essential christmas films

[PaleoDad]

What are your favourite - must watch - christmas films and tv progs?

funny you should ask. i have asked dh to download some for xmas eve

miricle on 34th st.
wonderful life
maybe scrooged - as is funny.

historically:
Wizard of Oz
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Sound of Music.
The 2 Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise Christmas specials.
It wasn't Christmas unless all of them had been on.

Actual Christmas themed films:
Wonderful life
Nightmare before Christmas

Elf
Christmas with the Kranks
Home Alone
Miracle on 34th Street

the christmas story

a christmas claymation

nightmare before christmas

a christmas carol

the nutcracker

Wizard of Oz
Sound of music
Fiddler on the roof

Not exactly Christmassy ones but they used to always be on at Xmas!

It's a Wonderful Life
Wizard of Oz
A Christmas Carol with Alistair Simm as Scrooge
That musical version of Scrooge too...
Oliver! makes me feel v.Christmassy.
White Christmas
Any version of The Little Matchstick girl sob
And The Happy Prince or The Selfish Giant, sob sob
And the Toy Story films do it for me as well...

Quite like Bad Santa now too...

The Snowman
Mary Poppins
Annie
Sound of Music
Elf
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Wizard of Oz
Dumbo

DS1 actually recorded Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for me yesterday on Sky+ even though we have it on DVD He knows the deal by now!

Curly Sue! I was trying to remember the name of it last night, nary a hope in hell, but here it is on the tv now, so adding it in. love the screaming and punching scene that has just happened.