let's see if we can find the best Christmas movie ever!

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My favourite is Santa Claus the movie. We watched it in the cinema when I was a little girl, it was my first cinema trip and we ate ice cream in little tubs.

Every year I watch it and enjoy it just as much as I did that first time.

Elf is a close second, then Christmas with the Kranks.

What's your favourite xmas film and why?

National lampoons Christmas vacation. Best film ever. I watch it every Christmas Eve.

Also Nightmare Before Christmas :o

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Best Christmas film ever! Can't believe there aren't more votes for it

Santa Claus the movie - 4
Annabelles Wish - 1
Its a Wonderful Life - 10
Polar Express - 5
Miracle on 34th street - 2
Muppet Xmas carol - 9
Nativity - 1
Home Alone - 3
Elf - 6
Jingle all the way - 2
Love Actually - 6
Christmas tree - 1
A Christmas Carol (jim carrey) - 1
Nation Lampoons christmas vacation - 2
Gremlins - 1
The Snowman - 1
Christmas with the Kranks - 1
Father Christmas - 1
Die Hard - 1
Arthur Christmas - 2
Mickeys Once upon a Christmas - 1
Jack Frost - 1
The Grinch - 2
Scrooged - 1
Lost Christmas - 1
Mickeys Christmas Carol - 1
Nightmare before Christmas - 1

I love the bit about the fourth lobster, I think that was in Love Actually?

Love Actually here for the grownups, they should never have cut so much of Emma Thompson.

For the kids? The Snowman.

Elf all the way!

White Christmas! Watch it every year whilst wrapping presents - such a lovely film.

National lampoons from me

Santa Claus the movie here too. Have just finished watching it again!

Sun 08-Dec-13 17:04:11
Santa Claus the movie - 4
Annabelles Wish - 1
Its a Wonderful Life - 10
Polar Express - 5
Miracle on 34th street - 2
Muppet Xmas carol - 9
Nativity - 1
Home Alone - 3
Elf - 7
Jingle all the way - 2
Love Actually - 7
Christmas tree - 1
A Christmas Carol (jim carrey) - 1
Nation Lampoons christmas vacation - 2
Gremlins - 1
The Snowman - 2
Christmas with the Kranks - 1
Father Christmas - 1
Die Hard - 1
Arthur Christmas - 2
Mickeys Once upon a Christmas - 1
Jack Frost - 1
The Grinch - 2
Scrooged - 1
Lost Christmas - 1
Mickeys Christmas Carol - 1
Nightmare before Christmas - 1

Die Hard. I don't do sentimental, not even at Christmas but I do enjoy a bit of Bruce Willis yippee-kay-yaying.

DGD always had the Marie Osmond Christmas Tree (originally on Video) in his Xmas Eve Hamper.

That has brought back a few memories :)

A muppet Christmas carol. 'We're Marley & Marleeey'. Love it! Also love it's a wonderful life but have to be in the right mood for it, whereas the Muppets will put me into the right mood.

Elf!!!

Just watched Polar Express with the kiddies inspired by this thread - it was good but I don't love it.

I also love Love Actually but why, oh why, did they feel the need to add in the naked body doubles simulating sex???? It just means that it will be ages before I let the DC watch it with me, apart from that section, it's magical. (and have you watched the deleted scenes with the Headmistress? So lovely)

Without a doubt .... Bad Santa.

It's got everything you could ask for - Father Christmas, cute kid who needs looking after, love story. And of course, a moral at the end

Sun 08-Dec-13 17:04:11
Santa Claus the movie - 5
Annabelles Wish - 1
Its a Wonderful Life - 10
Polar Express - 5
Miracle on 34th street - 2
Muppet Xmas carol - 9
Nativity - 1
Home Alone - 3
Elf - 7
Jingle all the way - 2
Love Actually - 7
Christmas tree - 1
A Christmas Carol (jim carrey) - 1
Nation Lampoons christmas vacation - 3
Gremlins - 1
The Snowman - 2
Christmas with the Kranks - 1
Father Christmas - 1
Die Hard - 1
Arthur Christmas - 2
Mickeys Once upon a Christmas - 1
Jack Frost - 1
The Grinch - 2
Scrooged - 1
Lost Christmas - 1
Mickeys Christmas Carol - 1
Nightmare before Christmas - 1
White Christmas - 2

Santa Claus the movie - 5
Annabelles Wish - 1
Its a Wonderful Life - 10
Polar Express - 5
Miracle on 34th street - 2
Muppet Xmas carol - 10
Nativity - 1
Home Alone - 3
Elf - 8
Jingle all the way - 2
Love Actually - 8
Christmas tree - 2
A Christmas Carol (jim carrey) - 1
Nation Lampoons christmas vacation - 3
Gremlins - 1
The Snowman - 2
Christmas with the Kranks - 1
Father Christmas - 1
Die Hard - 2
Arthur Christmas - 2
Mickeys Once upon a Christmas - 1
Jack Frost - 1
The Grinch - 2
Scrooged - 1
Lost Christmas - 1
Mickeys Christmas Carol - 1
Nightmare before Christmas - 1
White Christmas - 2
Bad Santa - 2

I think I'm all caught up..

Is Santa Claus The Movie the one where they have to sing to get the sleigh to rise above Central Park - if so I vote for that one, and that bit
Polar Express also very good and love the traditional Christmas Carol - great to watch together on Christmas Eve. Elf also amusing and festive.
But I guess it's traditional first past the post voting huh, or it could get complicated

It's a Wonderful Life.

Isn't Meet Me in St Louis Christmassy (at some point? maybe the end?). If so, that's a good one too.

And Elf!

I like Bad Santa for those cynical Bah Humbug moments.

Nightmare Before Christmas is brilliant, my DDs aren't quite old enough for it yet.

Elf is ace.

It's a Wonderful Life is a classic.

Scrooged, without a doubt.

Definitely Love Actually in this house!

I love Christmas films! There have been some very corny ones on the telly these last few weekends! I love Santa Claus the movie, and also Patrick Stewart's Christmas Carol (I once saw him do a live performance as a one man show - it was just brilliant!).

No, that's elf. Santa Claus is the one with dudley moore and the lollipops. I'm trying to add all the faves.