Christmas Day, probably 15 years ago. I met up with a bunch of friends at a bar on the north side after everyone had been to their family Christmas event. The bartender was furiously taking down decorations and said she’d brought a movie in, she hoped we didn’t mind watching Silence of the Lambs.
We didn’t mind, and have made it a Christmas tradition since then.
I don’t really have “movie traditions” since 99% of the time I’d rather watch a crappy movie I’ve never seen before than a great movie I have seen.
But due to one Christmas where I was stuck in a place it played on a loop all day long, Total Recall is forever associated with Christmas in my mind.
I own the Sarah Michelle Gellar movie “Simply Irresistible” on DVD and have to watch it every Halloween. I’m not sure why. Please g-d help me…
Harry Potter DVDs often came out for Christmas so that’s a long standing gift I give my bestie and we watch the most recent one after exchanging gifts.
Many years ago there was Wizard of Oz, Sound of Music, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Since 2000, Top Hat and The Gay Divorcee have been my traditional New-Year’s-Eve-if-I’m-home viewing. Just something about Fred & Ginger dancing cheek to cheek.
My wife and I watch “Annie Hall” every Easter, because of the hilarious scene with Alvie joins Annie at her family’s house for Easter dinner.
The Warriors. I first saw it on TV at about 1AM one night over Christmas break (might even have been Christmas Eve) when I was a kid. Loved it. Still do. It’s a greatly underappreciated film and I always think back to the first time I saw it on TV and how amazed I was.
On the opposite side of this coin, the first time I ever saw Christmas Vacation was in July. I rented it after it on VHS having no idea how awesome it was, so now the movie makes me recall that summer evening laughing histerically at Chevy Chase.
A couple that are kind of Christmas movies.
Three Godfathers with John Wayne. When I was growing up it used to shown all the time on television around the holidays. It really does have something of a Christmas theme.
We’re No Angels (the Bogart one) It takes place around Christmas and has a definite Christmas theme (in a murderous sort of way). Wonderful film. I try to watch it around the holidays.
One that isn’t except to me (and my wife) I suppose.
Great Debaters I used to coach debate and at the end of the season, which used to come around the holidays, I would gather my debaters around for dinner and a movie. The movie was always this one. It is uplifting and fits for the season somehow.
We used to rent a video tape of this one around Christmas until it fell apart and the rental place never replaced it.
Strictly Ballroom - I’m not sure it had anything to do with Christmas, but I vaguely remember Christmas lights and a tree.
I watch Die Hard every Christmas Eve, in bed, with a big old rum 'n eggnog.
It’s my favourite Christmas Movie!
Also, although I don’t think it near as good a flick, Lethal Weapon is also a christmas movie (with at least 3 actors in common with Die hard).
I knew a woman who every year the day after Thanksgiving had a “Chitty party” where all her friends would get together and watch it.
The classic “Things To Come” has been a holiday movie to me ever since I first saw it one Christmas Eve on public TV. Maybe because it’s Christmas Eve in the beginning has something to do with it, but I don’t think many would consider it a holiday film.
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Don’t forget The long kiss goodnight for the Christmas action movie trifecta 
Surely the two absolute lamest puns in 007 history were both uttered by Sean Connery over the bodies of freshly dispatched baddies:
“Shocking. Positively shocking.” (Goldfinger)
“I think he got the point.” (Thunderball)
The 1936 version with Walter Brennan plays tomorrow morning, 9:00AM EST on Turner Classic Movies. I haven’t seen the '48 version with John Wayne and Harry Carey lately. That also had Pedro Armendáriz, a Mexican actor whose last movie was From Russia With Love, where he played the Bond’s Turkish connection.
I don’t have any particular movies for Christmas, but I consider *Might Joe Young *to be a Thanksgiving movie.
Dogma makes a good Easter movie to me. I guess it fulfills some vague need for organized religion.
And the 1948 version with John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, and Harry Carey is on today (12/23) at 12 noon on TCM.
I think this is the first time I’ve ever revived a zombie, but it popped up when I went to post a new thread, so I figured I would respect the previous posters.
Last night on xmas eve were were unsure of what to watch. Our tradition is Muppets’ Xmas Carol, but for whatever reason we couldn’t pull it up on our platforms. My wife had wanted to watch Catch Me If You Can, which we had seen before a long time ago. I had completely forgotten that it several scenes took place on Xmas or Xmas Eve - so it actually worked as (sort of) an Xmas movie.
Do you have any suggestions in that vein?
Haven’t seen it in a while, but pretty sure The Shop Around the Corner (pretty much a classic) ends at Xmastime.