. Michael Caine with the straightman performance of the century sharing screentime with Rizzo the rat. Masterpiece from start to finish.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
What’s this?
Tim Burton masterpiece
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas
Thank you for the answer, however I was making a reference from the movie myself :)
OH! Obviously I completely missed that.
I’m upset I had to scroll this far down to find this is my go to movie for Halloween and 🤮mas
sorry I just really fucking hate Christmas
Since it is well established that Die Hard qualifies, by the same criterion so does Gilliam’s Brazil from 1985, and that would be mine, for its gloriously nightmarish dystopia - closely followed by Klaus (2019), which is a far more conventional seasonal tale: an animation with a beautiful style of artwork and a great story.
Klaus was really good, far better than I expected.
Home Alone 2 for me! There is something super cozy about the snowy New York City setting. Especially when I was younger I really appreciated those vibes.
Home alone 2 and gta 4 are the reasons I feel nostalgia whenever I see pictures of NYC. I’m not even from the US and I was a 1 year old the last time I was in New York so I remember nothing
Isn’t it funny how much of an impact film and video games can have on us?
I now reside in the US, but I also have tons of nostalgia from the early 90s American movies even though I wasn’t here at the time.
Alien (1979). When the cryogenic sleep pods open at the beginning it reminds me of those dioramas people do of Baby J, the three wise men etc. The alien is like one of the animals, although a little more aggressive.
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Arthur Christmas (no, not THAT Arthur)
It’s a computer animated film from Aardman Animations, the studio that makes Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, etc. I watch it at least once a year, and every time I do I laugh hysterically, I cry, and I get wrapped up in the action. And, the story has four main characters with four really good arcs.
