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Oh, DadOf3, you DO have to see "Meet Me in St. Louis." Perhaps it's just me and my own personal sentimental history of it (including the original printing of the book which was my mother's, sitting on my bookshelf) but it's just a wonderful movie. Being a huge fan of Judy doesn't hurt either.
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My daughter's favorite is Nightmare Before Christmas. We got the tape when she was about 3 and she would sing and pantomime the entire show in front of the tv, over and over. She does a spectacular imitation of the Mad Scientist, including the twitching mouth..."Sally?...Sally???....ooooo, gone AGAIN!! *twitch*twitch*"
So I love that one too.
I've only seen "A Christmas Story" once - isn't that sad? I'm going to try to catch it this year.
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quote:Originally posted by BringTheNoise: Greatest Christmas Song EVER: Fairytale Of New York by The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl.
As for carols, I'm very fond of "Hark! The herald angels sing".
D'oh! I can't believe I forgot that song. Sheer brilliance.
More seasonal classics: The Ramones "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)" from the Brain Drain album which was, if memory served, released in June.
And the Blackadder Christmas Carol is another perennial favorite, hopefully the local PBS station will broadcast that one a few times this year.
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Jeez, I can't even list all the great songs I love. There are too many. But I'll go with movies, television, and one related item.
Movies: "Scrooge". Love it. Love the songs. Love to dance around the house singing, "Thank you very much, that's the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me. . . ."
Other films I enjoy at Christmas: "Scrooged", "The Christmas That Almost Wasn't" (a truly terrible film, but I loved it as a child and enjoy it now despite the fact it's rubbish).
Television specials:
Charlie Brown, Rudolph, Frosty, and Emmett Otter are my favorites.
Other:
The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company has a ton of Christmas shows, most of which are part of a showcase called "An Atlanta Christmas." The shows range from nostalgic and heartwarming to irreverent and downright silly. I know dad has at least one show in the current rotation called "The Legend of the Poinsettia" that has become a cast favorite. My personal favorite is usually called "O Tannenbaum". It is a fictionalized account of the Christmas Truce of 1914 (though the piece is set in 1915) during World War I, and I have never been able to listen or perform it without getting at least a touch weepy. If you wanna listen to it, follow the podcast link in my signature. The current podcast has three Christmas pieces in it, including Tannenbaum.
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The Father Ted Xmas special "A Christmassy Ted" really got me into watching the series, even though it was after Dermot Morgan died. Channel 4 seem to have shown it every Xmas since it was first shown.
The BBC seemed to show Aardman's Robbie The Reindeer a few Xmases in a row, but seem to have stopped now.
Mary Poppins is another Xmas must be shown, with Goldfinger & The Great Escape.
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Count me as another one who loves "A Christmas Carol" in any form--the Dickens original, the old Alastair Sim version, the contemporary versions (an MTV version called Ms. Scrooge was great), the cartoons (especially the Mr. Magoo one), etc.
I like the other classic Christmas films, too, such as Miracle on 34th Street, It's a Wonderful Life (which I realize wasn't originally intended to be a Christmas film), and A Christmas Story, although not enough to watch over and over.
One rather charming Christmas film that hasn't been played to death is The Bishop's Wife, starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven.
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Freshman: How can you like anything that you like that I don't particularly care for? Everyone has different tastes.
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No one has mentioned "The Best Christmas Pagent Ever". Someone has to hate it or love it. Someone. In the 70's and 80's you that movie and book was everywhere.
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quote:Originally posted by redsnapperdragonfly: Oh, DadOf3, you DO have to see "Meet Me in St. Louis." Perhaps it's just me and my own personal sentimental history of it (including the original printing of the book which was my mother's, sitting on my bookshelf) but it's just a wonderful movie. Being a huge fan of Judy doesn't hurt either.
Well, redsnapperdragonfly, I'm in luck. TCM has "Meet Me in St. Louis" on next Monday night. I'll make sure I watch it.
I'm a big fan of Judy, too.
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You know, I hate Christmas music and stuff myself, but there is a disliked carols thread if you're moer interested in that, Freshman.
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quote:Originally posted by redsnapperdragonfly: Oh, DadOf3, you DO have to see "Meet Me in St. Louis." Perhaps it's just me and my own personal sentimental history of it (including the original printing of the book which was my mother's, sitting on my bookshelf) but it's just a wonderful movie. Being a huge fan of Judy doesn't hurt either.
Well, redsnapperdragonfly, I'm in luck. TCM has "Meet Me in St. Louis" on next Monday night. I'll make sure I watch it.
I'm a big fan of Judy, too.
Look out during the Trolly Song for the extra that looks a lot like (bus isn't) a young Angela Lansbury. I mentioned this hear a year ago, & I think someone uploaded a still.
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quote:Originally posted by Macheath: .... The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company has a ton of Christmas shows, most of which are part of a showcase called "An Atlanta Christmas." The shows range from nostalgic and heartwarming to irreverent and downright silly. I know dad has at least one show in the current rotation called "The Legend of the Poinsettia" that has become a cast favorite. My personal favorite is usually called "O Tannenbaum". It is a fictionalized account of the Christmas Truce of 1914 (though the piece is set in 1915) during World War I, and I have never been able to listen or perform it without getting at least a touch weepy. If you wanna listen to it, follow the podcast link in my signature. The current podcast has three Christmas pieces in it, including Tannenbaum.
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I like the original, uncut cartoon version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." Boris Karloff and Thurl Ravenscroft...what great voices. I have a weakness for "The First Noel" as a song. And the Alistair Sim version of A Christmas Carol always makes me mist over.
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Movies: A Christmas Carol-any version National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation A Christmas Story
Cartoons: A Charlie Brown Christmas How the Grinch Stole Christmas-far better than the movie Frosty the Snowman Garfield Christmas
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-Then, the obligatory It's a Wonderful Life, Bill Murray's Scrooged, Elf, etc. My brother is always harpin' me to watch Bad Santa with him, but that flick depresses the hell out of me.
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Oh, Tootsie, am I with you on that one. Especially Andy Williams, though I couldn't really say why his were my favs, but Bing's were certainly great. Strangely, even though he's my all-time favourite baritone crooner, I can't remember seeing any of Perry Como's specials.
Hey, seeing as this is my 500th post, here's a question. I once saw a Christmas cartoon when I was on the road somewhere, and I have no idea what it was. It was about a lonely guy living on his own in a New York (I think) apartment, feeling miserable, then the standard Christmas stuff ensues.
I only remember one scene, which I thought was really funny. He's trying to watch TV, but the reception is acting up and the only channel he gets is showing "It's a Wonderful Life" which he hates, so he goes up on the roof to fix the aerial.
He gets up to the roof and sees a guy in a Santa suit, stuck in a chimney. He asks him what he thinks he's doing trying to climb in a chimney, and Santa tells him he's trying to deliver presents.
Guy: That's crazy. Say, what's your name, anyway? Santa: Kris. Guy: Oh, great. I come up on the roof to get away from "It's a Wonderful Life" and I wind up with "Miracle on 39th Street"! Santa: "34th Street". Guy: Who's counting?
Does anybody have the slightest idea what show this might have been? I'm the only person I know who saw it.
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My wife said I had to come back and add "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
I also like an old, old HBO special starring Rich Little as about fifty different people in an adaptation of "A Christmas Carol." Scrooge is W.C. Fields, Cratchit is Paul Lynde, Tiny Tim is Truman Capote ("I am thtanding up!"), and Jack Benny is the kid Scrooge yells down to: "You, boy, what day is it?"
"What day is it? What day is it? It's Christmas day, of course!"
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Oh, Brad, I remember that one! I don't think I ever saw the whole thing, but the bits I did see were quite clever. IIRC, Mrs. Cratchit was Edith Bunker.
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The Variuos christmas carols, Esp Scrooged and even the ITV one staring Phil/Grant from Eastenders.
The Snowman is a staple of my Christmas life.
As Well as Fairy-tale of New york I would thrown "Stop the Cavalry" by Jona Lewie
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Someone mentioned the Kelsey Grammar musical version of "A Christmas Carol" as not being quite as good as the rest. But putting that aside for the moment (it may grow on us over time because it was overhyped when it was first shown), are there any versions of The Christmas Carol that people flat don't like. I suspect that we all have our favorites (many put "any version" in their favorite list) and could make a list in the order of which we like the best, but are then any version you hate?
And the related question: Are there any take-offs (I'm thinking TV series episodes) on the story which you think were especially good or bad?
I can't think of any but I'm not one who remembers specifics. I was hoping you all would remind me of a few.
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I was usually more disturbed at the sitcom takeoffs on It's a Wonderful Life.
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