you can’t even say Merry Christmas Poll anymore
Spoken like a true American.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
Silent Night, Deadly Night: Part 2
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
xpost Atonement, iirc?
― I'm scared my but won't fit in it. (Old Lunch), Tuesday, November 5, 2019 3:06 PM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Hunger, too
― kanye kendrick frank kendrick frank kanye (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 20:18 (four years ago) link
Scrooge (1970)Batman ReturnsCurse of the Cat People
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 20:21 (four years ago) link
"Peace on Earth" (1939)available to watch here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ekaww
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 20:51 (four years ago) link
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)Krampus (2015)"Thanksgiving" (2007) yourtub link
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link
Pastebin running nominations: https://pastebin.com/TTHE25dG
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:03 (four years ago) link
I will freely admit that the ending of Scrooged still consistently makes me cry buckets
― Only Blob Can Judge Me (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:06 (four years ago) link
Mother’s DayNew Year’s EveValentine’s Day
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
The Passion of the Christ
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
you and your pond
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:15 (four years ago) link
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang36.15 Pere NoelRare ExportsThe RefA Very Harold & Kumr 3-D Christmas
Kumr is an app Kal Penn was developing at the White House iirc
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:16 (four years ago) link
Definitely voting in this to make sure Scrooged gets the highest possible placing.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:18 (four years ago) link
The Last Waltz
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:20 (four years ago) link
Merry Christmas, Mr. LawrenceErnest Saves ChristmasCall Me by Your NameThe Grinch (2018)
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:20 (four years ago) link
Planes Trains and AutomobilesThe various Home Alones
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
Phantom Thread (Christmas and New Year's)
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
"Toy Tinkers" link"Pluto's Christmas Tree" link
The only eligible Looney Tunes short is "Gift Wrapped", correct?
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:29 (four years ago) link
The Jazz Singer
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:31 (four years ago) link
not nominating the movie, but a good scene:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2YTR8NgogI
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:40 (four years ago) link
wait are shorts being counted? 1993 storms in with
A Junky's Christmas (dir. Nick Donkin & Melodie McDaniel, p. Francis Ford Coppola)
Franz Kafka's It's A Wonderful Life (w/d. Peter Capaldi, s. Richard E. Grant, winner of best short at BAFTA Scotland 1993, Atlantic Film Award 1993, BAFTA 1994 and Oscar 1995)
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:56 (four years ago) link
I don’t object to shorts as long as it’s not to railroad in TV specials.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 23:27 (four years ago) link
The Alastair Sim A Christmas Carol--growing up, on equal footing with It's a Wonderful Life in my family.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 00:20 (four years ago) link
Adding a few more (some obvious):
The Family StoneThe Bishop's WifeChristmas in ConnecticutMetropolitanRemember the NightMiracle on 34th StreetHoliday Inn
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 01:36 (four years ago) link
Metropolitan is a movie I've been wanting to watch again
― Dan S, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 01:39 (four years ago) link
A Junky's Christmas in a decent rip on youtube
Franz Kafka's It's A Wonderful Life in a fairly murky TV -> VHS -> computer rip on youtube
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 03:00 (four years ago) link
Pieces of April
Irony of Fate/Enjoy Your Bath!
― Lily Dale, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 04:04 (four years ago) link
Joyeux Noël2046
― Dan S, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 04:05 (four years ago) link
2046 " follows the aftermath of Chow Mo-wan's unconsummated affair with Su Li-zhen in 1960s Hong Kong but also includes some science fiction elements and makes frequent references to the date of December 24 or Christmas Eve, on which many significant events in the film occur.”
― Dan S, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 04:28 (four years ago) link
Addams Family Values
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 05:33 (four years ago) link
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 06:26 (four years ago) link
The Ice Storm
― Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 06:32 (four years ago) link
that film meant a lot to me
― Dan S, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 06:39 (four years ago) link
Le Père Noël est une ordure (Father Christmas Is a Shit)
^this was remade as the Steve Martin-Adam Sandler vehicle Mixed Nuts
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 12:03 (four years ago) link
Mon oncle Antoine
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 12:36 (four years ago) link
Thirding the hard-nomming for Scrooged. I was so 'ehh' about that movie for the longest time but at some point it clicked and then it clicked hard and now I kinda can't get through the season without watching it. I think 'asshole Bill Murray finding redemption via mystical means' might be my favorite microgenre.
― I'm scared my but won't fit in it. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 12:44 (four years ago) link
The Insect's Christmas (1913)
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 13:36 (four years ago) link
All added.
(And added joke nominee New Year's Eve too because, hey, it actually counts!)
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 14:06 (four years ago) link
Technical question: are TV movies acceptable or are they gonna fall under the purview of next year's poll of holiday specials?
― I'm scared my but won't fit in it. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
The Christmas Tree aka When Wolves Cry
😎
― Joe Kulak 😎 (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 14:31 (four years ago) link
If it's feature length, go ahead. Or if it's a short that was primarily first played in theaters.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link
Okay then:
The Best Christmas Pageant EverThe House Without a Christmas Tree
― I'm scared my but won't fit in it. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 14:49 (four years ago) link
And unless I'm forgetting some obvious examples, those two 50-year-old entries might comprise the entire corpus of worthwhile feature-length made-for-TV xmas movies.
― I'm scared my but won't fit in it. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
Probably true.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 15:25 (four years ago) link
Someone paste in the whole Lifetime and Hallmark oeuvres.
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 16:00 (four years ago) link
AKA cinematic xanax
― I'm scared my but won't fit in it. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 16:03 (four years ago) link
Edward Scissorhands
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
I keep trying to think of movies to add to the nomination list and it seems we've already covered most of the important ones, and there aren't even 100 nominations yet.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Thursday, 7 November 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
So, yeah, if you have specific Hallmark channel favorites, have at it
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Thursday, 7 November 2019 13:54 (four years ago) link
The '30s arguably had Christmas on lockdown more than any other decade.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 November 2019 13:56 (four years ago) link
Meanwhile, I can't stop laughing.
16-year-old Lindsay Dearborn (Brooke Nevin) is "Too Cool for Christmas," and wants no part of the family celebration being planned by her two male homosexual parents (Adam Harrington and Barclay Hope) and her kid sister Alexa (Jodelle Ferland. Nope, Lindsay is gonna spend the holidays skiing with her best buds, and that's the way it is. Her disdain for the Yuletide season comes to surface at the mall, where she disses a department store Santa Claus (played by George Hamilton) for his tacky beard and out-of-date clothing. Surprisingly, Santa agrees with Lindsay and asks her to help him undergo a complete "fashion makeover" so that he can win back the affections of Mrs. Claus (played by Donna Mills) Out of sympathy for the old guy, Lindsay does what he asks, then is informed that he's the genuine, bonafide, not-a-phony Santa Claus--and further, that he needs her help to deliver all his presents on Christmas Eve. Agreeing on the condition that she'll be back in town in time to go skiing, Lindsay embarks upon the thrill ride of her life--and in the course of the long winter's night, she learns a few lessons about the true meaning of Christmas. An alternate version of the film, which exchanges the homosexual couple for a straight one, was named A Very Cool Christmas and appeared on the Lifetime channel in December 2004.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 November 2019 14:04 (four years ago) link
thanksgiving:House of YesThe Daytrippers*(dis)honorable mention to Eli Roth’s ‘Thanksgiving’ short from Grindhouse
xmas:The Holly and the IvyWhite ReindeerChristmas EvilGrumpy Old Men
hannukah:The Hebrew HammerFor Your Consideration
nyeSnowpiercerThe Poseidon Adventure (1972)Ocean’s 11 (1962)
perhaps too incidental? I dunno, what do you think? Inside aka À l'intérieur (2007) – takes place on Christmas EveLA Confidential – the whole “Bloody Christmas” affairGo (1999) – takes place during ChristmastimeNobody’s Fool (1994) – plot hinges on a Thanksgiving get-togetherAn American Tail – begins w/ a Hannukah context
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Thursday, 14 November 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
The Christmas Chronicles (surprised to like this so much)
― lxy, Thursday, 14 November 2019 23:39 (four years ago) link
not necessarily because i like them
The Muppet Christmas CarolKlaus (2019)Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)White Christmas (Curtiz, 1954)Babes in Toyland (1961)Arthur ChristmasChristmas on MarsSaving ChristmasDekalog 3 but maybe this is more of a tv episode? idk
― wasdnuos (abanana), Friday, 22 November 2019 07:10 (four years ago) link
As I completely spaced out my Thursday-centric due dates, I am extending nomination period for at least another 12 to 24 hours.
(Gonna save the Dekalog ep for next year's poll.)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 22 November 2019 13:06 (four years ago) link
Also, I do believe it's Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas, which slots alphabetically right after King of Kings
8 Women
― wasdnuos (abanana), Sunday, 24 November 2019 04:10 (four years ago) link
currently watching the recently resurfaced 1978 Canadian noir Silent Partner w/ Elliott Gould and Christopher Plummer, and fuck yes this qualifies
― Simon H., Sunday, 24 November 2019 05:36 (four years ago) link
OK, nominations are closed, with 175 entries. Firing up the campaigning/voting thread imminently.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Sunday, 24 November 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
exclude everything where ppl said "I am not recommending this"
― insecurity bear (sic), Sunday, 24 November 2019 21:42 (four years ago) link
Did anyone say that explicitly?
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Sunday, 24 November 2019 21:49 (four years ago) link
(I probably did exclude in any case.)
VOTE: The POLLy and the Ivy ... It's the ILX Holiday Movies Poll Campaigning/Voting Thread (Voting Ends: Dec. 11)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Sunday, 24 November 2019 22:27 (four years ago) link
id have unironically nominated carreys grinch
we're no angels
― deems of internment (darraghmac), Monday, 25 November 2019 01:07 (four years ago) link
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/12/christmas-movies-hallmark-romantic-comedy/621045/
― Blue Suede Q*bert (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 December 2021 23:01 (two years ago) link