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Post by justbecause on Dec 3, 2017 20:12:26 GMT -6
What are your favorite holiday movies and books? The cheesier, the better.
Would be fantastic if they were available to stream or cheap kindle read.
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Post by honeylemon on Dec 3, 2017 20:52:18 GMT -6
White Christmas has always been my favorite Christmas movie.
Netflix has tons of what look to be super cheesy holiday movies.
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Post by nelzie on Dec 3, 2017 21:01:19 GMT -6
I just watched The Mistle-Tones with Tia Mowry and Tori Spelling. It was cute and cheesy. I’m a sucker for all things musical.
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Post by enchanted on Dec 3, 2017 21:48:02 GMT -6
White Christmas is my favorite movie.
Books are The Homecoming (Earl Hamner), Letters from father Christmas (J.R.R. Tolkien), and The Autobiography of Santa Claus (Jeff Guinn), which even though I am not a religious person, I still really enjoyed.
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Post by enchanted on Dec 3, 2017 21:48:22 GMT -6
I read A Christmas Carol just about every year as well.
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Post by marygracerich on Dec 3, 2017 21:50:21 GMT -6
The original cartoon Grinch movie will always be my favorite holiday movie. I hate the Jim Carrey one.
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Post by mintyblueair on Dec 3, 2017 22:22:17 GMT -6
My favourite Christmas movie is Prancer.
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Post by spacecadet on Dec 3, 2017 22:48:18 GMT -6
The Muppet Christmas Carol is my favorite Christmas movie.
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Post by swim on Dec 4, 2017 5:22:15 GMT -6
Elf!
I introduced it to my kids this year. They loved it
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Post by leahcar on Dec 4, 2017 6:40:59 GMT -6
I just watched The Mistle-Tones with Tia Mowry and Tori Spelling. It was cute and cheesy. I’m a sucker for all things musical. DD2 & I love love love the Mistle-Tones. Free form has it on demand right now and Netflix has had it in previous years (haven't checked yet this year). |
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Post by leahcar on Dec 4, 2017 6:43:28 GMT -6
Almost Christmas
The Family Stone
Bad Santa
Things my girls like too:
Home Alone 1 & 2
Elf
Christmas Vacation
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Post by tinyjoys on Dec 4, 2017 7:12:49 GMT -6
Holiday Engagement is one of my favorite cheesy Christmas movies, along with A Very Brady Christmas, both of which are on Hulu. I also love Love The Coopers, Love Actually, The Holiday, Elf, and Christmas Vacation.
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Post by bellatrix on Dec 4, 2017 7:38:57 GMT -6
Home Alone
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Family Stone
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Many of the old classics as well.
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Post by angelashly on Dec 4, 2017 8:06:24 GMT -6
My tv is pretty much only on ABC Family or Hallmark from middle November on.
We love Christmas vacation, Santa Clause, Home Alone and DD will watch Elf and the Grinch all season. We also like Charlie Brown Christmas and the Shrek and prep and landing ones.
Plus I love all the cheesy Hallmark movies which I know netflix has a lot that are the same types.
Books:
I read mostly the romance Christmas books: Debbie Macomber, Shelia Roberts, Elin Hilderbrand and more.
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Post by CestLaVie on Dec 4, 2017 8:22:04 GMT -6
I love reading harry potter around christmas.
Our family go to movies are:
The Holiday
The Grinch
Elf
Christmas with the Kranks
Home Alone
Bridget Jones
Four Christmases
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Post by enchanted on Dec 4, 2017 11:25:58 GMT -6
CestLaVie I read and watch HP at Christmas, too. It just feels Christmas-y to me, somehow.
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Post by billyhorrible on Dec 4, 2017 11:45:53 GMT -6
So many movies!
It Happened on 5th Ave.
Scrooged
Gremlins
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Year without a Santa Claus
Twas the Night Before Christmas
Muppet Christmas Carol
Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas
Books:
Does Gift of the Magi count? Its one of my all time favorite stories.
Matchless (Gregory Maguire)
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Post by claudia on Dec 4, 2017 11:50:10 GMT -6
White Christmas
Elf
Four Christmases
Christmas with the Cranks
I also am a sucker for cheesy Hallmark movies.
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Post by honeylemon on Dec 4, 2017 12:16:26 GMT -6
I looooove the Muppet Christmas Carol. Definitely a favorite.
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Post by Dramaphile on Dec 4, 2017 12:49:51 GMT -6
Santa Claus: the Movie is my must-watch every year. I have it on DVD, so I can enjoy John Lithgow as an evil toy executive and Dudley Moore as a wayward elf who effs Christmas up with his crappy inventions. It's really more delightful than my description! Amazon has it to rent streaming for $1.99.
I also love The Santa Clause, and the classic claymation movies like Rudolph and Year without a Santa Claus. And the original Grinch movie.
And John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together gets me every time. I'm pretty sure it's only found on Youtube.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2017 12:50:56 GMT -6
Christmas in Connecticut is my all time fave. It's freaking hysterical...in an old timey black and white movie kinda way. It's on prime
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Post by enchanted on Dec 4, 2017 13:00:31 GMT -6
Muppet Family Christmas is also wonderful.
Everyone goes to Fozzie's mom's for Christmas. Doc and the Fraggles show up, as do the Sesame Street Muppets. Doc rescues Miss Piggy from blizzard and Jim Henson makes a cameo at the end.
I found it on DVD a few years ago, but I think the only other place to get it is YouTube.
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Post by Jesslfar on Dec 4, 2017 18:05:35 GMT -6
I am half way through Krampus. I do not hate it.
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Post by aeroplaneoverthesea on Dec 4, 2017 18:54:49 GMT -6
I’m working my way down the list of “best” Hallmark-esque Christmas movies. I draw a hard line at Candace Cameron Bure. So far I’ve watched whatever netflix’s new one is (Christmas Prince?), Snow Bride (not terrible), and the one about a Christmas ghost with a very hipster haircut at the Inn (Spirit of Christmas?)
The one with Sam Heughan pre-outlander ranks amongst my favorite mostly terrible royalty-themed Christmas movies.
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Post by bubbles on Dec 5, 2017 4:22:25 GMT -6
Jack Frost and The Santa Clause are two I like to watch every year.
I also like, the original Grinch, and I’ll be home for Christmas. We cut cable so I need to find movies on Netflix to get my fix of cheesy Hallmark movies.
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Post by thatgolfb on Dec 5, 2017 10:38:35 GMT -6
I love terrible cheesy Christmas movies. I'm watching Christmas Crush on Hulu right now and it is awful. I love it. I have watched The Christmas Prince, Holiday in Handcuffs, and Holidaze (the last 2 on Freeform).
My favorites I must watch every year are Elf, Home Alone, and Christmas Vacation. I also love The Holiday, even though I don't consider it really a Christmas movie.
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Post by shadows on Dec 5, 2017 10:53:14 GMT -6
Santa Claus: the Movie is my must-watch every year. I have it on DVD, so I can enjoy John Lithgow as an evil toy executive and Dudley Moore as a wayward elf who effs Christmas up with his crappy inventions. It's really more delightful than my description! Amazon has it to rent streaming for $1.99. I also love The Santa Clause, and the classic claymation movies like Rudolph and Year without a Santa Claus. And the original Grinch movie. And John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together gets me every time. I'm pretty sure it's only found on Youtube. I didn't know anyone else remembered Santa Claus: The Movie! I had that on VHS growing up and wore out my copy. Also, the Year Without Santa Claus is one of my favorite animated Christmas movies. |
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Post by billyhorrible on Dec 5, 2017 11:58:02 GMT -6
Santa Claus: the Movie is my must-watch every year. I have it on DVD, so I can enjoy John Lithgow as an evil toy executive and Dudley Moore as a wayward elf who effs Christmas up with his crappy inventions. It's really more delightful than my description! Amazon has it to rent streaming for $1.99. I also love The Santa Clause, and the classic claymation movies like Rudolph and Year without a Santa Claus. And the original Grinch movie. And John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together gets me every time. I'm pretty sure it's only found on Youtube. I didn't know anyone else remembered Santa Claus: The Movie! I had that on VHS growing up and wore out my copy. Also, the Year Without Santa Claus is one of my favorite animated Christmas movies. My son loves Santa Clause the movie. Last year he watched it over and over. So far we've only watched it once this year... but it's only December 4. |
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Post by justbecause on Dec 5, 2017 17:31:55 GMT -6
Thanks!
I watched Holiday Engagement last night.
So bad lol
I also checked out a stack of cheesy Christmas books.
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Post by elle on Dec 5, 2017 17:50:02 GMT -6
Christmas in Connecticut is my all time fave. It's freaking hysterical...in an old timey black and white movie kinda way. It's on prime I love this movie. Other favorites: Elf Christmas Vacation The Holiday Christmas with the Kranks The Santa Claus White Christmas Holiday Inn Home Alone A Muppet Christmas Carol And of course all the children's classics, Rudolf, Grinch (animated), Frosty, The Year without a Santa Claus, Santa Claus is Cooming to Town, Jack Frost, etc. |
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