I saw a poll on the news this morning which announced the most popular Christmas movie of all time was ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’. It beat ‘Elf’ to the top spot which pleased me no end. If there’s one thing in life I can’t get my head around it’s the love affair people have with Will Ferrell running around New York in a pair of green tights. I don’t find it funny and I don’t find it moving. Zooey Deschanel can’t even save it.
Today’s Christmas question is simply – ‘What is Your Favourite Christmas Movie.’ For me, it’s got to be ‘Home Alone.’ Closely followed by ‘Die Hard.’ And I don’t care what you say, Bruce Willis running around a skyscraper in a vest shooting foreign actors may not be your festive cup of tea, but I’m including it as a Christmas movie. Yippy Yay Aye and all that to you too. I digress. Leave your comments below.
What Is Your Favourite Christmas Movie?
Black Thoughts 
Home alone! All time favourite😁
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Snap!
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Agreed
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Like you, my husband is a “Die Hard” Christmas fan. Me – “White Christmas.” (Bing Crosby singing, “Count Your Blessings…”)
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Classic and favorite
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Got to be Raymond Briggs’ Snowman surely?
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Wouldn’t be my cup of tea ☕️
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A Muppet Christmas Carol
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I preferred Michael Caine in Zulu 😂
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Home Alone, most definitely!
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You have excellent taste 😊
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The Muppet Christmas Carol.
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You’re the second person to nominate it. It came 3rd in the all time list.
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White Christmas…hands down.
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Now that’s a classic!
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Ok, so I swear I am not 5 but my favorites are The Grinch (Original version) and Charlies Brown’s Christmas Story.
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Ok then. You’re 7 😂
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“It’s a Wonderful Life” without a doubt. Although I have to admit that the first time I saw it was in July, 1973. Back then, it wasn’t shown at Christmas, it was practically unknown.
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It’s a magical movie and deserves to be No. 1.
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“Love Actually” I watch it every Christmas and all the times in between. My favorite any time of the year love movie 🙂💕
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I’ve never watched ‘Love Actually.’ Does that make me a bad person?
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No but you should! It’s a feel good, romantic, funny Christmas movie 🙂👍
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Yes. 😊
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How very dare you!
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😂
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Ha!!
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My favourite holiday film is “Love Actually”. I am a Brit and love the ensemble cast that includes the wonderful late Alan Rickman.
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Who also was wonderful in ‘Die Hard.’ 😊
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The Christmas Story is my favorite. Maybe because I was born in the 50’s but I love seeing Christmas through the eyes of this little boy and his family…it always makes me laugh.
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I’ve never heard of that movie. Will have to look out for it.
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I’m surprised A Christmas Story didn’t make more of a showing on this list. You will love it!
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I’ll keep an eye out for it 🙂
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What?! 🙀 I can’t believe it! You have to watch it!
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I’ll keep an eye out for it.
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👍🏼
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Classic, can’t forget the leg lamp. 😆 and when the kid stuck his tongue on the poll. 😆Kids do the darndest things.
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Miracle on 34th Street
Maybe because as a kid I was not allowed to think of Christmas magic, AND I have been to that Macy’s store!
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I’ve never been to New York, but Fionnuala has. Twice 😳
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die hard for sure. on christmas eve every year, i watch bill murray’s “scrooged”. and there’s always time for “it’s a wonderful life”.
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Three solid choices 😊
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Hubster – Die Hard, me – the original Grinch and A Christmas Carol
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I’m with Hubster 😉
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Probably any A Christmas Carol adaptation. However, one I remember fondly from my childhood starred George C Scott.
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There are so many to choose from.
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Any movie version of A Christmas Carol. My son controls the remote so this week we’ve been watching Home Alone, EVERY DAY. He starts with the first one and watches all of them, even the horrible adaptation they made for television. I guess you know what my son’s favorite movie is!
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Ha Ha. Your son has excellent taste 😂
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Love “White Christmas.”
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It’s a classic!
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Oh, and I love the Christmas Ballgowns at the end of the movie. I want one so badly 🙀
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White Christmas and It’s a Wonderful Life are my husband’s favourites. I didn’t grow up with those movies, so while I do kind of enjoy them, they are not my favourites. Although I don’t know why it’s a Christmas movie, I love The Sound of Music. My absolute favourite Christmas shows though are the old TV specials of my childhood: Charlie Brown’s Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (not the Jim Carrey movie). My kids disagree with Die Hard being a Christmas movie, but I say it is! It’s as much a Christmas movie as Last Christmas is a Christmas song. 😉
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Die Hard is a Christmas movie! ‘The Sound of Music’ was one of my father’s favourites.
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You’re speaking my life. Yes I love Sound of Music. I just downloaded the soundtrack. Julie Andrews voice is amazing.
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Multiple favorites. A Muppet Christmas Carol is the required one each year. I watch it before bed on Christmas Eve; sometimes waking up post-credits.
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I never quite got ‘The Muppets’ but it seems a popular choice.
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If I’m watching telly with a roomful of men, it’s Die Hard; and if there is even one woman to back me up, it’s Love Actually every single time. And yes, you MUST watch it! (And you’re not allowed to fancy the horrid office floozie who flirts with Alan Rickman … we all hate her … just sayin’) 😁
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I’ve never seen Love Actually. Is it a girlie film?
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I absolutely love It’s a Wonderful Life, another fav is, of course, A Christmas Carol – the original with Alistair Sims, not one of the remakes. It was a tradition in our house while I was growing up and for me it never gets old. You see I can never pick just one – one other is called One Magic Christmas with Mary Steenburgen – my kids think it’s depressing, but I love it.
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You’re an old fashioned girl at heart, Carol 😊
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I really am LOL …
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Hands down, It’s a Wonderful Life! I also love Home Alone.
P. S. – I’ve given up the fight against Die Hard. Love the movie and now declare it’s a Christmas film.
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You can’t fight Detective John McClean 😂
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How About You and Love Actually are my top two favorites 🙂 I watch them every year. Yeah I never got the whole Elf craze either…
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Elf annoys me sooooooo much 😂
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I’m old enough to remember and love The Sound of Music
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It was one of my father’s favourite films.
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Hi Stephen. My family’s favorite is The Nativity Story, the straight up retelling of the birth of Jesus starting with Elizabeth and Zechariah and ending with Mary, Jospeh and Jesus escaping to Egypt. Ciaran Hinds’ portrayal of King Herod is absolutely wicked, and the three wise men (Melchoir, Balthasar, and Gaspar) provide some great lighthearted moments. But at the end, be sure not to miss the look of dread on Gaspar’s face as he presents the gift of myrrh, an embalming spice, as he realizes what that means for the Christ child. Fun topic!
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Thanks for the recommendation Mike. I’ve never watched that version of the Christmas story.
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Die Hard (obviously(!)) and the absolutely wonderful A Muppet Christmas Carol.
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Bruce yes. Kermit no 😂
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Ah, but what is so good about it is that Mr Micklewhite plays it straight throughout, and the scene where Tiny Tim is dead is really well done. Great drama.
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A Muppets Christmas Carol and White Christmas are two of my favourites
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There are an awful lot of people nominating those two movies. Who’s your favourite Muppets character?
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I personally like Fozzie Bear
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He’s a laugh a minute, that bear 😂
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I agree about the Elf movie. I did enjoy it, but it’s not a must-see for me this time of year. Die Hard is a Christmas classic, well it’s in my post about favorite movies. https://beutiflee.wordpress.com/2018/12/19/best-xmas-movies/
I still feel Harry Potter is a Christmas Movie, too! ☺️
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Great choice. Not so sure about Harry Potter though 😂
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Hey you’ve got Die Hard 🤨 😆
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Love “Die Hard” but I never saw it as a Christmas movie. 😂 (Also, RIP Alan Rkckman.) I think for me it’s “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” (the original animated one) and “White Christmas”.
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Have you seen the new Grinch movie?
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I have not, but I want to. Have you?
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No. But our daughter has. She loved it.
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Elf
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Popular choice.
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Our favorite right now is called “The Star,” a cute, animated family film. I begrudgingly sat through it with my little ones last year, and was delightfully surprised at how much I loved it! It is beautifully done, and one we will watch every year!
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It’s great that you enjoyed the movie as much as the kids. You now have another Christmas tradition to look forward to every year.
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The original Miracle of 34th Street
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Definitely a classic.
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Oh, I always forget the name but it is about a single rich man bribing a single wife and her young daughter to pretend to be his family so he can make a contract deal with this boss and make more money. (The boss makes deals with family men) I also like the Veggie Tales version of Nicholas.
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I can’t say I know the name of that movie, either.
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Yippy ki yay. Die hard is a legit Christmas movie. I also love Christmas vacation.
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Can’t beat Bruce in a vest!
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You haven’t watched Love Actually?!!!!!!!! Every Christmas we watch: Home Alone with the kids plus, Love Actually and definitely Die Hard – have you seen the memes for it? “It’s not Christmas until I see Hans Gruber fall from the Nakatomi Tower” 😂😂😂
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I’m saving that meme lol. No, I’m allergic to Richard Curtis movies 😂
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“Elf” is growing on me, mostly because I have children.
We watched “It’s a Wonderful Life” this year and all LOVED IT. I must have not seen it in a while because I only remember it being in black and white.
I also like “Miracle on 34th Street.”
The other films mentioned are great, too, but I wouldn’t call them favorites.
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Elf grows on me also. Like moss.
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Precisely!
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Home alone, die hard :))
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You have excellent taste 🙂
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I love Bruce sigh 😂😂🎻
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We all do 😊😊
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My favorites include White Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Family Stone. Oh, and The Spirit of Christmas because Thomas Beaudoin is soooo nice to look at 😉
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There are some real classics on that list. Thank you.
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A Christmas Story which plays all day on Christmas. It’s not Christmas unless I hear “you’ll shoot your eye out”
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I just watch this movie. So many people are recommending it.
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