What's Your Favorite Christmas Movie? \ stacker news ~culture

172 sats \ 14 comments \ @kepford 18 Dec 2023 culture

I have a hard time picking favorites for things like this but I have always really enjoyed "Holiday Inn". It pre-dates "White Christmas" and IMO is a much better script/storyline as well as having Fred Astaire. Don't get me wrong, both are good but I think "White Christmas" is mostly more popular because of its title.

I also enjoy "Christmas Vacation", "A Christmas Story", "Elf", and "Home Alone".

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43 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford OP 18 Dec 2023

Another good one my wife and I recently re-watched is Jimmy Stewart in "The Shop Around the Corner".

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 18 Dec 2023

I just mentioned it to my wife. She never heard of it. How about The Bishop's Wife? She loves it. I haven't seen it.

43 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 18 Dec 2023

I have seen it at least twice but I can't recall if I liked it.

28 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scholarhacker 19 Dec 2023

Die Hard.

https://scholarhacker.wordpress.com/2023/11/18/nothing-lasts-forever-is-a-christmas-novel/

44 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 18 Dec 2023

It's A Wonderful Life and Home Alone.

43 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford OP 18 Dec 2023

I still like "It's a Wonderful Life" but it is so full of Marxist anti-capitalism that it is hard for me to really enjoy it like I used to. The old rich villain vs. the poorly managed fiat loan company thing is to on the nose. I do love the rest of it though. Community support and seeing the impact one person can have on those around them. Get lessons for us all.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 18 Dec 2023

We were talking about this in the Saloon a week or so ago. I guess Capra got blacklisted. His sympathies are obvious. There was a time when I couldn't watch it, but I have mellowed.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford OP 18 Dec 2023

Yeah, this same meme is pretty much in every movie now. The villain is always a capitalist.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 18 Dec 2023

And an evil landlord usually.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @kristapsk 19 Dec 2023

Unpopular opinion - I think "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is a Christmas film. And my favourite.

2 sats \ 0 replies \ @brianh 19 Dec 2023

Jingle All the Way is a classic

2 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 19 Dec 2023

Christmas vacation is a classic. Jim Carey Grinch is great too

2 sats \ 0 replies \ @DEADBEEF 18 Dec 2023

For me it is “A Christmas Carol” starring Patrick Stewart. I feel like he really shines as Ebenezer Scrooge and his version doesn’t get enough love.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0216621/

I also like “A Christmas Story”, “Home Alone”, “Elf”, “Holiday Inn”, and “White Christmas” as well.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 21 Dec 2023