# Well, my grandmother dropped acid, and freaked out and hijacked a schoolbus full of.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104 "2005-12-24T19:59:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/1 "2005-12-24T19:59:12Z")
Well, my grandmother dropped acid, and freaked out and hijacked a schoolbus full of…penguins, so it’s kind of a family crisis… otherwise known as “what are your “traditional” Christmas movies?” personally, i tend to go for the more obscure, offbeat movies, not a big fan of the generic stale christmas specials my “traditional” Christmas movies are; Better Off Dead (it’s got…rasins in it, you _like_ rasins… wait a minute, this is pure _snow_, it’s _EVERYWHERE_, do you have _any_ idea what the street value of this mountain is?..go that way, _really fast_, if something gets in your way, _turn_) The Nightmare Before Christmas, this one’s a very versatile film as it’s both a Haloween _and_ Christmas film so, what are your traditional Christmas films? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/2 "2005-12-24T20:09:39Z")
Miracle on 34th St. (original) & Die Hard & maybe Lethal Weapons. I do love Better of Dead but I have never associated it with Xmas. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/3 "2005-12-24T21:28:15Z")
Die Hard, Gremlins and Scrooged. ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/4 "2005-12-24T21:33:01Z")
Bad Santa ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/5 "2005-12-24T21:37:11Z")
“Airplane!” on Christmas Eve is a long standing mambo-family tradition. mm ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/6 "2005-12-24T21:50:51Z")
Casablanca. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/7 "2005-12-24T21:53:20Z")
The Lion in Winter BlackAdder’s Christmas Carol Gone With the Wind ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/8 "2005-12-24T22:30:52Z")
_A Christmas Story_, _Wizard of Oz_, _Princess Bride_\* and sometimes _Bad Santa_ (depending on who’s around) - the first time I saw this I was a small child, and it was at christmas; association is a powerful thing ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/9 "2005-12-24T22:57:38Z")
Second on the original _Miracle on 34th Street_ The Alastair Sim version of _A Christmas Carol_ Bing and Fred in _Holiday Inn_ [_Talvisota_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098437/) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/10 "2005-12-25T00:18:13Z")
**Mixed Nuts,** with Steve Martin and Madeline Kahn. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/11 "2005-12-25T00:26:18Z")
> [@ArchitectChore](#): > > Bad Santa Same here. There is something about the scene where Billy Bob Thornton beats the hell out of a a eleven or twelve year old that never fails to cause my heart to swell with the joy of the holiday season :p. - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/12 "2005-12-25T02:04:40Z")
_Miracle on 34th Street_ – the Christmas tradition of my youth. Alastair Sim in _Scrooge_ (the original title, though it’s usually called _A Christmas Carol_ now). _A Muppet Christmas Carol_ (I prefer Sim, but my daughter and wife have to watch this one). _Olive the Other Reindeer._ – The best TV Christmas show of the past 30 years. _So-Called Angels_ – just the script, alas, but this was the single best Christmas episode of any TV show ever (and episode of _My So-Called Life_ ---
**Author:** ![BoringDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BoringDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoringDad)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/13 "2005-12-25T03:04:43Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > _A Muppet Christmas Carol_ (I prefer Sim, but my daughter and wife have to watch this one). Your daughter and wife have excellent taste. _A Muppet Christmas Carol_ rocks. Robert Marley. Heh. That kills me. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/14 "2005-12-25T05:31:05Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > _A Muppet Christmas Carol_ (I prefer Sim, but my daughter and wife have to watch this one). Yeah, that’s my personal tradition. I need to plop down and watch that sometime before the night is out. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/15 "2005-12-25T05:37:05Z")
Christmas Story Christmas vacation and now… Bad(der) Santa… ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/16 "2005-12-25T05:42:36Z")
Tonight in the Bus household: Christmas Story Finding Nemo Season I of the Simpsons ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/17 "2005-12-25T14:15:16Z")
_Miracle on 34th St. (original) Christmas Story It’s a Wonderful Life_ I haven’t seen it in years, but I also really in enjoy \*We’re no Angels \*with Humphrey Bogart ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/18 "2005-12-25T15:10:42Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > The Lion in Winter > > BlackAdder’s Christmas Carol > > Gone With the Wind Good ones! If it weren’t already Christmas day I’d go out and get those. Lion in Winter is definitely the perfect family gathering movie. And I could do with some Blackadder right about now. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/19 "2005-12-25T16:25:01Z")
We saw a bit of a claymation one that looked like it was a Wallace & Gromit thingie…something about Rudy, Rudolph’s son. I really liked what I saw. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104/20 "2005-12-25T16:53:43Z")
Christmas Vacation A Christmas Carol (with George C. Scott) A bunch of the usual (34th, Life, White Xmas, etc) And three that never seem to get mentioned. I pimp these three films every year on this board because they are exceptional (although nobody seems to check them out): **A Christmas Memory** (written by Truman Capote) **A Child’s Christmas in Wales** (with Denholm Elliot), based on the work of Dylan Thomas. **A Midnight Clear** (with a lot of young actors that are instantly recognizable today) The third in that group is a powerful film that won critical praise, but was a box-office meh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-grandmother-dropped-acid-and-freaked-out-and-hijacked-a-schoolbus-full-of/337104.md?page=2)