21 Days Til Christmas
Posted by: Denelle
Hard to believe isn't it?
One of my favorite things about the Christmas season are the holiday movies that are only played once a year between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
I count among my fondest memories the time I spent sitting in my grandparents living room, as close to the heat vent as I could get, watching those movies. As a result (and in the spirit of the top 10 list that we love so much here on Collideoscope) I bring to you:
Top Ten Holiday Movies of All Time
10. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - the claymation version, complete with Burl Ives' rendetion of the song.
9. A Christmas Story - "You'll shoot your eye out." Enough said.
8. The Polar Express - great book turned into a vivid visual experience, this one also gets points for having the wonderful and original Josh Groban song "Believe".
7. Scrooge (1951 version)/How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated) - it's a tie, I can't help it, I love them both . . . "God bless us everyone" vs. "stink, stank, stunk" how do you choose?
6. A Charlie Brown Christmas - how can you not love this story about a Christmas tree that only a boy like Charlie Brown could love and the beautiful and true meaning of Christmas.
5. It's a Wonderful Life - believe it or not, I only saw this movie all the way through for the first time last year. Thus, it's middle placement on the list. While it's a good movie and I love Jimmy Stewart there are others that I still think are better.
4. Miracle on 34th Street - the original with Natalie Wood - not the silly remake from a few years ago. Of all of the movies I watched as a kid with my grandparents this is the one I remember the most. I especially love it now that I live in NY and have a visual to place with everything.
3. Holiday Inn - one of my dearest friends would argue with me and say this deserves the number one spot. However, I disagree and while it is one my favorites nothing beats my number one choice. Did you know this movie was the first time the song "White Christmas" was ever recorded?
2. Home Alone - a classic no matter how you look at it. I have so many "favorite" scenes that I can't even begin to list them. I'm not sure who made the decision to continue the franchise after the first movie but it was an unfortunate decision.
1. White Christmas - hands down the best Christmas movie out there and long my favorite movie no matter what time of year (much to the chagrin of my dad who can often be heard groaning "not again" whenever he sees it playing in the DVD). I could probably quote the entire thing beginning to end.
**honorable mention goes to Meet Me In St. Louis which is not a Christmas movie per se but which has a wonderful Christmas scene.
Hard to believe isn't it?
One of my favorite things about the Christmas season are the holiday movies that are only played once a year between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
I count among my fondest memories the time I spent sitting in my grandparents living room, as close to the heat vent as I could get, watching those movies. As a result (and in the spirit of the top 10 list that we love so much here on Collideoscope) I bring to you:
Top Ten Holiday Movies of All Time
10. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - the claymation version, complete with Burl Ives' rendetion of the song.
9. A Christmas Story - "You'll shoot your eye out." Enough said.
8. The Polar Express - great book turned into a vivid visual experience, this one also gets points for having the wonderful and original Josh Groban song "Believe".
7. Scrooge (1951 version)/How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated) - it's a tie, I can't help it, I love them both . . . "God bless us everyone" vs. "stink, stank, stunk" how do you choose?
6. A Charlie Brown Christmas - how can you not love this story about a Christmas tree that only a boy like Charlie Brown could love and the beautiful and true meaning of Christmas.
5. It's a Wonderful Life - believe it or not, I only saw this movie all the way through for the first time last year. Thus, it's middle placement on the list. While it's a good movie and I love Jimmy Stewart there are others that I still think are better.
4. Miracle on 34th Street - the original with Natalie Wood - not the silly remake from a few years ago. Of all of the movies I watched as a kid with my grandparents this is the one I remember the most. I especially love it now that I live in NY and have a visual to place with everything.
3. Holiday Inn - one of my dearest friends would argue with me and say this deserves the number one spot. However, I disagree and while it is one my favorites nothing beats my number one choice. Did you know this movie was the first time the song "White Christmas" was ever recorded?
2. Home Alone - a classic no matter how you look at it. I have so many "favorite" scenes that I can't even begin to list them. I'm not sure who made the decision to continue the franchise after the first movie but it was an unfortunate decision.
1. White Christmas - hands down the best Christmas movie out there and long my favorite movie no matter what time of year (much to the chagrin of my dad who can often be heard groaning "not again" whenever he sees it playing in the DVD). I could probably quote the entire thing beginning to end.
**honorable mention goes to Meet Me In St. Louis which is not a Christmas movie per se but which has a wonderful Christmas scene.
Definitely "Meet Me In St Louis," and for that matter, I personally think Christmas time is a great excuse to watch every cheesy movie ever made.
Posted by
Liz |
Mon Dec 04, 08:56:00 AM 2006
Regarding Home Alone, I think the second one is also good (those of us who don't live in New York really enjoy the scenery) but after that, I agree that the franchise went in the toilet.
Other than that, it's a pretty comprehensive list. Well done.
Posted by
Don |
Mon Dec 04, 02:29:00 PM 2006
I simply adore "It's a Wonderful Life." Jimmy Stewart is so cute. And, don't worry, I could probably quote the script of "White Christmas" right along with you. :-)
Posted by
chantell |
Tue Dec 05, 08:19:00 AM 2006