Favorite Christmas Movies as as Child [Archive] - Women's Cycling Discussion Forums

limewave

11-21-2011, 10:56 AM

Last night we trolled through netflix for family Christmas movies. I searched high and low for Disney's "The Small One." About a little boy and his donkey. I just remember being very moved by the story line. Finally found a digital download that I plan to put on DD's new iPod for Christmas. Just wish I could buy the DVD so we could all enjoy it!

What was your favorite Christmas movie when you were a kid?

zoom-zoom

11-21-2011, 01:04 PM

Rankin-Bass Rudolph...hands-down! Now it's probably a tie between that and Elf, even though that's a relatively new film. I never saw The Christmas Story as a kid...which is sad. That is one I now love..."sons of b*tches...Bumpuses!!!"

TsPoet

11-21-2011, 01:09 PM

Christmas movies are up there with Christmas music - I hate it all.
I do like "The Grinch" and Harry Belafonte had a fabulous Christmas album - but that's it.

Veronica

11-21-2011, 01:21 PM

As a kid I liked the Rudolph one quite a lot. But as an adult, man Santa is a jerk in it. "You're nose is too funny to be one of MY reindeer." I just expect Santa to be less judgemental about appearances.

I really like "a Muppet Christmas Carol." I often show it to my class. 5th graders love it!

I loved "The Grinch" as a kid and still really enjoy it.

Veronica

OakLeaf

11-21-2011, 01:28 PM

Finally found a digital download that I plan to put on DD's new iPod for Christmas. Just wish I could buy the DVD so we could all enjoy it!

I don't know about the iPod, but you can hook your computer up to the TV and play it that way. I don't know how, but it's pretty simple when DH does it.

I guess it would be the Grinch and Rudolph for me. I never much cared for Charlie Brown, and I was in my 20s before A Christmas Story came out (probably not real appropriate for a 6-year-old anyway).

I'm a huge fan of the George C. Scott Christmas Carol, but again, not necessarily for a 6-year-old.

Veronica

11-21-2011, 02:29 PM

I forgot about "Olive, the Other Reindeer," not exactly from my childhood. :D

It's another one I've shown my class and they really like it for all the word play. Really... they just like getting to watch a movie, but then we talk about the word play. :rolleyes:

Veronica

indysteel

11-21-2011, 02:30 PM

A Charlie Brown Christmas still makes me a little teary-eyed, and I love A Christmas Story and Elf. I always watch When Harry Met Sally this time of year. It's not a holiday movie per se, but i associate it with this time of year.

ny biker

11-21-2011, 02:57 PM

You know, we watched all the holiday TV shows every year, but I don't really remember any Christmas movies that we watched back then. I was an adult before I saw Miracle on 34th Street or It's a Wonderful Life.

I guess at some point we watched A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim, because that's my sister's favorite.

A Christmas Story came out when I was in college. It's always been popular in my family.

I like Elf a lot. Also love that Peter Billingsly (aka Ralphie) plays one of the elves.

VeganBikeChick

11-21-2011, 03:09 PM

The Grinch is my favorite Xmas movie. While not a Xmas movie, I also like "The Cutting Edge" around the holidays. Sappy romantic at heart.

makbike

11-21-2011, 03:42 PM

Love Charlie Brown Christmas and The Grinch. Favorite movie "White Christmas" with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye.

Koronin

11-21-2011, 05:13 PM

Truthfully they really haven't changed. My favorites as a kid are still favorites
Rudolph the Red Noised Reindeer
The Grinch
A Christmas Carol (George C Scott version)
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Frosty the Snowman (the original one)
Twas the Night Before Christmas

I've added a couple to that as an adult, but those are still favorites. Looking at the list, A Christmas Carol is really the only actual movie on the list. LOL

Here's a few I've added as a adult:
Scroodged
Jingle All the Way
The Grinch

I have A Small One on one of the Christmas DVDs I bought, I'll have to find which one it's on and I'll post to let you know.

jyyanks

11-21-2011, 05:20 PM

The Grinch was and still is my favorite.

I did not like Christmas Story as a kid but really enjoy watching it with my family now. Admittedly, I remember watching the Bells of St Mary with my parents and liking it.

Rudolph & Frosty (Rankin Bass) are classics but the Grinch is on the top of my list.

Bethany1

11-22-2011, 10:01 AM

I'll have to download "The Small One". Wonderful film. Hadn't even thought about that in years until you brought it up. Disney is obnoxious about putting things out on DVD.

I really don't like a lot of the Christmas movies out there. I detest "A Christmas Carol" in any version. Stupid horrid story, but that's for another time.

I do like the simple sweet ones that are rarely seen like the "The Small One" though. Those are hard to find and I don't remember titles to a lot of them.

Pax

11-22-2011, 10:04 AM

Bethany1

11-22-2011, 10:10 AM

I did find a DVD copy of "The Small One" for you! It's in Disney's Animation Collection 7, "Mickey's Christmas Carol". When I did some checking, you'd have to order it as for some reason most retail stores only have it as online purchase only. Amazon.com seems to have it the cheapest.

Forgive the movie buff in me. You just asked for a DVD version :)

Koronin

11-22-2011, 01:50 PM

Brandi

11-22-2011, 03:14 PM

No body knows this one. Santa and the three bears. It is awful but brings back warm holiday feelings! I found on dvd for like $2.00 a few years ago.

limewave

11-23-2011, 05:55 AM

The DVD I have "The Small One" on is Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites volume 9 Classic Holiday Stories.
The Small One
Pluto's Christmas Tree
Mickey's Christmas Carol

We found it at Best Buy about 2 years ago.

Thank you!!! I'll have to look that up. The kids watched it last night on my computer. The kids were mesmerized.

I also LOVE A Christmas Story. The kids are a bit young to watch it with us, but it's one of those movies I love.

And, not a Christmas movie in the traditional sense, but every year DH and I watch Die Hard on Christmas Eve while we wrap presents. ;)

nscrbug

11-23-2011, 09:09 AM

What was your favorite Christmas movie when you were a kid?

Oh, this is an easy one for me! Without a doubt, it would have to be "The House Without A Christmas Tree" circa 1972 starring Jason Robards and Lisa Lucas. I vividly remember watching this movie with my sister when I was a kid. The only other person that I know who remembers this movie, is my mother-in-law. She loves the movie so much, that I bought her a tape of it years ago as a Christmas present and she watches it every year.

Linda

Becky

11-23-2011, 09:54 AM

It's definitely not a movie from my childhood, but DH and I watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation every year. It's probably the only holiday tradition that's really ours, and not a concession to one set of parents or the other.

malkin

11-23-2011, 11:12 AM

Love Actually.

Way better than anything from my childhood.

new2ride

11-23-2011, 11:18 AM

Toss between the Grinch and Rudolph. Now a days, I'm partial to A Christmas Story. I lived on the street where it was filmed and work in Cleveland and would watch the filiming at Higbee's. Many of my friends and neighbors were extras in the movie. It's funny, the year the movie was made, it was probably the warmest it had ever been in Cleveland for a very long time. We had our doors open on Christmas day, the temps were something like 70 degrees. There definitely was no snow on the ground. The movie people had to blow snow in (like they do at the ski resorts) to cover the streets for the the movie.

The house in which the movie was filmed has been turned into a museum. Countless people visit it around the holidays. Unfortunately, the neighborhood isn't what it used to be, but it is nice to see a great tribute to the movie.

goride

11-24-2011, 04:10 PM

I liked Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph, but my favorite was the Wizard of Oz. It's not a Christmas movie, of course, but our local TV station used to play it every year on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, so I associate that movie with Christmas.