High Quality Holiday Movies

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Christmas Story is our family's tradition. My parents love it so much because they're of that generation and they keep saying it's the most accurate portrayal of the 1940s they've ever seen. Every detail of the house is perfect to the period as are the attitudes and behaviors and clothing. My parents keep laughing over the little brother and his winter coats because they remember the same from their own childhood.

[Anonymous]

When Harry Met Sally is a great Christmas / New Year's movie that isn't about either.

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Anonymous wrote:Christmas Story

this is the correct answer. Always.

[Anonymous]

For watching with kids:

Klaus
Grinch
Arthur Christmas
Charlie Brown
Emmett Otter
Home Alone

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Anonymous wrote:When Harry Met Sally is a great Christmas / New Year's movie that isn't about either.

Great suggestion. You’ve Got Mail is similar.

RIP, Nora Ephron.

[Anonymous]

The Star - an animated version of the biblical Christmas story with a great cast

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Anonymous wrote:Christmas Story is our family's tradition. My parents love it so much because they're of that generation and they keep saying it's the most accurate portrayal of the 1940s they've ever seen. Every detail of the house is perfect to the period as are the attitudes and behaviors and clothing. My parents keep laughing over the little brother and his winter coats because they remember the same from their own childhood.

I agree this is a great movie with one very notable exception - the mother's hairstyle is NOT reflective of that era! No women went around with hair like that in the 40s. It was an 80s-style highly permed hairdo. I love watching the movie but this continuity error nags at me every time I watch it.

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The Holdovers

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Family Stone

I hated this movie so, so much. Maybe I should give it another try. But I would seriously list on the top ten worst movies I have ever seen (including Wild Wild West, Reindeer Games, and others but for some reason those two popped into my head first).

I love The Family Stone. It's ridiculously unbelievable, as well as just ridiculous, in a lot of ways. But hey, it's a holiday movie. I thought the acting was good and it was a feel good movie (FTMP).

My other faves:
White Christmas
It's a Wonderful Life
Elf
A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott version)
A Christmas Story (and the sequel last year was actually quite good, imo, and I'm harsh on sequels)
Love, Actually (Sorry, I love this despite some of the story lines not aging well)

More recent "favorites" on the list:
Almost Christmas (with Danny Glover, Monique, Omar Epps, Gabrielle Union) is funny, sweet, and sad.
Best Man's Holiday (same- sweet, funny, sad)

[Anonymous]

Office Christmas Party! Really funny.

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I always watch

Family Man
Scrooged
The Holiday
While You Were Sleeping

[Anonymous]

Many of our family's favorites are already on the lists folks have posted, so I'll just add:

Arthur Christmas

Very British, animated (from the folks who made "Wallace and Gromit" and "Chicken Run" though it's not stop-motion), and absolutely lovely. Funny and sweet. Check it out in advance if you have young kids who might be thrown by the premise that Santa is a position held by Claus family fathers and sons through the ages. it's a hilarious look at how Santa gets all those gifts delivered in just one night, and what it really means to be Santa Claus!

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Jingle All the Way!

I so love Arnold, in spite of myself...

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All is Bright (2013)

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The last third of, Funny Farm