# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/81 "2002-12-05T12:37:36Z")
MST3K - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians \*It’s my way or the highway, this Christmas at my ba-ha-haar. I’ll have to smash your kneecaps if you bastards touch my car! I got the word that Santa has been stealing from the till. I think that that right jolly old elf better make out his will, ohh, Oh, let’s have a Patrick Swayze Christmas, one and all. And this can be the haziest… This can be the laziest… This can be the Swayziest Christmas of them aaallllllllll!\* ---
**Author:** ![Runestar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Runestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runestar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/82 "2002-12-05T17:56:08Z")
He’s mister White Christmas. He’s mister snow. He’s mister icicle, He’s mister ten below. “They call me Snow Miser. Whatever I touch turns to snow in my clutch! I’m too much.” and He’s mister Green Christmas. He’s mister sun. He’s mister heat blister, He’s mister hundred-and-one. “They call me Heat Miser. Whatever I touch starts to melt in my clutch! I’m too much.” Classic. Great - now I can’t get the opening of those darn tunes out of my head. (Bah dump BAAH DUM! Duuuum Dum! Bah dump BAH DUM!) Must…resist…singing them…out…loud. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/83 "2002-12-05T18:01:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*[Probably the nicest thing anyone’s ever done for you](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005NBBJ/qid=1039018206/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-0779425-3827005?v=glance&s=video). > 😃 \*\* Why you gonna order and send it to me? 😃 I knew it was there but I figured that I would rent it if anyone has a copy around. I think my parents have a copy too. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/84 "2002-12-05T18:59:35Z")
**Garfield226** , _A Christmas Story_ was filmed in Cleveland. I got to watch part of the filming as a kid (the scene with the departmenent-store Santa), and all of the public busses were done up as electric street-cars for a while. It’s fun picking out all of the familiar landmarks (especially the Terminal Tower: It’s the pointy, Gothic-looking skyscraper that’s always on the skyline). ---
**Author:** ![Blueapple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Blueapple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blueapple)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/85 "2002-12-05T19:18:42Z")
**Narrator voice:** Some men are Baptists…others Catholics…My father was an Oldsmobile man. **Narrator:** I could feel the Christmas noose beginning to tighten. Maybe what happened next was inevitable. **Ralphie’s Mom:** Ralphie, what would you like for Christmas? **Narrator:** Horrified, I hurt myself blurt it out! **Ralphie:** I want an official Red Ryder Carbon Action 200 shot range model air rifle! **Narrator:** Oooooooo… **Ralphie’s Mom:** No…You’ll shoot your eye out. **Narrator:** Oh no, it was the classic mother BB gun block! Heh, heh. “You’ll shoot your eye out!” That deadly phrase uttered many times before by hundreds of mothers was not surmountable by any means known to kiddom. :D:D ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/86 "2002-12-05T21:09:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Edward The Head \* > \*\*Why you gonna order and send it to me? 😃 I knew it was there but I figured that I would rent it if anyone has a copy around. I think my parents have a copy too. \*\* Being a fan of the movie, I thought for sure you’d recognize the reference. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/87 "2002-12-05T21:34:44Z")
I can’t believe no one has said this yet…_The Muppets Christmas Special_ where all the muppets, and Sesame Street characters go to Fozzie’s Mom’s house for Christmas…a classic… “Be careful of the icy patch” "Huh?"_CRASH_ ---
**Author:** ![Lumps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7bcc69/32.png) [@Lumps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumps)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/88 "2002-12-05T21:53:26Z")
“The Spirit of Christmas,” with that lovable four-some from South Park. Puts everything into perspective ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/89 "2002-12-05T22:16:39Z")
In case anyone’s interested…_Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town_ is on the ABC Family channel tonight. ---
**Author:** ![drpepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@drpepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drpepper)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/90 "2002-12-06T03:08:36Z")
Slight hijack: There was a thread a couple years ago with an interesting discussion about the ‘Rudolph’ Christmas special, which involved a couple amusing topics: Topic 1: Was it Hermie? Hermy? Herbie? Topic 2: Wasn’t there some sort of tooth extraction that was a little unsettling in that movie? Topic 3: At one point when toys were being flung out of the airborne sled with little parachutes, one of the little “live” toys was mercilessly thrown _sans parachute_ presumably to meet an unspeakable end. (A number of Dopers had caught this, I believe) Do these ring a bell w/anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Peregrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Peregrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peregrine)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/91 "2002-12-06T04:35:40Z")
Here you go:[“Rudolph” T.V. Special](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=48886) ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/92 "2002-12-06T12:13:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jsc1953 \* > **Will Vinton’s Claymation Christmas doesn’t get the attention it deserves.** My wife and I were in Wal-Mart yesterday singing “Here we come a waffling.” Some lady overheard us and stopped us later and asked if we were the people singing from Claymation Christmas. We ended up spending a few minutes discussing how underrated that show is. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/93 "2002-12-06T12:30:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hoopy Frood \* > \*\*My wife and I were in Wal-Mart yesterday singing “Here we come a waffling.” > > Some lady overheard us and stopped us later and asked if we were the people singing from Claymation Christmas. We ended up spending a few minutes discussing how underrated that show is. \*\* Had the funkiest darn rendition of _Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer_ **I’ve** ever heard. And those camels ruled. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/94 "2002-12-06T15:13:40Z")
**Runestar** welcome to the SDMB and Merry Christmas!.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/95 "2002-12-06T15:16:14Z")
and you too **Blueapple**. :mad: 😛 :mad: 😛 :mad: ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/96 "2002-12-06T15:19:40Z")
and you too **Brute666** wait a minute, that’s enough…welcoming the Anti-Christ to a Christmas thread. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/97 "2002-12-06T16:10:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*Being a fan of the movie, I thought for sure you’d recognize the reference. \*\* You’re right I should have. But I’m an idiot. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![drpepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@drpepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drpepper)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/98 "2002-12-06T22:23:21Z")
Thanks, **Peregrine**. For some reason my computer doesn’t like the search function, and my one success I realized I had spelled “Rudolf” wrong. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/99 "2002-12-07T03:23:33Z")
**Jaws** 😛 ---
**Author:** ![theotherangel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@theotherangel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theotherangel)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862/100 "2002-12-08T01:34:57Z")
Any and every Christmas Cartoon ever made. As well as the classics…White Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Scrooge (the one with A. Sims)🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-christmas-incomplete-without/139862.md?page=4)