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Films you watch every Christmas......

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What films do you watch every year , over the Christmas period, that have nothing to do with Christmas ?

Mine are :

Uncle Buck
Bugs Bunny Road Runner Movie
The Great Outdoors
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  • VolVol Posts: 2,393
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    I always watch the Lotr trilogy around 20-24th December, the only association with Xmas they have is that the movies were released in the theatres around that time iirc.
  • bodderzbodderz Posts: 1,245
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    Muppet Christmas Carol
    Santa Claus (With Dudley Moore)
    Home Alone

    Special mention for 'The Snowman' :)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 583
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    Sweeney Todd is a recent addition to my Christmas schedule and I'm not quite sure why. Forrest Gump, Titanic, Dragonheart and The Blues Brothers are also in there.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 33
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    The Wizard of Oz
    Pinocchio
    Big
    Planes Trains and Automobiles
    Ghostbusters
    Back to the Future (usually all 3)
    Gremlins
  • mr mugglesmr muggles Posts: 4,601
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    For some weird reason, I always watch Close Encounters Of The Third Kind at chrimbo. Always makes me feel festive, maybe its to do with the mothership at the end, looking like a vast xmas decoration, coupled with the song 'when You Wish Upon A Star'.
  • You_moYou_mo Posts: 11,334
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    I still see Christmas movies as The Wizard of Oz, The Poseidon Adventure and Towering Inferno! That was the movies that were on every year when I was a kid. My OH must have White Christmas and It's a Wonderful Life over the festive period.
  • oh viennaoh vienna Posts: 1,185
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    Home Alone (original)
    It's A Wonderful Life
    Jingle All the Way
    Miracle on 34th Street (both versions)
    Prancer
    The Muppet's Christmas Carol

    Then there are non-seasonal films like Mary Poppins, The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind, and My Fair Lady that always used to be on TV during the festive period, although not so much in recent times.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 674
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    Every year, I have a day where I put up my tree, wrap all my pressies and then settle in with a bottle of wine or two, some good food and watch "It's a Wonderful Life". Then every Christmas Eve, I watch Elf (the only good film Will Ferrall ever made - I thought I would hate it, but ended up loving it).

    This year, I have also got White Christmas and the musical version of Scrooge (with Albert Finney) to watch.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,926
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    I've watched The Muppet Christmas Carol ever Christmas Eve witthout fail for atleast 15 years. I've watched Home Alone every year since it came out on video (1991) usually when I go and see my parents before Christmas as my Dad seems to find it funnier than me. It's A Wonderful Life, The Santa Clause, Die Hard and Scrooged all get yearly airings and have done for a very long time. Elf has joined the yearly rotation in recent years.
  • Margo ChanningMargo Channing Posts: 5,240
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    Batman Returns
  • LudwigVonDrakeLudwigVonDrake Posts: 12,836
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    National Lampoon's Christmas
  • LinusJLinusJ Posts: 438
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    Elf
    Polar Express
    Scrooged
    Love Actually
    Bernard and the Genie
    Muppet Christmas Carol
    Christmas in Boston
    Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 155
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    bodderz wrote: »
    Muppet Christmas Carol
    Santa Claus (With Dudley Moore)
    Home Alone

    Special mention for 'The Snowman' :)
    Scubamonkey wrote: »
    Every year, I have a day where I put up my tree, wrap all my pressies and then settle in with a bottle of wine or two, some good food and watch "It's a Wonderful Life". Then every Christmas Eve, I watch Elf (the only good film Will Ferrall ever made - I thought I would hate it, but ended up loving it).

    This year, I have also got White Christmas and the musical version of Scrooge (with Albert Finney) to watch.
    Smerph wrote: »
    I've watched The Muppet Christmas Carol ever Christmas Eve witthout fail for atleast 15 years. I've watched Home Alone every year since it came out on video (1991) usually when I go and see my parents before Christmas as my Dad seems to find it funnier than me. It's A Wonderful Life, The Santa Clause, Die Hard and Scrooged all get yearly airings and have done for a very long time. Elf has joined the yearly rotation in recent years.
    LudwigVonDrake wrote: »
    National Lampoon's Christmas
    LinusJ wrote: »
    Elf
    Polar Express
    Scrooged
    Love Actually
    Bernard and the Genie
    Muppet Christmas Carol
    Christmas in Boston
    Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

    Bless you all but please read post # 1. ;)
  • hurrikane313hurrikane313 Posts: 2,265
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    Scrooged and Planes, trains and automobiles.
  • SteelEdgeSteelEdge Posts: 6,903
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    No mention of Bad Santa?? Shame on you all!

    My list of Xmas viewing goes:

    Die Hard
    Nightmare Before Christmas
    Muppet Christmas Carol
    Bad Santa
    Elf

    And I usually try and watch the Xmas episodes of Bottom, The Office, and Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge (Knowing Me Knowing Yule :D ) as well.
  • Matt DMatt D Posts: 13,153
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    mr.Burns wrote: »
    What films do you watch every year , over the Christmas period, that have nothing to do with Christmas ?

    Mine are :

    Uncle Buck
    Bugs Bunny Road Runner Movie
    The Great Outdoors


    Nothing to do with Christmas? Ah, makes a change from the usual "Christmas movies" thread.



    The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy (Extended)

    Blade 1 & 2

    X-Men 1 & 2


    And sometimes other trilogies or franchises.

    I watch them around Christmas simply because of the holiday meaning I have time to watch multiple related films.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,282
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    Wall-E.
  • ruddigerruddiger Posts: 2,183
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    SteelEdge wrote: »
    No mention of Bad Santa?? Shame on you all!

    My list of Xmas viewing goes:

    Die Hard
    Nightmare Before Christmas
    Muppet Christmas Carol
    Bad Santa
    Elf

    And I usually try and watch the Xmas episodes of Bottom, The Office, and Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge (Knowing Me Knowing Yule :D ) as well.

    Shame on you for not reading what the thread was actually about :p

    Mine would be ....

    Dances with Wolves
    Casablanca
    Gone with the Wind
    Wizard of Oz
  • Danger CloseDanger Close Posts: 3,281
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    Star Wars - A New Hope
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 674
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    mr.Burns wrote: »
    Bless you all but please read post # 1. ;)

    I generally only watch Christmas films every year around Christmas, so for me, I can't name films I watch over Christmas every year which are nothing to do with Christmas. Yes, I do watch other (non Christmas) films over the Christmas period, but nothing that I watch every year without fail, My only repeated annual viewing is Christmas themed films. :)
  • k0213818k0213818 Posts: 5,916
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    Die Hard







    ... What, it's a christmas film.
  • bruce9651bruce9651 Posts: 96
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    I always watch over the Christmas
    Christmas theme:
    The Muppets Christmas Carol
    Scrooge (1951)
    Miracle On 34th Street (90s version)

    Non Christmas theme
    The Great Escape
    LOTD extended
    Zulu
    Ben Hur
  • gerry dgerry d Posts: 12,518
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    mr.Burns wrote: »
    What films do you watch every year , over the Christmas period, that have nothing to do with Christmas ?


    I try & watch Planes,Trains & Automobiles every year over the Christma period.The first time i saw this film was back in the early 90's & i'm sure it was on BBC1.I know it was shown a few days before Christmas Eve.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,914
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    James Bond anything with humour in after unwrapping disappointing presents the mood needs uplifting.
  • degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Not christmas but my and a few mates have made it a tradition to watch Kung Pow on New Year's morning after getting in from the pub/house parties.
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