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pleco
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Posted - 12/25/2005 :  07:41:59  Show Profile  Visit pleco's Homepage Send pleco a Private Message
My favorite is "A Christmas Story". Why?

1) Told from a kid's POV

b) No religion injected

3) About a kid's desire to get a certain gift, which is what xmas is all about

d) Funny as all get out

5) FUDGE!

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Dr. Mabuse
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Posted - 12/25/2005 :  08:22:31   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Dr. Mabuse an ICQ Message Send Dr. Mabuse a Private Message
Black Adder's Christmas Carol.

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Chippewa
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Posted - 12/25/2005 :  08:43:06   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Chippewa's Homepage Send Chippewa a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by pleco

My favorite is "A Christmas Story"....


...not to mention "Chinese Turkey", furnace fighting, a sexy lamp and the best tired Santa ever "Ho Ho Hoooh." Great film.

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Subjectmatter
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Posted - 12/25/2005 :  09:44:30   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Subjectmatter a Private Message
The Nightmare Before Christmas because... because it is a very good movie. Watch it you havn't, watch it again if you have!

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H. Humbert
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My favorite Christmas movie is Diehard.

"Now I have a machine gun. Ho Ho Ho." --written on the shirt of a dead terrorist.


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pleco
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Posted - 12/25/2005 :  13:14:34   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit pleco's Homepage Send pleco a Private Message
Damn, I forgot Diehard was set at Christmas time....good choice.

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woolytoad
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Posted - 12/25/2005 :  23:47:33   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send woolytoad a Private Message
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Ricky
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Posted - 12/26/2005 :  18:53:01   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Ricky an AOL message Send Ricky a Private Message
How the Grinch Stole Christmas - the originial cartoon.

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Valiant Dancer
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Posted - 12/27/2005 :  09:53:13   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Valiant Dancer's Homepage Send Valiant Dancer a Private Message
"The Muppets Christmas Carol"

Just for the interplay between Gonzo and Rizzo.

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Although "The Ref" is also set at Christmas.

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Edited by - Valiant Dancer on 12/27/2005 09:54:14
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GeeMack
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Posted - 12/27/2005 :  11:48:44   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send GeeMack a Private Message
The Shop Around the Corner from 1940, with Jimmy Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, and Frank Morgan, is a fun old movie set at Christmas time. It was the movie that set the framework for the more contemporary You've Got Mail, from 1998 with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

You may recall in that recent rendition, which also has some Christmas scenes, Kathleen's bookstore is called "The Shop Around the Corner". This is an obvious reference to the original 1940 film. Although I think You've Got Mail is a cute movie and well done, I have a great appreciation for the presentation style of the older films.

I do like the animated Grinch, and The Christmas Story is a hoot. The Shop Around the Corner gets my vote as one of the greats for some of the same reasons pleco mentioned. Christmas time is the setting for much of the movie, but there's no reference to religion, and it's got some very funny stuff in it.
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Kil
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Posted - 12/27/2005 :  21:37:10   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Kil's Homepage  Send Kil an AOL message  Send Kil a Yahoo! Message Send Kil a Private Message
“Gremlins” is one of my all time favorites. Partly because Santa is killed off in a story told by the female protagonist…

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