# Do you have any non-Christmas-themed Christmas moives? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 20, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-non-christmas-themed-christmas-moives/550825 "2010-08-20T03:34:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-non-christmas-themed-christmas-moives/550825/1 "2010-08-20T03:34:14Z")
Somebody mentioned in another thread that he and his wife got a DVD player and a copy of _The Exorcist_ for Christmas one year, which they watched that day and since then it’s become a Christmas tradition for them to watch _The Exorcist_ every Christmas. My cousin’s kids (now in their twenties) watch the Disney version of _Robin Hood_ every Christmas. I’m not sure but it may be for the same reason of having received it as a Christmas gift one year. Do you have any movies, which have nothing inherently to do with Christmas, that you or your family watches as a holiday tradition? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-non-christmas-themed-christmas-moives/550825/2 "2010-08-20T05:36:21Z")
No, but every Mother’s Day, I rent _Psycho_ and, if I’m in the mood for it, _Throw Momma From the Train_… ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-non-christmas-themed-christmas-moives/550825/3 "2010-08-20T05:49:30Z")
Many years ago, British TV used to have a Christmas tradition where one channel would show _Oliver_, and the other side would show a James Bond movie. This was back in the days when there was only 3 channels over here. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-non-christmas-themed-christmas-moives/550825/4 "2010-08-20T06:01:48Z")
Well, _It’s a Wonderful Life_ has very little to do with Christmas, but seems for some reason to be a Christmas classic. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-non-christmas-themed-christmas-moives/550825/5 "2010-08-20T08:10:06Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > My cousin’s kids (now in their twenties) watch the Disney version of _Robin Hood_ every Christmas. I’m not sure but it may be for the same reason of having received it as a Christmas gift one year. Are you my cousin? 😛 When I was helping raise my stepkids, that one was our traditional Christmas movie. We didn’t get it as a Christmas gift, but loved it so much that it became the only non-Christmas tape that we watched every year during our annual movie marathon during the holidays. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-non-christmas-themed-christmas-moives/550825/6 "2010-08-20T08:29:54Z")
Oh. I thought this thread was going to be about movies like Die Hard, Go, and The Ice Harvest. You know, movies set at Christmas that aren’t really “Christmas movies.” As for the OP, no, not really. I usually con someone into watching the Christmas episode of the X-Files, but that’s as far as our annual viewing strays from Christmas films & specials. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-non-christmas-themed-christmas-moives/550825/7 "2010-08-20T10:34:28Z")
Somehow, some years ago, we started a new family tradition on Christmas Eve: order pizza for dinner and watch family-friendly movies (this spared me having to cook on Christmas Eve, when I had such a huge cooking day coming up on Christmas). About five years ago, one of our Christmas Eve movies was _The Princess Bride_. We always watch _A Christmas Carol_, but for some reason, ever since the first year we watched _TPB_ on Christmas Eve, it’s become a standard.