Christmas Movies

[sczos911]

We are trying to expand our collection of movies. We have all 3 Santa Clauses, the Grinch (animated), Phineas and Ferb, Elf & National Lampoons (not for kids, obv.). We have DVR-ed Rudolph & Santa Clause is Coming to Town. We are getting Home Alone, but I know I am missing some GREAT Christmas Movies.

What is in your stash?

[YepBrook]

Some of my favorites:

Muppet Family Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas
A Christmas Story
It's a Wonderful Life
Little Women ( not technically a Christmas movie, but I tend to watch it every Christmas)
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (Jim Carrey version)
Elf
Home Alone (the first one)
A Very Merry Fraggle Holiday
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (stop-motion animation version)
The Polar Express

[pewtertm]

Miracle on 34th Street (we like both versions)
The Toy that Saved Christmas (Veggietales)
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
The Bishop's Wife/The Preacher's Wife
A Christmas Story
Elf
White Christmas
Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Polar Express
Scrooged
Shop Around the Corner
Charlie Brown Christmas
Santa Paws & Santa Buddies (haven't seen then but prob will this year since kiddo is asking)

and not really Christmas-themed, but I always watch them at Christmastime:
Little Women
LOTR trilogy

[pewtertm]

There's a LOOOONG list here that you can go through to see if anything appeals:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christmas_films

[nesser1981]

This is what we have.
http://pinterest.com/nesser1981/our-...vie-tradition/

[mariewilcox]

We're thin on Christmas movies but we do have:

Polar Express
Santa Clause 1, 2, and 3
The Dog Who Saved Christmas
Scrooged
And a bunch of the TV classics that we've taped over the years: Grinch, Charlie Brown, Rudolph, Frosty, Shrek, Mickey's Christmas, etc.

[Jenn Barrette]

As a family we watch:
Elf
Muppet Family Christmas
Polar Express
Nightmare Before Christmas

We also have:
Frosty the Snowman
Winnie The Pooh Christmas movie
Nick and Noel

[Shawna]

I had to go look through our DVD collection cause I couldn't remember exactly which movies we had!

We have:
A Christmas Story
Elf
Four Christmases
Polar Express
The Original Christmas Classics set (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus is Comin' To Town plus 4 others)
Merry Madagascar
The Penguins Whacked Out Holiday
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (we never watch this one though, not sure why we still have it lol)

We also love the three Santa Clause movies and Christmas Vacation so we need to buy those! The kids also love Santa Buddies, The Search for Santa Paws, Home Alone, Home Alone 2 and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

[Jennilyn]

I buy at least 1 Christmas DVD every year so I have a long list. I still need to get Surviving Christmas & Christmas With the Kranks, but they are normally on TV every year anyway.

A Christmas Story
Home Alone 1 & 2
Elf
A Christmas Carol
Bad Santa
Mickey's Christmas Carol
While You Were Sleeping
Family Man
The Ref
The Grinch
Santa Clause 1, 2 & 3
Miracle on 34th Street (old & new)
Polar Express
Christmas Vacation
One Magic Christmas
Scrooged
Shrek the Halls
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
Barbie: A Perfect Christmas
Barbie: The Nutcracker
Barbie: A Christmas Carol
My Little Pony Christmas
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Frosty the Snowman
Frosty Returns

[breakingbrie]

some I love that aren't kids movies are The Family Stone and Home For The Holidays... love disfunctional family holiday movies! lol

[xboxmom]

I am with Jenn, I love me some Nightmare before Christmas!!! Plus all the classics.

[robinforman]

Not for kids, but my fave holiday movie is Love Actually

[rachaelsscraps]

I started a thread here a while back, maybe some other suggestions are on it

[KimberlyMorris]

White Christmas is my all time favorite if for no other reason than this scene alone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpC-dZpD7eI

[carriesmom]

We have a few but we are slowly expanding the collection:

White Christmas
Holiday Inn
Love Actually
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Muppet Christmas Carol
A Dora Christmas (Cringe!!)
Mickey Christmas Sing a long
Thomas Holiday Special

[cindys732003]

I have been wanting to watch Nightmare before Christmas....do the kids love it? Is it at all scary for littler ones (6-8 years)?

[sczos911]

oh! thanks. DH picked up Planes, Trains & Automobiles as well for us.

Cindy - it's odd, but not too scary. My girls watched it a while back - did not "get" it, but it is one I think we may need to get.

[adrianka]

Originally Posted by cindys732003

I have been wanting to watch Nightmare before Christmas....do the kids love it? Is it at all scary for littler ones (6-8 years)?

I think the danger here is not so much getting scared (it's more cute than scary), but being too post-modern for kids. Like they could miss most of the fun because some jokes can't be appreciated until you've had some experience. Still I think it's fun enough for kids, too. I saw it in theatre several times and the adults had deffo more fun then kids, but that's basically true about most really good ones (like Finding Nemo, even though it's a completely different kind of film). Other than that I'd say it's pretty safe. My fave, BTW. :-)