# Movies set (at least partly) at Christmas that aren't Christmas movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 22, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-at-least-partly-at-christmas-that-arent-christmas-movies/928645 "2020-12-22T13:55:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-at-least-partly-at-christmas-that-arent-christmas-movies/928645/41 "2022-12-25T21:43:01Z")
Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. together at last: > **[Operation Petticoat (1959) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053143/)** > > Operation Petticoat: Directed by Blake Edwards. With Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill. During World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army... ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-at-least-partly-at-christmas-that-arent-christmas-movies/928645/42 "2022-12-25T22:11:36Z")
Another one set during the Battle of the Bulge: > **[Stalag 17 (1953) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046359/)** > > Stalag 17: Directed by Billy Wilder. With William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss. After two Americans are killed while escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of... ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-at-least-partly-at-christmas-that-arent-christmas-movies/928645/43 "2022-12-25T22:33:57Z")
I think **this one** takes place over Christmas. It ends on New Year’s Day: > **[Hobson's Choice (1954) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047094/?ref_=ttqt_qt_tt)** > > Hobson's Choice: Directed by David Lean. With Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie, Daphne Anderson. Widower Henry Hobson (Charles Laughton) is a successful bootmaker and a tyrannical father of three daughters who all want to leave him by... ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-at-least-partly-at-christmas-that-arent-christmas-movies/928645/44 "2022-12-26T01:32:46Z")
Scandal > **[Scandal (1950) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042958/)** > > Scandal: Directed by Akira Kurosawa. With Toshirô Mifune, Shirley Yamaguchi, Yôko Katsuragi, Noriko Sengoku. A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-at-least-partly-at-christmas-that-arent-christmas-movies/928645/45 "2022-12-26T01:46:06Z")
The main story line in _Kiss Kiss Bang Bang_ takes place in LA during Christmas time. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-at-least-partly-at-christmas-that-arent-christmas-movies/928645/46 "2022-12-26T01:55:49Z")
That’s the least joyful Christmas carol I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-at-least-partly-at-christmas-that-arent-christmas-movies/928645/47 "2022-12-26T01:59:48Z")
Yeah, but Robert Shaw makes a great Nazi! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-at-least-partly-at-christmas-that-arent-christmas-movies/928645/48 "2022-12-26T02:02:33Z")
_Love Comes for Andy Hardy_. I only know this because I just saw part of it and couldn’t get away. When I looked at the guy who played his dad, the judge, I guessed him to be about 80. Googling says he was only 59! They aged differently back then, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-at-least-partly-at-christmas-that-arent-christmas-movies/928645/49 "2022-12-26T14:29:25Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > That’s the least joyful Christmas carol I’ve ever heard. It brought a tear to my eye…but maybe that was the Zyklon B. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-at-least-partly-at-christmas-that-arent-christmas-movies/928645/50 "2022-12-26T15:31:37Z")
How about The Long Kiss Goodnight with Genna Davis and Samuel L. Jackson? I think Genna Davis plays Mrs. Claus in a Christmas parade near the beginning. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2AEGCdS1pcM/maxresdefault.jpg "The Long Kiss Goodnight | Full Movie Preview | Warner Bros. Entertainment") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AEGCdS1pcM) ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-at-least-partly-at-christmas-that-arent-christmas-movies/928645/51 "2022-12-27T14:25:33Z")
The screenwriter Shane Black is famous for setting his screenplays at Christmas time. A few examples (some already mentioned): Lethal Weapon Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Iron Man 3 ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-at-least-partly-at-christmas-that-arent-christmas-movies/928645/52 "2023-01-05T15:17:11Z")
Star Trek Generations has a Christmas scene when Picard is in the Nexus. I never understood why his family, who recently died in a fire at the beginning were not present. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-at-least-partly-at-christmas-that-arent-christmas-movies/928645.md?page=2)