Let's settle the great debate once and for all

[IronWing]

Die Hard.

Best.Christmas.movie.ever.

That reminds me of a story. I had a friend in HS who's parents bought a VCR for Christmas. They didn't have any movies yet so they trekked down to the video store to rent one. They found one in the comedy section and decided it looked good and brought it home. So three generations, aged 12-65, sat down together after Christmas dinner to watch Liquid Sky.

 

[TwiceOver]

Die Hard.

Best.Christmas.movie.ever.

My family is partial to "The Long Kiss Goodnight" as their Christmas Movie.

 

[alzan]

I was just talking about Scrooged the other day. I could TOTALLY see the behind the scenes at NBC's production of Peter Pan Live being like the production of Christmas Carol in Scrooged

"Yule Love It"

 

[skipsneeky2]

Me and my wife cosplay the scene from Vacation when the next door neighbors come home to a wreck and margo asks Todd why the carpet is all wet and he answers idk Margo.

The funny is how horrible that name Margo is,my god its dreadful.Wife just loves that scene to much.

 

[DrPizza]

Home Alone.

Because the last 10 minutes was particularly funny, you've forgotten that the first 80 minutes was a steaming pile of crap.

 

[Tweak155]

I'm an 80's kid and I voted Christmas Story. I didn't like it all that much the first time I watched it (teenager maybe?), but something about it grew on me.

I watched Christmas Vacation last year or the year before and I really didn't like it at all. I did like the Vegas Vacation though.

There are definite other Christmas movies that make the list every year though, it's hard to name just one. But given the 2 options, it was easy.

 

[Ichinisan]

I thought it was late 40s?

EDIT: Guess not. Apparently 1939 or 1940.

Hmm. I wouldn't expect the leg lamp thing in 1939. It just doesn't seem realistic considering the culture in the late '30s and early '40s. Yeah, I know they're saying it did cause a bit of a social disturbance in the neighborhood, but I don't think the lamp would have existed at all in 1939...at least not as a prize for a contest. It would be 95% guaranteed to offend the recipient and 100% guaranteed to offend some (most) house guests.

Wow. I was thinking late '50s or something.

 

[T9D]

https://chaturbate.com/female-cams/

 

[slag]

Bad Santa > *

About 1/10th as good as Rudolph and 1/100th as good as the other two movies listed in the OP.

 

[slag]

this


story on the other hand has always been crap, cannot fathom why people like that movie

I like it, not necessarily because of the story, but because I like Clark's character. I put myself in his shoes. When the kids are in the car whining about the drive out to get the tree, I'd be yelling at my kids to shut up as we were about to die. As Audrey is hiking out to the tree, complaining, I'd be yelling at my kids to enjoy the day and to shut up.

What does Clark do in both of these examples? He finds a way to enjoy it and not gripe at his family. I wish I was more like Clark. He finds ways to defuse most situations and work through problems (such as staying at it all night to try to fix the lights and entertaining his cousin in law and their kids and even takes them shopping.

Clark's character is entertaining to watch which is why I love the show. Its my favorite movie of all time and I laugh from the opening cartoonish credits until the end when his wife is cupping his balls.

 

[mistercrabby]

"Scrooged" - Bill Murray

Which is the better Christmas movie...

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

or

A Christmas Story

 

[Gooberlx2]

That makes absolutely no sense for a story that is set in the late 1930s.

I thought it was late 40s?

Huh, my bad I guess. I thought it was set in the '70s.

I always thought it was 50s/60s

Kinda proves his point that the experience of Christmas (just being a kid, really) was largely unchanged, almost timeless, up until computers, video games, etc... and kids stopped going outdoors.

 

[Fritzo]

Hmm. I wouldn't expect the leg lamp thing in 1939. It just doesn't seem realistic considering the culture in the late '30s and early '40s. Yeah, I know they're saying it did cause a bit of a social disturbance in the neighborhood, but I don't think the lamp would have existed at all in 1939...at least not as a prize for a contest. It would be 95% guaranteed to offend the recipient and 100% guaranteed to offend some (most) house guests.

Wow. I was thinking late '50s or something.

I think the time period is placed in 1939/1940 due to the Wizard of Oz references.

Poor bastards don't realize WWII is about to hit

 

[djnsmith7]

Vacation. Watch it every Christmas. Haven't watched Story in years.

 

[Anubis]

Kinda proves his point that the experience of Christmas (just being a kid, really) was largely unchanged, almost timeless, up until computers, video games, etc... and kids stopped going outdoors.

my xmass experience as a child had zero resemblance to Story (which is prob why I hate it) same with The Wonder Years

it much more resembled Vacation TBH

 

[Phoenix86]

40 to 38.

Settle my ass.

 

[Printer Bandit]

The Orphan Annie radio decoder pin that Ralphie receives is the 1940 "Speedomatic" model, indicating that the movie takes place in December, 1940

 

[JulesMaximus]

Christmas Vacation.

\thread

 

[BurnItDwn]

I strongly dislike "a christmas story", I like Christmas Vacation.
But the best xmas movie is probably Die Hard..

Otherwise Nightmare before Xmas was good

 

[Away]

It's a Wonderful Life.

 

[Nebor]

How is Die Hard not an option?

Ho ho ho now I have a machine gun

 

[mmntech]

Kinda proves his point that the experience of Christmas (just being a kid, really) was largely unchanged, almost timeless, up until computers, video games, etc... and kids stopped going outdoors.

I think the timing of the film is deliberately left ambiguous because of this. A lot of nostalgic movies came out in the 70s and early 80s targeting the silent generation and first wave boomers.

 

[andylawcc]

i would say Love Actually.

 

[andylawcc]

Because the last 10 minutes was particularly funny, you've forgotten that the first 80 minutes was a steaming pile of crap.

YOU HAVE NO CHILDHOOD! NO CHILDHOOD! capcapcaps

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Because the last 10 minutes was particularly funny, you've forgotten that the first 80 minutes was a steaming pile of crap.

I dunno. I just watched it with my kids. First part did not seem too bad to me and I had not seen the movie for at least 15 years.