Tis the Season
This is a repost of something I came up with last July.
It’s a Wonderful Life
Some films last as classics because they’re old. Some because they’re mind-blowingly great. This one is the latter. Trust Frank Capra. It’s also free on the web for your viewing enjoyment right now.
Scrooged
Bill Murray does TV executive Ebenezer Scrooge! Pure Murray, pure Christmas – they would play this film every year at a Christmas Eve party I attended several times. You may want to consider it too.
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Well of course, as they often play this on the networks during holidays, and it has fond memories lodged in my childhood brain. Again, mind-blowingly great and adds an out of left field component to Christmas.
Bad Santa
She has a Santa Claus fetish, so what can you do? An irreverent, often nasty tale of dumb crime, midgets and a messed-up little porker of a kid.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Danny Elfman, Halloween kidnaps Christmas, Tim Burton, this is legal lsd for kids.
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Okay, for the under 10 crowd, I mean they gotta watch something.
Christmas Vacation
Chevy Chase returns as hapless corporate cog Clark Griswold at the mercy of family, cheap ass bosses and the meanest movie squirrel ever filmed.
Friday After Next
Ice Cube returns with his same shtick, but this time in a Christmas story from the hood. Funny characters and Santa may be picking up rather than dropping off.
A Christmas Story
“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!” Quirky little indie kids tale that made the cut. Some odd observations of American culture in the 50s, and usually loved by all.
Monty Python’s Meaning of Life
“It’s Christmas in heaven, there’s great stuff on TV, the Sound of Music twice an hour and Jaws one, two and three.” Only play this if you want to freak the fuck out of everyone in attendance.
Bonus
Trading Places has a hilarious Christmas moment when wasted Dan Ackroyd in a filthy Santa suit pilfers food and booze from a Christmas party. One of the all-time great drunken roars.
Source:
http://politicalfilm.wordpress.com/2013/12/01/christmas-movies/
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