# Movie Marathon (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 26, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801 "2021-03-26T22:06:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 373
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7443 "2022-12-04T18:52:36Z")
**Movies That Take Place At Christmastime** 1. A Christmas Story 2. Eyes Wide Shut 3. Die Hard …but is it a Christmas movie?? ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7444 "2022-12-04T18:55:40Z")
**Movies That Take Place At Christmastime** 1. A Christmas Story 2. Eyes Wide Shut 3. Die Hard 4. Three Days of the Condor ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7445 "2022-12-04T19:58:17Z")
> [@](#): > > **Movies That Take Place At Christmastime** 1. A Christmas Story 2. Eyes Wide Shut 3. Die Hard 4. Three Days of the Condor 5. Black Christmas ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7446 "2022-12-04T20:45:49Z")
**Movies That Take Place At Christmastime** 1. A Christmas Story 2. Eyes Wide Shut 3. Die Hard 4. Three Days of the Condor 5. Black Christmas 6. Goodfellas If you want your gang to not conspicuously blow the money, try not to rob the Lufthansa terminal around Christmas time. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7447 "2022-12-04T21:08:25Z")
**Movies That Take Place At Christmastime** 1. A Christmas Story 2. Eyes Wide Shut 3. Die Hard 4. Three Days of the Condor 5. Black Christmas 6. Goodfellas 7. Home Alone 1 and 2 Somebody had to. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7448 "2022-12-04T22:19:14Z")
**Movies That Take Place At Christmastime** 1. A Christmas Story 2. Eyes Wide Shut 3. Die Hard 4. Three Days of the Condor 5. Black Christmas 6. Goodfellas 7. Home Alone 1 and 2 8. The Homecoming a made-for-TV movie, this was the pilot film for _“The Waltons”_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7449 "2022-12-04T22:30:21Z")
**Movies That Take Place At Christmastime** 1. A Christmas Story 2. Eyes Wide Shut 3. Die Hard 4. Three Days of the Condor 5. Black Christmas 6. Goodfellas 7. Home Alone 1 and 2 8. The Homecoming 9. Bad Santa ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7450 "2022-12-04T23:11:45Z")
[quote=“knoodler, post:7449, topic:938801, full:true”] **Movies That Take Place At Christmastime** 1. A Christmas Story 2. Eyes Wide Shut 3. Die Hard 4. Three Days of the Condor 5. Black Christmas 6. Goodfellas 7. Home Alone 1 and 2 8. The Homecoming 9. Bad Santa 10. The Bells of St. Mary pass ---
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**The many versions of _A Christmas Carol_ and the actor who played the title role** 1. Scrooged (Bill Murray) No, he wasn’t named Scrooge, but that’s not the point. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7452 "2022-12-05T17:28:49Z")
**The many versions of _A Christmas Carol_ and the actor who played the title role** 1. Scrooged (Bill Murray) 2. Scrooge (1951) (Alastair Sim) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7453 "2022-12-05T17:31:03Z")
**The many versions of _A Christmas Carol_ and the actor who played the title role** 1. Scrooged (Bill Murray) 2. Scrooge (1951) (Alastair Sim) 3. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) (Michael Caine) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7454 "2022-12-05T17:32:01Z")
**The many versions of _A Christmas Carol_ and the actor who played the title role** 1. Scrooged (Bill Murray) 2. Scrooge (1951) (Alastair Sim) 3. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) (Michael Caine) 4. An American Christmas Carol (Henry Winkler) Yule Nitpick: wouldn’t the title character be Carol? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7455 "2022-12-05T17:37:54Z")
**The many versions of _A Christmas Carol_ and the actor who played the title role** 1. Scrooged (Bill Murray) 2. Scrooge (1951) (Alastair Sim) 3. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) (Michael Caine) 4. An American Christmas Carol (Henry Winkler) 5. A Christmas Carol (1984) (George C. Scott) ---
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**he many versions of _A Christmas Carol_ and the actor who played the title role** 1. Scrooged (Bill Murray) 2. Scrooge (1951) (Alastair Sim) 3. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) (Michael Caine) 4. An American Christmas Carol (Henry Winkler) 5. A Christmas Carol (1984) (George C. Scott) 6. Christmas Carol (1999) (Patrick Stewart) ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7457 "2022-12-05T18:12:13Z")
**The many versions of _A Christmas Carol_ and the actor who played the title role** 1. Scrooged (Bill Murray) 2. Scrooge (1951) (Alastair Sim) 3. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) (Michael Caine) 4. An American Christmas Carol (Henry Winkler) 5. A Christmas Carol (1984) (George C. Scott) 6. Christmas Carol (1999) (Patrick Stewart) 7. Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983) (Uncle Scrooge – voiced by Alan Young, of _Mr. Ed_ fame) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7458 "2022-12-05T18:24:42Z")
**The many versions of _A Christmas Carol_ and the actor who played the title role** 1. Scrooged (Bill Murray) 2. Scrooge (1951) (Alastair Sim) 3. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) (Michael Caine) 4. An American Christmas Carol (Henry Winkler) 5. A Christmas Carol (1984) (George C. Scott) 6. Christmas Carol (1999) (Patrick Stewart) 7. Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983) (Uncle Scrooge – voiced by Alan Young, of _Mr. Ed_ fame) 8. A Christmas Carol (2020) - Simon Russell Beale ---
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**The many versions of _A Christmas Carol_ and the actor who played the title role** 1. Scrooged (Bill Murray) 2. Scrooge (1951) (Alastair Sim) 3. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) (Michael Caine) 4. An American Christmas Carol (Henry Winkler) 5. A Christmas Carol (1984) (George C. Scott) 6. Christmas Carol (1999) (Patrick Stewart) 7. Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983) (Uncle Scrooge – voiced by Alan Young, of _Mr. Ed_ fame) 8. A Christmas Carol (2020) - Simon Russell Beale 9. Scrooge - (1970) (Albert Finney) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7460 "2022-12-05T20:13:32Z")
**The many versions of _A Christmas Carol_ and the actor who played the title role** 1. Scrooged (Bill Murray) 2. Scrooge (1951) (Alastair Sim) 3. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) (Michael Caine) 4. An American Christmas Carol (Henry Winkler) 5. A Christmas Carol (1984) (George C. Scott) 6. Christmas Carol (1999) (Patrick Stewart) 7. Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983) (Uncle Scrooge – voiced by Alan Young, of _Mr. Ed_ fame) 8. A Christmas Carol (2020) - Simon Russell Beale 9. Scrooge - (1970) (Albert Finney) 10. Spirited (2022) (Ryan Reynolds) **Movies with Santa Claus and the actor who played him** 1. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - Edmond Gwenn ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7461 "2022-12-05T20:16:47Z")
**Movies with Santa Claus and the actor who played him** 1. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - Edmond Gwenn 2. Tim Allen - The Santa Claus ---
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**Movies with Santa Claus and the actor who played him** 1. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - Edmond Gwenn 2. Tim Allen - The Santa Claus 3. Rise of the Guardians - Alec Baldwin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=372) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=374)