1.) Star Wars (Ep 4 - A New Hope. Not strictly Christmas-y but a holiday tradition while we cook nonetheless.)
2.) Home Alone 2
3.) Krampus
4.) Die Hard (Christmas setting)
5.) Batman Returns
@sammydog01 yes! I even got to see Rare Exports in theatres a few years ago for a horror themed event. One of my FAVORITES. Definitely one to show people just for their faces during that…corral scene
The top 2 are pretty set in stone, the others can change depending on my mood. Elf could easily fit in there, along with a bunch of others. I love Die Hard, but i don’t think of it as a Christmas movie, even though it takes place during that time of year, i guess because it doesn’t necessarily revolve around the holiday. I’ll be joining WITSEC now, it’s been real!
**Years ago, I read an article wherein the author floated the theory that, in Home Alone, Kevin is dead. I know, I know, it’s super dark, and sounds absurd but, it actually made a lot of sense. If memory serves, it was from The Daily Beast. After reading this piece, I gained a whole new appreciation for Home Alone, dead protagonist or no.
1.Elf
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5.Die hard
#1 - violent night
if you haven’t seen it, it’s worth it
@halfling I can’t wait to see it! It’s supposed to stream on Peacock soon…
@halfling I’ve been twice so far. I might make it three.
1.) Star Wars (Ep 4 - A New Hope. Not strictly Christmas-y but a holiday tradition while we cook nonetheless.)
2.) Home Alone 2
3.) Krampus
4.) Die Hard (Christmas setting)
5.) Batman Returns
Honorable Mention: Nightmare Before Christmas
@salvaje Planes Trains Automobiles is a Thanksgiving movie.
@ChadP noooooooooo, my whole life is a lie!!!
Are we talking Christmas Spirit Ho Ho Ho And All Christmas movies?
Or I mean it takes place during Christmas Christmas movies?
Because that’s two different lists
And here’s mine:
Christmas Spirit:
Muppet Christmas Carol
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Scrooged
Christmas Vacation
Spirited
Christmas Adjacent
Die Hard
Gremlins
Just Friends
Batman Returns
Trading Places
Special Bonus Shout Out to my personal Christmas Night Tradition Horror Movies as we really only watch horror films in the Mimikyu household:
A Christmas Horror Story (Krampus! Zombie Elves! Oh My!)
Christmas Evil (what really happens when you see mommy kissing Santa)
and drum roll please
Silent Night Deadly Night (NAUGHTY! PUNISH!)
@mimikyu Exactly! “Christmas-adjacent” is the perfect description for stuff like Die Hard, i feel better about my assessment below.
@mimikyu
William Shatner!
Have you seen Rare Exports?
@sammydog01 yes! I even got to see Rare Exports in theatres a few years ago for a horror themed event. One of my FAVORITES. Definitely one to show people just for their faces during that…corral scene
@mimikyu @sammydog01 Thanks for the heads up, Rare Exports is streaming for free on Tubi right now!
and we can’t forget…
Here are some other ones I like, that will never live up to The Year Without a Santa Claus, in no particular order:
@SpoopySkeleton
Long live the Miser brothers!!
The top 2 are pretty set in stone, the others can change depending on my mood. Elf could easily fit in there, along with a bunch of others. I love Die Hard, but i don’t think of it as a Christmas movie, even though it takes place during that time of year, i guess because it doesn’t necessarily revolve around the holiday. I’ll be joining WITSEC now, it’s been real!
I’m doing 6.
**Years ago, I read an article wherein the author floated the theory that, in Home Alone, Kevin is dead. I know, I know, it’s super dark, and sounds absurd but, it actually made a lot of sense. If memory serves, it was from The Daily Beast. After reading this piece, I gained a whole new appreciation for Home Alone, dead protagonist or no.
I think that was the rejected script from M. Night Shyamalan.
1 Christmas Story
Checks notes, yup that’s it!!
@fjp999 Was that the working title of Bertolucci’s The Sheltering Sky?
@macromeh Ya got me. What was the working title of Bertolucci’s The Sheltering Sky?
@fjp999
scoog:
something that provides cover or protection, as from weather or danger; place of refuge.
@fjp999
@macromeh - do you play a lot of Scrabble?
@Kyeh Occasionally with my wife, but she usually wins.
(But this one was complements of a google search.)
@macromeh Yeah? I’m a word nerd but I’d never heard of that!
Happy Christmas, motherfuckers.
/giphy Die Hard Christmas
