(ENDED) Countdown Contest: 40 Days Until Christmas

[SunshineGirl]

Hope that everyone is enjoing our fun little contests each day!

Standard rules apply for today: http://sunshinerewardsforum.com/showthread.php?t=17569

We've posted about our favorite foods, songs, and pictures for the holidays. Let's talk today about that one movie or show that you ALWAYS watch during the holiday season. We have a few at our house, but I won't give away which ones we watch just yet. :)

Post your family's favorite in this thread by midnight Eastern tonight and one poster will be randomly chosen as today's winner.

[bartleby1]

We love the Year without a Santa Claus. It was my favorite as a kid and it still is now. I can't help but sing along with heat miser and snow miser when they do their little skits!

[Hedy]

We can't any more, as it's not on DVD, but my favorite all time christmas special is The Christmas Toy, feauturing the muppets. However, it's just not the same without the VHS version we had with the great 80's commercials.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christmas_Toy

Of available ones, I'd say the Muppet Christmas Carol (anyone else notice a pattern?) :rotfl::rotfl:

[fourfoxesinpa]

My all time favorite is "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" when they sing "put one foot in front of the other" and the little forest animals spin around. :love: it!

The family fave is "A Christmas Story" and we love the 24 hour marathon on TV. "You'll Shoot your Eye Out Kid!", the Leg Lamp, Christmas in the Chinese Restaurant, etc. etc. - just a classic!

[mindyd2006]

We watch It's A Wonderful Life every Year. It makes us sit back and think about how Lucky we are that no mater what goes on or wrong we have each other.

[mia214jia]

~ Rudolph! Christmas Eve after everyone is settled in we sat around to watch all our favorites. While we are watching the girls and I make cookies to leave for Santa and I make Hot Chocolate. The best is for last and we sat around drinking our hot chocolate.

[faithhope]

The old claymation movies I have watched my whole life. I love the heat mizer/cold mizer song. I'm really bad about remembering the titles of the claymation movies though.

[toystoryduo]

We watch the Charlie Brown Christmas special every year. :santa:

A Christmas Story is also a favorite in our house. :christmas:

[arob414]

EVERYTHING!!! We, well mainly me, lover every Christmas movie/show and I try to watch them all. But, if time gets busy we always watch Rudolph, Charlie Brown and It's a Wonderful Life. And, I cry with each of them. I am such a sap.

[askomsky]

They love Frosty and Rudolph, but we've also been watching The Polar Express the last few years.

[nurseminnie76]

We always watch "A Christmas Story". The TV never gets turned off on Christmas Eve. It's always on the 24-hour marathon of "A Christmas Story". :rotfl:

[disney_girl]

Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph and Frosty are favorites!

[marcymajor]

our favorite holiday movie that the entire family enjoys is How The Grinch Stole Christmas. i love boris karloff and all the whos in whoville. i watched this when i was a lot younger and i still enjoy it to this day.

[HollyD]

We always have to watch National Lampoons Christmas Vacation - it is how we kick off the season each year and a reminder to take things easy - it doesn't have to be perfect.

[KJFAE]

Rudolph has to be my favorite, with Frosty close behind!

[froggi999]

i always like to watch Miracle on 34th Street.

[Love2Shop]

Nightmare before Christmas-one of my dd's fave (good for Xmas and Halloween)

A Christmas Story- can't have xmas without it

Love Actually-I love this movie and will watch it a couple of times

[PSL1013]

I love "It's a Wonderful Life". I watch it every year, I love all the old classic holiday movies! I have most on CD but I really like to watch them on the tv right before the holidays, laying in bed with my comfy jammies on!! :heart:

[zoodoyle]

We can't any more, as it's not on DVD, but my favorite all time christmas special is The Christmas Toy, feauturing the muppets. However, it's just not the same without the VHS version we had with the great 80's commercials.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christmas_Toy

Of available ones, I'd say the Muppet Christmas Carol (anyone else notice a pattern?) :rotfl::rotfl:

It just came out on dvd last week!!! I ordered it from amazon 2 days ago!!!! :banana:

My favorite is Emmet Otters Jugband Christmas :love: That's where we got our dog's name, not Emmet smith like everyone thinks! :D

Right along with Hedy's theme, the muppet christmas carol is a close second for me too!!

[missymouse]

Extended Family Favorites are: A Christmas Story and The Grinch

Personal Favorite: Holiday Inn with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire

Kids Favorite: Rudolph and The Santa Clause 1,2, and 3

[JillyFish]

My favorite would have to be a toss-up between Rudolph and Frosty the Snowman!

[leelee9878]

Has to be A Christmas Story....by far!

[sselig2000]

A Christmas Carol. I Love that Movie. I usually end up watching it several times.

[MdCaterer]

We like to watch all the Christmas specials but for music we love Jim Henson's Muppets with John Denver and for just watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas

[dparra]

miracle on 34th street.. no matter how old you are.. christmas is magical!

[jenvance]

Rudolph and Frosty are my kids favorites, but they have been watching the Polar Express too the last few years. They pretty much watch them all. Of course me and DH love A Christmas Story, it never gets old at Christmas time lol!

[sammielynn]

A Charlie Brown Christmas is a must a our house!

[deana]

The Grinch :rolleyes:

[jakeandsophiesmom]

Wouldn't be Christmas with the 24 hr "A Christmas Story" marathon!! Of course we also love Chritsmas Vacation!

[penn19]

Gosh, I have 2. Its Home Alone and The Year Without a Santa Claus.

[jl8595]

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Gotta love Clark W. Griswold, LOL!

My kiddos love watching the Charlie Brown Christmas special (as do I!).

:christmas:

[gpp2001]

DD loves the Santa Claus Brothers - it was on special TV show that was on a couple of years ago - can't seem to find it anywhere now!!

We also like Olive the Other Reindeer!!

[pbhall13]

Emmet Otters JugBand Christmas...........

I loved this as a child and when Sydney was 1 (now 9) I found it on DVD. That first Christmas we must have watched it over 100 times..........it brings me back to a time of such innocence.

[lkturner]

Albert Finney in the Musical version of 'Scrooge'. :)

[bbangel]

It isn't Christmas without two films, White Christmas and A Christmas Carol - the 1951 version with Alaistair Sim (if it ain't out of keeping with the sitiation)

I also love to watch the Grinch who Stole Christmas (the cartoon) because I love the music. My sister and I used to have it on record.

[mom2ian]

The Santa Clause movies, the kids love them.

[sabrina90744]

A Christmas Story., Has go to be our favorite. You'll Shoot your eye :rotfl:

[Tiggerific711]

A Christmas Story - love the marathon on Christmas Eve!

All of the Santa Clause movies - it's what I imagine the North Pole would look like!

[keishashadow]

Emmit Otter's Jug Band Christmas:clap:

[bajam]

So many in our house. This is my favorite time of the year. We do White Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street, The Polar Express, Charlie Brown, all the claymation ones and because someone in my family looked just like the little boy in Christmas Story when he was little--I am forced to watch it.:rotfl:

[jo93]

I always try to watch The Grintch Who Stole Christmas. I think it's important to be reminded that the true meaning of Christmas can't be taken away by presents and other things that aren't as important.:love:

[hjohnson6]

It isn't Christmas at our house until we have watched A Christmas Story. It is the best Holiday movie there is!

[disneynut]

We love watching Rudolph. There is also lots of others, I enjoy them more than the kids. I am a big sap at Christmas time. :sunshine:

[kimntrent]

We always watch the holiday movies. Our newest addition to our collection is the Holiday but I hope to add unaccompanied Minors soon. But my all time favorite and I have no clue why is

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.

Kim

[sarah4770]

We always watch the Muppets "Christmas Carol". We started when my son was about 7 and it was his favorite movie. he's almost grown now . Come to think of it, I hope I can convince him to watch it with me this year.... maybe I will bribe him with hot chocolate and christmas snacks!

[LuvMyBoys]

"A Christmas Story" is our all-time favorite :love:

We even go out to a Chinese restaurant for Christmas dinner each year :blush:

[Hope]

Every year we "dust" off the same movies and make it a marathon.

1. Christmas Vacation
2. Scrooged
3. Mickey's Christmas Carol
4. A Christmas Story
5. Elf
6. It's a Wonderful Life

On TV, we usually make it a point to catch,
1. Miracle on 34th St.
2. Claymation specials :Rudolph, Frosty, etc.

[mollyeilis]

Ever since sometime before the '04 holidays, we watch Love Actually multiple times as the weather gets colder. We've promised ourselves to spend Yule in London someday, on a Love Actually tour.:p

[tarheelpat]

Charlie Brown Christmas

[Blessing and Miracle]

I love them all but Christmas just ain't Christmas without "Santa Claus is Coming to Town."

[jnorth1007]

I bought the Christmas set on Deep Discount last year and it has Rudolph, Frosty, Santa Claus is coming to town and Frosty Returns with a special of Little Drummer Boy on it. The price was great and we got free shipping. We watch that now. We watch it all year long though LOL I catch the kids watching them and dancing all the time. I love these old claymation shows.

[schaery]

I haven't missed Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer since 1965

[saffymom]

We watch White Christmas with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye every year on Christmas eve.

[Sunni]

Oh my ...I love them all..
All the Santa Clause movies are good but....
I will have to pick

Miracle on 34th Street. all of them

[linanglab]

Our 2 favorites - Traditionally the cartoon The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (I can watch that one EVERY day until Christmas!) and our new favorite is the Polar Express....just so magical!

[catnapfan]

I love The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. We've seen it so many times, DS and I always recite the lines right along.

[Magical JenK]

The Christmas Story is my fave! Fun fact...I've never watched It's A Wonderful Life in its entirety!?

[spring]

I agree with Jen - A Christmas Story is the BEST, Red Ryder BB Gun, high heel/fishnet stocking lamp and all! :rotfl:

[chipndale]

My kids love Rudolph and Santa Claus in Coming to Town. We just watched Frosty last night.

[Soccer Princess]

I love Christmas movies!!! Our faves are Charlie Brown Christmas, The Grinch (cartoon version), White Christmas and Christmas Vacation.

[jd3921fl]

Put me in the A Christmas Story column. I actually saw it at the movie theater.

[joiev98]

Our family favourite is Annabelle's Wish. I choke up every time I watch it!:blush:

[luvmickey]

Miracle on 34th Street! I just love that movie!

[mmm611]

They usually run National Lampoon's Christms Vacation on Christmas Eve, which is my uncle's favorite, so we usually end up watching that.

My parents are both Rudolph freaks, so we usually end up watchign that too. The dog has a toy named Bumble because my mom made the astute observation that it bounced!

[fanofree]

I can't pick a favorite! I loved the Claymation Christmas (Here we come a waffle-ing..) but haven't seen it for years. Do they still play it on TV?

I saw the "new" Grinch Movie and Polar Express for the first time last year - loved them.

When my daughter was young - I taped all the Christmas shows on VHS. I wish I still had that tape!

[disneyforever]

Every year for as long as I can remember it has always been Charlie Brown Christmas, and The Grinch. DH and I continue to watch those every Christmas Eve all snuggled up in bed. Usually we have mugs of cocoa and some sort of cookie I make. Our two dogs are usually cuddled up at our feet. My DH is so corney that when the Grinch pulls out the whip to make Max move faster, he always reaches down and gives our dogs love. He says he doesn't want them to be upset. LOL!!! :rotfl:

Of course I also love all those claymation shows too. I never miss them. The Muppets Christmas Carol, Mickey's christmas Carol are great too. I still cry when I watch Nester, the long eared christmas donkey. I also love The Santa Clause movies.

Since the early 90's all my friends, DH and I gather a couple nights before Christmas and watch our favorite Christmas action movie, Die Hard.

So many Christmas shows, so little time. :D

[ligrumpygirl]

The Christmas Story marathon! It is so bad it is funny! LOVE the bunny outfit!

[piglet-for-me]

It's a Wonderful Life.

We always, always, always watch it at least a couple of times over the Christmas holidays. And, DH & I always cry at the same parts in the movies. Our kids hate it, we make them watch it with us and it's torture to them. Someday I'm sure they will understand.

[shmily1]

Mickey's Christmas Carol is my favorite!! I :love: anything to do with Mickey!!!

[LauraLea]

It is not Christmas unless I am baking Kifles and watching my favorite Christmas movie, White Christmas.

Laura

[kxmeeh]

definatly a christmas story. every year we watch it and laugh. last year, my dd7 watched it for the first time. it was actually funnier when i watched her watch the movie. she actually fell off the couch laughing.

[speechteachri]

We all love The Year Without a Santa Claus in our House....the Heat and Cold Misers are the best!!!

But my favorites that I watch every year with dd are White Christmas and Holiday Inn. She gave them to me for the holidays last Christmas on DVD!

Yay!

[memanana]

Well since Jimmy Stewart's family only lived 11 miles from us I pick It's A Wonderful Life love watching it

[luvdisney00]

We love to watch Christmas DVD's at our house. We have all the old classics like Frosty and Rudolfph and some newer ones as well. Every year we tell the kids that our Christmas DVD's can't come out until the day after Thanksgiving, and it's a big deal to take out the box. My personal fav is the original Miracle on 34th St. It makes me believe in Santa all over again!!

[stacieps]

My favorite is "The City that Forgot About Christmas". It is hard to come by, they don't seem to play it anymore, but luckily I taped it one year. I also really like the song from the same show called "You can't stop Christmas"

[aknight373]

Woohoo this one is so easy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Starting thanksgiving night we all watch

how the grinch stole christmas!!!!!

[Arky]

Our family fave is definitely The Christmas Story.

We even have our own leg lamp.:rotfl: It only comes out at Christmas time though.

[ladyjane98]

The Chrismas Story is my absolute favorite!!!!

:xmascheers:

[mirandag819]

I have always loved the Grinch, it use to be the cartoon, but now it is the Jim Carrey version. I watch it while I wrap presents almost every night from Thanksgiving til Christmas.

[Sahmy]

A Christmas Story

[luvhockey]

I love them all.
Probably would have to say Miracle on 34th Street and The Santa Clause.

[tink1212]

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation:p

[mseg16222]

The kids love for us to all watch Rudolph together and Charlie Brown Christmas.

[jendon1997]

We like The Grinch!! 4 yr od DD is still a little frightened though.

[Pooh's Pal]

Miracle on 34th Street is one of my favorites.


and of course the parade from Walt Disney World on Christmas morning.

[3dog2kidmom]

Hope that everyone is enjoing our fun little contests each day!

Standard rules apply for today: http://sunshinerewardsforum.com/showthread.php?t=17569

We've posted about our favorite foods, songs, and pictures for the holidays. Let's talk today about that one movie or show that you ALWAYS watch during the holiday season. We have a few at our house, but I won't give away which ones we watch just yet. :)

Post your family's favorite in this thread by midnight Eastern tonight and one poster will be randomly chosen as today's winner.

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

[julie007]

Mine is National Lampoons Christmas Vacaction. I will watch it every now and then during the year when I need a "pick me up".