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MNHQ HERE: Tell us your favourite family Christmas film of all time! [RESULTS ARE IN!]

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LilyMumsnet · 07/11/2019 15:38

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MNHQ HERE: Tell us your favourite family Christmas film of all time! [RESULTS ARE IN!]
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Flube · 07/11/2019 20:44

Muppets Christmas Carol

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 07/11/2019 20:43

Probably White Christmas, I love old musicals.

Nativity is very good too, but I sometimes cry!

We like Mrs Santa Claus (with Angela Lansbury) too. It was made for tv, but it is very good.

m0jit0 · 07/11/2019 20:35

It's a wonderful life

DecomposingDurannie · 07/11/2019 20:34

Muppet Christmas Carol of course!

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 07/11/2019 20:26

I remember Narnia on tv when I was little so it’s not that ‘new’!

Liz79 · 07/11/2019 20:23

Christmas chronicles is the new classic, otherwise miracle on 34th street

BeardofZeus · 07/11/2019 20:14

Surely National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is the winner? The drama, the family feuds, the meal, the SLEDGING!??! I laugh until I cry

OctoberLovers · 07/11/2019 20:11

Christmas chronicles

BridgetJonesDaiquiri · 07/11/2019 20:02

Santa Claus the Movie - the 80s one with Dudley Moore. Watched it every year as a kid in the 90s and every year since- I remember it was on BBC usually at some point on Christmas Eve. Still gives me a warm nostalgic glow now at 34. Can't wait to introduce my two girls to it (they're 2.5 and 10 weeks currently so a little young but soon!)

FinnBalorsAbs · 07/11/2019 19:49

Muppet Christmas Carol.

DuckWillow · 07/11/2019 19:46

Too many.

A huge favourite is Christmas Vacation.

We also love Elf 😁

MilkLady02 · 07/11/2019 19:29

Definitely Home alone! I feel like I know the script by heart!

onitlikeacarbonnet · 07/11/2019 19:26

Home Alone.
No question at all in my mind.
Gets watched all year round in our house (and not just by the dc Grin)

But it’s our Christmas Eve tradition to watch Tom and Jerry The night before Christmas. It’s 10 minutes of Christmas magic and not a word spoken. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy and very often makes me sob.
It’s not a film but it deserves a mention.

PianoTuner567 · 07/11/2019 19:21

The Muppets Christmas Carol!

‘There is the door. You may use it’

RamsayBoltonsConscience · 07/11/2019 19:17

Muppet Christmas Carol!

Fizzypoo · 07/11/2019 19:08

Scrooged with Bill Murphy

I love that film so much.

ShagMeRiggins · 07/11/2019 19:08

It’s a Wonderful Life. In black and white.

Very closely followed by A Christmas Story, which I’m not sure really made it in the UK. Brilliantly funny rendition of Christmas in 1940s America.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=HW4IZ0Flh3M

Mickhasnotorso · 07/11/2019 19:06

Elf!!!!

stargirl1701 · 07/11/2019 19:05

How the Grinch Stole Christmas - the 1960s animation produced by Dr Seuss. Classic.

GenuineKlatchianPottery · 07/11/2019 19:02

The Hogfather
We watch it every year Smile

AdaColeman · 07/11/2019 19:01

The Life of Brian is a Christmas Eve must, here.

ItWasCold · 07/11/2019 18:59

Muppet Treasure Island every year for us!

FlipFlopCottonTail · 07/11/2019 18:56

Elf Grin but jingle all the the way is good too I'm torn.

MagentaRocks · 07/11/2019 18:55

Scrooge with Alistair Sim. Love it. It is the start of Christmas when we watch that.

Dementedswan · 07/11/2019 18:54

We all loved the christmas chronicles on Netflix. But favourite classic has to be santa claus the movie.