Xmas on the Tube

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:22 am

What are the must-watch videos? If you hate Xmas, take it somewhere else. Not everyone considers it a religious holiday, and you don't have to one-up everyone by what a secular hipster you are. Besides, this is about high caliber film/TV with an Xmas theme. Not about the holiday itself.

Die Hard
Peep Show Xmas Episode
Seinfeld: Xmas/Festivus episode

Aleksei · Post by **Aleksei** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:58 am

Charlie Brown.

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:06 am

Not really Christmas unless you watch Die Hard.

trap15 · Post by **trap15** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:12 am

Obviously Die Hard.

Gespenst · Post by **Gespenst** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:22 am

Gundam: War in the Pocket for us mechafags.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:46 am

Definitely Die Hard so far.
I actually got the BluRayz not long ago.

null1024 · Post by **null1024** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:56 am

I'm so glad that everyone here is good enough to have mentioned Die Hard already. It's really the perfect Christmas movie.

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 6:23 am

GaijinPunch wrote:Definitely Die Hard so far.
I actually got the BluRayz not long ago.

What, you can't watch Die Hard on Blu Ray.

VHS for full nostalgia.

rancor · Post by **rancor** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 6:39 am

Not a movie, but it ain't Christmas without Run D.M.C.

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:17 am

For me, this is obligatory:

Gozer · Post by **Gozer** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:09 am

GaijinPunch wrote: Die Hard
Peep Show Xmas Episode
Seinfeld: Xmas/Festivus episode

Merry Christmark!

I break out a box of VHS tapes containing Christmas specials I recorded off TV back in 80's. It even has the old commercials. It's a tradition for me.
A Claymation Christmas Celebration
Charlie Brown Christmas
Garfield Christmas
A Christmas Story

emphatic · Post by **emphatic** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 10:16 am

Trading Places
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Gremlins

PAPER/ARTILLERY · Post by **PAPER/ARTILLERY** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 10:29 am

Muppets Christmas Carol
Scrooged
Die Hard

That's the Christmas trifecta for me. I also find this board's lack of Muppets love disturbing.

charlie chong · Post by **charlie chong** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:55 pm

star wars christmas special to leave you with brain damage

drauch · Post by **drauch** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:20 pm

Silent Night Deadly Night and Black Christmas.

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:59 pm

Muppet Family Christmas - It's on youtube, the DVDs have songs edited out
American Dad - "For Whom the Sleigh Bells Toll" and "Rapture's Delight"
The Junky's Christmas

Edit: I almost forgot Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas. Total classic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ3cWWNXBHg

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:11 pm

Muppet Xmas on Youtube sounds like a good thing to loop while I work tomorrow. Japanese Xmas = steaming turd. You've never seen so many boats missed in your life.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:48 pm

Would Batman Returns count?

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:00 pm

Honestly, I enjoy watching with my wife the sappy holiday movies this time of year on channels like Hallmark and Lifetime, especially when the lead female character is hot. They're pretty much all the same, so no particular titles come to mind.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:30 pm

Gremlins.

Jonst · Post by **Jonst** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:37 pm

Empire strikes back
Indiana jones and the temple of doom
Jason and the argonauts

Leandro · Post by **Leandro** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 10:24 pm

BulletMagnet wrote:Would Batman Returns count?

it would to me. Would Home Alone 1 and 2 count?

shmuppyLove · Post by **shmuppyLove** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 12:49 am

I am shocked.

Only one mentiond of A Christmas Story?

Truly a modern classic.

trap15 · Post by **trap15** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 12:52 am

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:30 am

shmuppyLove wrote:I am shocked.

Only one mentiond of A Christmas Story?

Truly a modern classic.

I tried to explain this movie to an Aussie last night. I don't think it had quite the cultural impact there as it did here.

Oh, and this guy officially won Halloween.

Wow, so wrong on many levels...

jasoncslaughter · Post by **jasoncslaughter** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 4:00 am

drauch wrote:Silent Night Deadly Night and Black Christmas.

Yes. And in the lead up to Christmas, don't forget Thankskilling. It's painfully bad, but kind of entertaining at the same time.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 5:02 am

I hadn't been able to really appreciate it for a long time, but George C. Scott's version of "A Christmas Carol" is a classic.

Gotta see Scrooged still.

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:25 pm

I saw Scrooged a few weeks ago. It has some good parts, but by the end it devolves into complete nonsense.

drauch · Post by **drauch** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 5:48 pm

I wound up watching Corbucci's The Great Silence. Not necessarily a Christmas movie, but it's set in the snowy mountains with an extremely bleak tone. Perfect Christmas.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:04 am

I know a little late to the party, but here are some I like:

A Charlie Brown Christmas
A Christmas Carol (various versions, including Mickey Mouse and Mr. Magoo)
A Christmas Flintstone (episode of season 5, better than the specials)
A Garfield Christmas
Batman the Animated Series episode Christmas With The Joker
Chipmunk Christmas
Die Hard
Elf
Gremlins
Home Alone
Holiday Inn
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Chuck Jones animated)
It's a Wonderful Life
Nightmare Before Christmas
Remember the Night
Smurfs Christmas (where the Smurfs go up against the devil)

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