# What movie is Christmas incomplete without? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2002, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862 "2002-12-02T00:40:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/1 "2002-12-02T00:40:31Z")
What movies really make your christmas? I,for one, don’t feel Christmassy at all without seeing “A Christmas Story”. What about you? :mad: 😛 :mad: 😛 :mad: 😛 :mad: 😛 :mad: 😛 :mad: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/2 "2002-12-02T00:43:18Z")
Three words: _Home Alone_ marathon. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/3 "2002-12-02T01:16:38Z")
I heartily endorse this ( **A Christmas Story** ) event and/or product. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/4 "2002-12-02T01:20:08Z")
_It’s a Wonderful Life_. “Marry Chrushmush, Bedford Fawls!” ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/5 "2002-12-02T01:33:36Z")
_Scrooged_. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/6 "2002-12-02T01:37:25Z")
Drat and bad words! I was gonna say A Christmas Story. Wait, I can still say it. So there. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is another one, though. **Achenar** , do you mean all three?!? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/7 "2002-12-02T01:50:52Z")
Christmas Story! It’s a Wonderful Life! Miracle on 34th Street (1947 version)! National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation! So far, two down, two to go! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/8 "2002-12-02T02:14:55Z")
How The Grinch Stole Christmas, as read by Boris Karloff (or even Vincent Price, just not Walter Matthau :)) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/9 "2002-12-02T02:31:49Z")
_Die Hard_, the greatest Christmas action-adventure flick ever! ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/10 "2002-12-02T03:08:55Z")
_Santa Clause Conquers the Martians Santa Clause_ Mexican movie from about 1968 with Merlin and Pitch _Grinch Who Stole Christmas_ cartoon not the pointless live action crap. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/11 "2002-12-02T03:20:02Z")
_A BlackAdder Christmas Carol_, of course! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/12 "2002-12-02T03:33:26Z")
**interface2x** nailed my list exactly. I’d only add one non-movie as required viewing: _The Charlie Brown Christmas Special_. Worth it for Linus’ reading of the Christmas story if nothing else – I don’t know why, but that gets me every time. ---
**Author:** ![BobbySuezQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@BobbySuezQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobbySuezQ)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/13 "2002-12-02T03:45:11Z")
Laurel & Hardy’s March of the Wooden Soldier (babes in toyland) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/14 "2002-12-02T03:50:05Z")
Okay, _IAWL_ is still #1, but my childhood fave is still the Rankin-Bass _Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer_, with Hermy the elf who wants to be a dentist, the Abominable Snowman, the Island of Misfit Toys and all. ---
**Author:** ![rmbnxs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@rmbnxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rmbnxs)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/15 "2002-12-02T03:59:38Z")
_A Clockwork Orange_ ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/16 "2002-12-02T04:02:15Z")
My best friend and I love watching _Jingle All the Way_ every year. Something about the PITA that Christmas shopping so often is. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/17 "2002-12-02T04:11:51Z")
My personal faves are (1) A Christmas Story (2) All of the Rankin-Bass specials (3) Emmett Otter’s Jugband Christmas (4) White Christmas ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/18 "2002-12-02T04:17:44Z")
_National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation_ ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/19 "2002-12-02T06:06:27Z")
Amazon just shipped “A Christmas Story” to the house I’ll be on that day. Actions speak louder. With all respect to Patrick Stewart, Geo. C. Scott and Mickey Mouse I still vote for Alastair Sim if we do “A Christmas Carol.” ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/20 "2002-12-02T06:31:08Z")
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