# Favorite Modern Christmas Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088 "2011-12-22T16:24:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/1 "2011-12-22T16:24:36Z")
What are your favorite modern Christmas movies? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/2 "2011-12-22T17:29:50Z")
Probably a toss-up between Bad Santa and Scrooged, but Christmas Vacation is a traditional favourite as well. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/3 "2011-12-22T17:41:45Z")
_Christmas Vacation_, _Scrooged_, and _Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale_ are about the only ones that I’m not sick of after too many viewings. Some, like _Arthur Christmas_, I haven’t seen yet and have zero interest in _Bad Santa_. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/4 "2011-12-22T18:29:47Z")
“Love, Actually” is my favorite 🙂 “Scrooged” is a close second though, hehe. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/5 "2011-12-22T19:33:29Z")
Christmas Vacation, with Bad Santa a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/6 "2011-12-22T19:43:22Z")
[“The Polar Express”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338348/), a somewhat surreal, beautiful animated film. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/7 "2011-12-23T00:55:34Z")
Ooh. “Love, Actually” is a great choice. I actually really liked that [“Miracle on 34th Street”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110527/) remake from about 15 years ago. It was very well-done. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/8 "2011-12-23T01:47:39Z")
Is “The Ref” Christmas or Thanksgiving? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/9 "2011-12-23T02:30:52Z")
Another vote for _Love, Actually_. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/10 "2011-12-23T02:44:25Z")
I voted for A Christmas Story, but Nightmare Before Christmas is a close close favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/11 "2011-12-23T03:23:05Z")
Another vote for Love Actually. After that, Scrooged. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/12 "2011-12-23T03:45:12Z")
Yet another vote for _Love Actually_. I do like _Elf_ and _A Christmas Story_ a lot too. ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/13 "2011-12-23T03:45:13Z")
**Die Hard** , of course. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/14 "2011-12-23T06:12:42Z")
I voted for the Muppet Christmas Carol, but there’s also “Love Actually” and “While You were Sleeping” ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/15 "2011-12-23T06:54:53Z")
> [@Tierce](#): > > **Die Hard** , of course. Duh! What wasn’t this on the list? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/16 "2011-12-23T15:31:34Z")
Must watch every year sometime between Thanksgiving and Dec 26th Scrooged While You Were Sleeping Love Actually Christmas Vacation The Preacher’s wife Christmas in Connecticut - (Uncle Felix Rocks!) A Christmas Story Other’s watched at least once every two years Home for Christmas (Johathan Tayor Thomas) Bad Santa Jingle All the Way (Arnold!) White Christmas A Christmas Carol (Allister Sim) It’s a wonderful Life Sunny in Philadelphia Christmas Special The Bishop’s Wife Miracle on 34th st. (1947) The Ref 3 or more years Santa Baby One of those freakin Santa Paws movies 4 Christmases Polar Express Elf Fred Clause ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/17 "2011-12-23T18:15:11Z")
My og,you really are a bunch of heathens ! May Santas wrath fall upon you. A Brit cartoon called I think, The Snowman. A young boy on Christmas Eve goes to the North Pole to visit Santa flying on the back of a snowman he’d made earlier. The usual story, but very well done, but the theme tune "Walking on the Air ", sung by a chorister, is totally haunting, and became a best seller in the U.K. charts, in spite of being totally unusual when compared to the usual stuff. Its became a Christmas ritual for many people including me, and it never seems to get old. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/18 "2011-12-23T18:37:26Z")
**The Santa Clause** must be watched Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. My family is resigned to this by now. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-christmas-movies/607088/19 "2011-12-23T19:10:54Z")
> [@Tierce](#): > > **Die Hard** , of course. yippie kai yeay