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Title: Favorite "Modern" Holiday Movies
Post by: Geekyfanboy on November 23, 2007, 09:27:25 AM
Now that Thanksgiving is over and we start to gear up for the Holiday season I was wondering what everyones favorite "Modern" Christmas/Holiday Movie was. Let's say modern is post 1970. I'm going to create another thread for Favorite "classic" Christmas/Holiday movie also.

I think my favorite modern movies that I have to watch every year would be.

Elf
Home Alone
Jingle All The Way
A Christmas Story
The Santa Clause
Christmas with the Kranks
Love Actually
Title: Re: Favorite "Modern" Holiday Movies
Post by: wraith1701 on November 23, 2007, 10:43:46 AM
A Christmas Story- "You'll shoot your eye out!"

I can't get tired of that movie! :)
Title: Re: Favorite "Modern" Holiday Movies
Post by: Jen on November 23, 2007, 10:46:43 AM
Most of my favorites are before 1970. But I do enjoy A Christmas Carol (the one with Patrick Stewart), The Family Man,  The Polar Express and A Christmas Story. I love the next two, though they aren't specifically Holiday movies the story does take you through Christmas and New Years: You've Got Mail and When Harry Met Sally. The holiday scenes in those movies are a few of my favorite scenes the two films.

Title: Re: Favorite "Modern" Holiday Movies
Post by: jedijeff on November 23, 2007, 11:32:08 AM
For me it would be A Christmas Story,  Christmas Vacation and Reindeer Games (No I just tease on that one ;) ). Might be a few more, but I like a lot of the Christmas TV episodes or specials.
Title: Re: Favorite "Modern" Holiday Movies
Post by: iceman on November 23, 2007, 01:15:11 PM
Jingle All The Way
A Christmas Story
The Santa Clause
Christmas with the Kranks
Scrooged
Title: Re: Favorite "Modern" Holiday Movies
Post by: davekill on November 23, 2007, 02:42:28 PM
A Christmas Story  HO HO HOOOO!!! =8-O
Christmas Vacation
The Family Man
and...
Die Hard

btw - Planes, Trains & Automobiles was a good Turkey Day movie
Title: Re: Favorite "Modern" Holiday Movies
Post by: moyer777 on November 23, 2007, 04:37:17 PM
Quote from: wraith1701 on November 23, 2007, 10:43:46 AM
A Christmas Story- "You'll shoot your eye out!"

I can't get tired of that movie! :)
Deck the Harrs with bows of Horry, Far ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra.

:)
Title: Re: Favorite "Modern" Holiday Movies
Post by: moyer777 on November 24, 2007, 04:57:24 PM
The Spongebob Christmas Special.  Now that is a good one. :)

A Christmas Story (Fragileeee)

Title: Re: Favorite "Modern" Holiday Movies
Post by: Darth Gaos on November 24, 2007, 08:02:50 PM
In no particular order....

Die Hard....good call davekill.  Not many people consider this a Christmas movie but I seem to not watch during the year until the Christmas season.

Along the same vein is the first Lethal Weapon...nothing says Christmas spirit like driving a cop car through your house and watching Mel Gibson and Gary Busey kick the livin crap out of each other on the front lawn.

A Christmas Story....NEVER get tired of this movie.   "But I did't say fudge.  I said the queen mother of them all"

Spongebob....Awesome call there Moyer777... I love this cartoon....so do the kids.

The Santa Clause...TIm Allen is great in this movie.

:vaderxmas
Title: Re: Favorite "Modern" Holiday Movies
Post by: davekill on November 24, 2007, 08:29:57 PM
Quote from: Darth Gaos on November 24, 2007, 08:02:50 PM
Along the same vein is the first Lethal Weapon...nothing says Christmas spirit like driving a cop car through your house and watching Mel Gibson and Gary Busey kick the livin crap out of each other on the front lawn.

So true........and I completely forgot about Lethal Weapon - Doh!

I think this may warrant a new Christmas Movie thread "Best Action Hero Christmas Movies"  :vaderxmas