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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | |  It is once again time for my annual 25 Days of Christmas Marathon. Every year between Dec. 1st and Dec. 25th I am sure to watch at least 1 Christmas Movie, 1 Christmas episode or 1 Christmas Special per day. The way I think I will do it this year... is for the most part... I will continue watching as I normally do. That is TV Show during the the week (Mon. - Thurs.) and Movies during the weekend (Fri. - Sun.)... though there will be exceptions as the mood hits. The Christmas Specials will be thrown in there at any time the mood hits. My Christmas Collection:Movies: 1. An Angel for Christmas (Animated) 2. Black Christmas 3. Black Xmas 4. A Christmas Story 5. The Christmas Tree (Animated) 6. A Christmas Without Snow 7. Don't Open Till Christmas 8. Elf 9. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer 10. Gremlins 11. Home Alone 12. How the Grinch Stole Christmas 13. It's a Wonderful Life 14. Jingle All the Way 15. Miracle on 34th Street (original) 16. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 17. The Nightmare Before Christmas 18. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians 19. The Santa Clause 20. The Santa Clause 2 21. Scrooge (1935) 22. Silent Night, Bloody Night 23. A Very Brady Christmas Specials: 1. Cricket on the Hearth 2. Frosty the Snowman 3. Frosty Returns 4. Frosty's Winter Wonderland (Britt's) 5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Animated) 6. Jack Frost (Animated) 7. Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special 8. The Little Drummer Boy 9. Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol 10. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 11. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys (Britt's) 12. Santa Claus is Coming to Town 13. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Britt's) Plus I have over 120 Christmas Episodes of Various TV Series I can watch!!! | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Where's a Muppet's Christmas Carol  Even though they butchered the film on DVD by cutting out the very reason why Scrooge was so cruel  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | I was never a big fan of the Muppets!  | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
I was never a big fan of the Muppets! Nether im i. I just like the film. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 950 |
| | Posted: | | | | If you get a chance, get Shrek the Halls. I bought it this year as it finally came down in price. Very short (comes in at about 21 mins), but very funny! Helps that I got an orange kitty this year who acts very much like Puss in Boots when he comes to visit in this video.  This will definitely become a yearly tradition with me! This year, I've already watched Shrek the Halls, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (along with Horton Hears a Who), SNL: Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Frosty the Snowman, Frosty Returns, and Darkwing Duck: It's a Wonderful Leaf. Kind of in the mood for Christmas this year. One of the odder ones I watch every year is Pee Wee's Playhouse: Christmas Special. Almost any famous celebrity of the time is in it. It's wacky and fun. | | | | Lori |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
19. The Santa Clause
20. The Santa Clause 2 20.5 The Santa Clause 3 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks for the suggestions... not sure if I will be able to get any more for this year or not. But with any luck!... | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | and if you really want to get sentimental for Christmas and want to enjoy a great musical, widescreen presentation (of my annual favorite) check out Scrooge (1970) with Albert Finney as a wonderful old Ebeneezer and the music is done in fine taste and the 'sets' look to me like they are right out of Oliver from a couple years before .. You can check out three dates of playing the title in December on TCM ... | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry | | | | Last edited: by widescreenforever |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Also there's Santa Claus The Movie I loved it as a kid. Another question i have been wanting to ask what Christmas music get's played on the radio at such during the Christmas period in the US? | | | | Last edited: by ShinyDiscGuy |
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| Registered: May 26, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,879 |
| | Posted: | | | | I will be joining you in your Christmas movie marathon as well! Except I'll be watching them all month, even after Christmas. I hope to watch one something every day.
Christmas Movies:
- Barbie in a Christmas Carol
- Barbie in The Nutcracker
- Benji's Very Own Christmas
- Beyond Tomorrow
- A Christmas Carol (1935)
- A Christmas Carol (1951)
- A Christmas Carol (1999)
- Christmas in Connecticut
- A Christmas Story
- A Christmas Without Snow
- The Holiday
- Holiday Affair
- Holiday Inn
- It Happened on 5th Avenue
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Joyeux Noël
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (though I really think of this more as a Halloween movie...)
- The Polar Express
- Prancer
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Santa Buddies
- Santa Claus (1959)
- Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
- The Search for Santa Paws
- Tokyo Godfathers
- White Christmas
Christmas Specials:
- A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Cricket on the Hearth
- Frosty the Snowman
- Frosty's Winter Wonderland
- The History of Christmas
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- I Want a Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown
- The Little Drummer Boy
- Miracle on 34th Street (1955)
- Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
- The Year Without a Santa Claus
Christmas Music & Ballet DVDs:
- Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration
- A Kilted Christmas with Coyote Run
- The Nutcracker (1977)
- The Nutcracker (1995)
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
Compilations of Christmas Short Films and/or Cartoons:
- A Christmas Past: Vintage Holiday Films 1901-1925
- Hamtaro: A Ham-Ham Christmas
- Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites: Volume 9: Classic Holiday Stories
Christmas TV episodes:
Sherlock Holmes (1955): "The Case of the Christmas Pudding"
I probably have more Christmas episodes, but I have a lot of TV series I haven't watched all the way through yet, and won't be touching those... | | | If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
-- Thorin Oakenshield | | | | Last edited: by Danae Cassandra |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | yay! Always glad to see someone join in!  | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 950 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting FilmAlba: Quote:
Another question i have been wanting to ask what Christmas music get's played on the radio at such during the Christmas period in the US? I'm sure it's different in different areas, but our local station seems to play a little of everything. Classics (Bing Crosby) and newer releases as well. But they seem to get stuck playing the same 50-60 songs over and over again for over a month (starts well before Thanksgiving and goes through Christmas). They play just instrumental music like Mannheim Steamrollers as well. I want to try to watch a lot of my movies this month as well. But I go through phases so one day I'll watch a bunch then not watch for a week. But I do hope to watch a bunch of the ones I haven't gotten to the last couple years. I haven't watched the Santa Clauses recently, plus I just bought a few new ones...Babes in Toyland, Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus, Most Wonderful Time of the Year and yes, I like sappy movies for Christmas! | | | | Lori |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | Here is an example and playlist as well as free log on to this local FM station which has been playing Chrsitmas music 24 hours a day now for at least 10 days so far ...... | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting LJG: Quote:
Quoting FilmAlba:
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Another question i have been wanting to ask what Christmas music get's played on the radio at such during the Christmas period in the US?
I'm sure it's different in different areas, but our local station seems to play a little of everything. Classics (Bing Crosby) and newer releases as well. But they seem to get stuck playing the same 50-60 songs over and over again for over a month (starts well before Thanksgiving and goes through Christmas). They play just instrumental music like Mannheim Steamrollers as well.
I want to try to watch a lot of my movies this month as well. But I go through phases so one day I'll watch a bunch then not watch for a week. But I do hope to watch a bunch of the ones I haven't gotten to the last couple years. I haven't watched the Santa Clauses recently, plus I just bought a few new ones...Babes in Toyland, Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus, Most Wonderful Time of the Year and yes, I like sappy movies for Christmas! So you don't have tracks by Wizard, Slade, Wham, The Pogues ect? |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | I thought about joining in, but unfortunately two of the most anticipated games (for me) have just been released (Fallout: New Vegas and Assassins Creed: Brotherhood) and next week the Tron game is being released. As a result, my movie watching has taken a major hit and my TiVos are filling up. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Still need to fit in some Christmas stuff before the month is over! Get the chance to even get one or two titles watched... feel free to post about them! | | | | Pete |
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