Tell us about the holiday TV classics you used to watch on the couch with your folks when you were a kid. Got any facts and stories that relate to them?

To kick things off, I'll talk about Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. I watched a lot of Christmas specials on a regular basis when I was still a little guy, but I had a lot of clear and fond memories with this one. I liked how the fur trees looked in it because the looked more like stacked umbrellas than actual trees.

Oh I always watch a different version of A Christmas Carol since there are soooooo many. We usually watch the either the 1970 musical, the 1938 version, or the Muppet version.

Yeah not a TV special but it's something we watch every year. It's Charles Dickens' best story.

Ever watched the version featuring the richest duck in the world, Koopaul?

Miracle on 34th street is a very good family movie, have to watch it again

And also, Home Alone 1 and 2 are always so fun to watch, it doesnt matter who you are or how old you are.. is there anyone that doesnt like these movies?

I'm always up to watch the first two Home Alone films! ….Just don't mention the sequels, though.

die hard and die hard 2 are the greatest christmas films

The Ref is a favorite of mine and a bit of an underrated gem in my opinion; the vile, petty hatred between the family is just so beautiful to watch. And as with Koopaul, I enjoy me some Christmas Carol: my go-tos are usually the Muppets one and (as of recent) the CG Disney one. The Rankin Bass specials are corny, but I always get a kick out of those; my favorites being Santa Claus is Coming to Town and The Year Without a Santa Claus.

Oh, and how has nobody else yet mentioned A Christmas Story, possibly the most quotable Christmas movie ever made?

(also, gonna second the first two Die Hard movies)

(12-06-2013, 03:37 PM)E-Man Wrote: I'm always up to watch the first two Home Alone films! ….Just don't mention the sequels, though.

*shudder*

My only biggest complaint with the Rankin/Bass specials are that the animation is choppy. Even though they are timeless and lovable, they could have taken a few lessons from Disney (when it was still about animation instead of cheesy sitcoms and teen idols) to learn how to animate better.

Still, I wouldn't blame them for the animation, though. If you watched documentaries on stop-motion animation, you would know that it is more time consuming than most forms of animation. Heck! It's pretty impressive that a certain Halloween/Christmas film is able to be animated so fluently considering how much effort is needed to create stop-motion films.

I usually watched the Grinch(both original and movie), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and the House of Mouse Christmas special. I still watch those(except for the third one, but I might this year). ^^

(12-10-2013, 12:15 AM)ImSpidey2 Wrote: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Holy fuck, I knew was forgetting something big on my list. Nothing short of comedy gold.

WE ARE FORGETTING A YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS HERE PEOPLE

The Muppets Christmas Carol is the only holiday movie I watch. Whoops.

The Santa Clause movies have been on TV here, the third (The Escape Clause) is coming tonight. The Grinch is also coming next week, been a while since I watched that.

There isn't really a consistent list that we watch though, we just watch whatever comes on TV.

yeah I actually remember liking the Santa Clause movies too. Mainly because Bernard. He was the best elf and I was SO MAD when he wasn't in the 3rd one.