What movie are you watching Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?

Elf and Krampus. Must be a Seattle thing....

 

The Bishops Wife

 

A Christmas movie for noir fans, one that’s hard to forget.​

 

my friends' tradition is this "christmas" film

 

I’ll be watching the 2005 Christian Carion film...Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas)
“In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each other's way of life”
This year being the 100th anniversary of the Armistice..the film will be more significant.

 

ABSOLUTELY! MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS (NO, NOT 'COLORIZED' EITHER)

 

Fantasia

and the Rhapsody in Blue portion of Fantasia 2000 (my mother played R in B in college)

 

A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. I've watched it almost every year since I was born. Ok, I don't actually remember watching it in the years soon after I was born but you get where I am going. It's been a long time. I'm happy to have a DVD of it now so I can control when I watch it. I believe there is a colorised version but I watch the black and white one. I don't have a position on that but I know that is an important distinction here.

 

We always watch It's a Wonderful Life on Christmas Eve, and usually watch no movies whatsoever on Christmas Day, as that day is spent opening presents and with family.

 

A Christmas Carol... all the versions I own...

 

Christmas Vacation on the Eve and Die Hard Xmas night. first Die Hard BD viewing

 

that's after our traditional double feature 12/15 of Trans Siberian Orchestra the Ghost of Christmas Eve and the definitive Christmas Carol

 

Three or four Xmases ago, after having a very hectic Xmas day, I threw myself on the couch around midnight on Xmas night and watched this on demand because of its title and because it had an Xmas tree in the promo shot.

All Is Bright (2013) - IMDb

Man, the acting was pretty good, but all roads lead to sadness. I don't think I'll watch it again this Xmas -- I try my best to stay positive around the holidays and be thankful for all the love and warmth I have in my life, and a movie like this could puncture and pop the mood pretty quickly! That said, I would like to see it one more time in the right context.

 

I never heard of this. It looks very interesting & I think I'll check it out this year (just not on Christmas Eve or Day).

Reminds me of a movie I really like and watched every year for a while: Where God Left His Shoes. Very sad movie set on Christmas Eve. Sort of has an uplifting ending, but just sort of. The acting is great.

Where God Left His Shoes (2007) - IMDb

 

Maybe not on Christmas Eve, but definitely before New Year's I'd like to view this BR copy of The Apartment that I have not yet seen:

 

This:

 

My Christmas eve tradition too. And yes the black and white version NOT the colorized.

On a side note, some time over last summer I was channel surfing and ran across an Alistair Sim movie I never heard of called "The Belles of St. Trinian's" (1954). Alistair Sim in drag! Nearly shattered my illusions of Christmas.

 

Wow...That looks awesome!

 

I remember a made-for-tv movie called "An American Christmas Carol" with Henry Winkler.

I enjoyed that one.

 

MST3K's Santa Claus Conquers The Martians
The Hogfather

 

Godfather Saga.

 

Dawn of the Dead (1978) - to prepare myself for the day after.

 

"Die Hard" is a Xmas classic on German TV. I`m not kidding.

I prefer "The Polar Express" though.

 

It's sort of one in the US too, although it appears very few Christmas movies of any kind are actually shown on Christmas Eve & Christmas Day. Aside from The Christmas Story marathon, most channels have their holidays programming earlier in the month it seems.

Die Hard was on a lot last year, I don't see it as much now. With this year being the 30th anniversary, I was expecting to see it more. (I did see it in a theater for the 30th though.)