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One of my favorite things to do during the holiday season is to sit on the couch, grab a big bowl of popcorn, and watch a holiday movie. Sure, I might even start a fire in the fireplace (provided, of course, that I’m not having a weather temp in the 70s). And when I do turn to these holiday films, there are certain ones that I just have to watch:
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Here are a few of my favorite lines:
Bethany: “Is your house on fire, Clark?”
Clark: “No, Aunt Bethany, those are the Christmas lights.”
Oh, Aunt Bethany, I do love you.
Clark: “Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?”
Come on—haven’t we all wanted to take that drive to nowhere with a family member at one point?
Another flick I love…
Scrooged (Bill Murray makes me laugh every year.)
Favorite lines from Frank Cross: “I get it. You’re here to show me my past, and I’m supposed to get all dully-eyed and mushy. Well, forget it, pal, you got the wrong guy!”
And, of course, how could I make a list without It’s a Wonderful Life? And the bit from that movie that always stayed with me?
Clarence: “Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touches so many other lives. When he isn’t around, he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?”
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I love christmas movies. I love chrismas story, home alone 1& 2, elf, grinch who stole christmas, and charlie brown christmas. Some of my favorite lines are:
He looks like a deranged easter bunny
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My all time favorite movie is White Christmas. Love the song sisters because of it. Watched it every year with my Dad and still do and hubby tells the sons just leave mom alone she’s going to cry for a couple of hours and I do because I miss my Dad so much.
My favourite is A Charlie Brown Christmas.
I really like Four Christmases. Its funny and I love Reese Witherspoon. Also Elf… It’s SANTA! I KNOW him!
I enjoy watching The Christmas List … so many others too!
I will go old school I love White Christmas with Bing Crosby. Miracle on 34th St with Natalie Wood and of course: It’s a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart!
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Miracle on 34th Street is one of my favorite Christmas Movies. Thank you for the giveaway.
It’s not really a Christmas movie per say, but Grumpy Old Men with Jack Lemon & Walter Mathaeu which is filmed in the winter always cracks me up. They do celebrate X-Mas in the movie though. That opening blizzard conditions scene while they’re playing the “We’re having a heat wave” song has always stuck with me. Every time we have a huge snowfall or blizzard here, I’m always singing that song, lol.
I love all the kids Christmas movies that come on throughout December. We are watching Shrek the Halls as I write this. I love National Lampoons Christmas vacation of course and Elf. I love all Xmas movies and love the month of December because there are Christmas movies on every night!
Love Christmas movies. Love the Santa Claus and The Polar Express. Can’t wait for the 25 Days of Christmas on ABC Family.
I love the quote from Miracle on 34th Street:
Fred Gailey: Your Honor, every one of these letters is addressed to Santa Claus. The Post Office has delivered them. Therefore the Post Office Department, a branch of the Federal Government, recognizes this man Kris Kringle to be the one and only Santa Claus.
Judge Henry X. Harper: Uh, since the United States Government declares this man to be Santa Claus, this court will not dispute it. Case dismissed. LOL! Bureaucracy in action, LOL!
One of my favorite holidays movies is The Santa Clause, and Home Alone 1 and 2.
White Christmas is my favourite! The best movie quote is from the Hrinch where they talk about ” The Roast Beast”. We even joke every year about it and refer to the turkey as it!
I have a whole list of holiday favorites, but my all time favorite has to be White Christmas!! When I was young, my sister and I would watch and sing together. Now that we are all separated, my son & I watch and sing together! We have a great time!
I think Christmas Vacation is the all time funny movies. But I think the one that always gets to me is It’s A Wonderful Life. I always end up crying and it makes me reflect.
I don’t know that I have one favorite. I really like Miracle on 34th Street, and I also enjoy newer movies, such as While You Were Sleeping, The Santa Clause, Trapped in Paradise, and Home Alone. There are some good ones every year on Hallmark and Lifetime, too.
I really like ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’. I haven’t watched the animated shows like, Rudolph, Frosty, Charlie Brown, etc. in a while but will make an effort this year.
I grew up watching all of the old traditional Christmas movies, and now I refuse to watch them. But my favorite holiday movie is “Christmas Vacation” – it is awesome!
My two favorite Christmas movies is A Christmas Story “I’ll shoot your eyes out” and Christmas Vacation.
Mine is definitely Christmas Vacation. Chevy Chase is absolutely hilarious. My family has watched it so many times and it’s so stupidly funny.
I like the Home Alone movie.
Love Actually and A Muppet Christmas Carol are my favorite Christmas movies ever. I pretty much watch Love Actually year round. I can’t think of any favorite quotes that are appropriate for all audiences lol
So there is so many christmas movies to pick from I love Mickey’s christmas carol, charlie brown christmas, all the claymation christmas movies frosty, jackfrost… as you see i have kids lol but we love watching christmas movies together as a family especially the old ones.
My fav movies are Home Alone 1 & 2, life and advantures of santa clause, the snata clause, mericle on 34th street to name a few
my favourite movie for holiday would be Home Alone 1, 2 & 3. no matter how many times i watch them they never fail to make me laugh! also I’ve watched many different versions of the Christmas carol movies/cartoons, i find them fascinating.
I love Christmas Vacation because that is totally my family at the holidays. My father goes that wacky when it comes to his Christmas decorations. Our family always had the tradition of watching The March of the Wooden Soldiers with Laurel and Hardy. I like odd Christmas themed movies as well like Scrooged, Die Hard and Gremlins. 🙂
A Christmas Story 🙂
I love Love, Actually. It’s not a real christmas movie but I like it….
I love the old xmas cartoons so much I bought the set. But hallmark usually has some great movies. The normally do a new movie a night through the season.
I always watch Its a wonderful Life,Miricle on 34th st. and a movie that I can’t remember the title except its got the word mistletoe and stars Michael Shanks from Stargate (Daniel),they all make me feel so good and happy
I love watching the Muppet Christmas movies, because they always seem to play them on tv either on Christmas or just before, but really any Christmas movies are fun!
I love most of the Christmas movies but my favorite would have to be The Year Without Santa Claus. I love the Miser brothers and at 21 going on 22 I still will turn it up loud and sing along. It’s just not Christmas without that movie.
My Mom and I watch Rudolph every Christmas 🙂
I always watch A Christmas Carol and A Christmas Story. I identified with Ralphie with that line “You’ll shoot your eye out.” I spent my childhood being told I was going to damage myself (and frequently did).
Have to say when Clark says Merry Christmas to his boss and yes men and when Cousin Eddie is cleaning out his septic tank in National Lampoon are my favorite lines.
I love Its a Wonderful Life, it is a must watch for me every year. I also love watching Christmas cartoons with the little man, Rudolph is our favorite.
I am with you Cynthia. My fave holiday movie is Scrooged. I love Bill Murray.
My favorite holiday movies? Home Alone 1 and 2. I really miss Macaulay Culkin’s cute expression 🙂
My favourite holiday movies include It’s a Wonderful Life and Love Actually 😉
Homea. Alone , Brady Christmas, hallarmark movies, love actually
Home alone of course!!! And another would be ” while you we’re sleeping” I’m a romantic.
Christmas on the 34th street!!
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Okay my favorite is The Santa Clause with Tim Allen. It came out when I was still in school and I watch it every year. Next White Christmas, I love the ending. And then I like Meet Me in Saint Louis where Judy Garland sings Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Along with that I like the Family Stone, there are times I feel like SJP did with my in laws everytime I see them
i like love actually, you got mail, sleepless in seattle. the last two are not typical holiday movies but they i watch them pretty much every month because they are awesome (and they have holiday great scenes in them too!)
Love, Actually is my favorite movie for the Christmas season. It has something for everyone and some of the most heartbreaking, funny and romantic moments I can think of all wrapped up into one film.
White Christmas.
I love A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim, It’s A Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th St.
LOL,The one where all he wants is a BB gun (You’re gonna shoot your eye out)And the dad gets that lamp that is a lady’s leg– Can’t remember the title lol
I watch White Christmas every year…I just love this movie 🙂
Christmas Vacation 🙂