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myboynoah · 12-05-2006, 06:08 PM

We're watching Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer tonight. Wow, that whole North Pole bunch needs a heavy dose of diversity training, starting at the top with the fat guy. My kids are in shock.

Sleeping in EQ · 12-06-2006, 12:01 AM

We often watch It's a Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street as a family, but there are two films we always watch:

1. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

and

2. The Christmas Story (The one where the boy licks the frozen flag pole).

Jeff Lebowski · 12-06-2006, 02:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ

We often watch It's a Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street as a family, but there are two films we always watch:

1. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

and

2. The Christmas Story (The one where the boy licks the frozen flag pole).

Bingo. Those are precisely the two movies we watch each and every Christmas season.

BarbaraGordon · 12-06-2006, 02:49 AM

I'll agree with the two of you on The Christmas Story, but you're missing Charlie Brown's Christmas. I love that pathetic, scraggly Christmas tree.

The Grinch (original cartoon) will always be my favorite.

"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store...
Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more."

Archaea · 12-06-2006, 02:54 AM

Frankly, all of those are good, and we have every single movie made about Christmas. Trust me. Once Thanksgiving is over, the movies come out until January 1st.

Nonetheless, I kinda like "Apocalyps Now" for Christmas.

il Padrino Ute · 12-06-2006, 03:04 AM

This isn't about a Christmas movie, but if it is true, I want a copy of this right freaking now! Scroll down to "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!"

[http://www.jabootu.com/horror_e-i.htm#IT'S%20THE%20GREAT%20PUMPKIN,%20CHARLIE%20BR OWN]

il Padrino Ute · 12-06-2006, 03:06 AM

Ok, just cut and paste the url into your browser, dangit.

YOhio · 12-06-2006, 03:09 AM

Archaea,

Your Apocolypse Now comment reminded me of my first Christmas with my in-laws. I woke up quite a bit earlier than everybody else so I went downstairs to watch TV. My FIL came down and asked me if I wanted to watch his favorite movie with him.

A little while later, my wife woke up and was not too happy that her husband and dad were watching Gladiator on Christmas morning. What made it better was that my FIL insisted that we finish the movie before we could open gifts.

Besides Gladiator, my favorite Christmas movies are Elf, Christmas Story, Family Man, and Wonderful Life. The invention of the VCR (and subsequently the DVD player) sure has had a great influence on how families spend Christmas together.

BarbaraGordon · 12-06-2006, 03:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YOhio

Archaea,

Your Apocolypse Now comment reminded me of my first Christmas with my in-laws.

The first Christmas I spent with my in-laws, I caught their house on fire.

um, oops.

YOhio · 12-06-2006, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisa.Kinzer

The first Christmas I spent with my in-laws, I caught their house on fire.

um, oops.

How did that happen? Were you trying to rearrange their books by candlelight? BTW, I love how enthused you are to be a librarian. It's refreshing to see somebody enjoy their job so much.

12-05-2006, 06:08 PM	#1
myboynoah Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Memphis freakin' Tennessee!!!!! Posts: 4,530	It's Christmas Time!!! Break out the videos! We're watching Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer tonight. Wow, that whole North Pole bunch needs a heavy dose of diversity training, starting at the top with the fat guy. My kids are in shock. __________________ Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith.

12-06-2006, 12:01 AM	#2
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	We often watch It's a Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street as a family, but there are two films we always watch: 1. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and 2. The Christmas Story (The one where the boy licks the frozen flag pole). __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

12-06-2006, 02:54 AM	#5
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	Frankly, all of those are good, and we have every single movie made about Christmas. Trust me. Once Thanksgiving is over, the movies come out until January 1st. Nonetheless, I kinda like "Apocalyps Now" for Christmas. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

12-06-2006, 03:04 AM	#6
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	This isn't about a Christmas movie, but if it is true, I want a copy of this right freaking now! Scroll down to "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" [http://www.jabootu.com/horror_e-i.htm#IT'S%20THE%20GREAT%20PUMPKIN,%20CHARLIE%20BR OWN] __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

12-06-2006, 03:06 AM	#7
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Ok, just cut and paste the url into your browser, dangit. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

12-06-2006, 02:49 AM	#4
BarbaraGordon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gotham City Posts: 7,157	I'll agree with the two of you on The Christmas Story, but you're missing Charlie Brown's Christmas. I love that pathetic, scraggly Christmas tree. The Grinch (original cartoon) will always be my favorite. "Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store... Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more."

12-06-2006, 03:09 AM	#8
YOhio AKA SeattleNewt Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,055	Archaea, Your Apocolypse Now comment reminded me of my first Christmas with my in-laws. I woke up quite a bit earlier than everybody else so I went downstairs to watch TV. My FIL came down and asked me if I wanted to watch his favorite movie with him. A little while later, my wife woke up and was not too happy that her husband and dad were watching Gladiator on Christmas morning. What made it better was that my FIL insisted that we finish the movie before we could open gifts. Besides Gladiator, my favorite Christmas movies are Elf, Christmas Story, Family Man, and Wonderful Life. The invention of the VCR (and subsequently the DVD player) sure has had a great influence on how families spend Christmas together.