So my friend,
Jeanelle, posted a bunch of here Christmas favorites. I thought it was a rather fun idea, so I thought I'd do the same starting with movies.
White Christmas:
The dancing is AMAZING and the romantic, charming storyline doesn't get any better than this. My sister, mom, cousins, and aunt have watched many times together, which is probably one of the main reasons I love it so much. We get a kick out of how small and then cinched Vera-Ellen's (plays Judy) waist is. {A little movie trivia: I actually read that she suffered from anorexia and they made her entire wardrobe for the movie include turtlenecks to hide her aging neck that was apparently a side-effect of the disease. By my, my that woman can dance.} P.S. It's all the housekeepers fault!
A Muppet's Christmas Carol:
Somehow it became "The Movie". You know, the one you watch every Christmas Eve after opening your new jammies. Love it. Favorite take on the famous Christmas tale. It's quite funny too. Lots of memories tied up in this one.
A Christmas Story:
I always hated this one when I was younger. I thought why does everyone like this old fashioned movie with a boring grown-up voice in the background? Then, my sense of humor developed. It's not Christmas until you've watched this movie at least once.
Elf:
Although newer to the mix, it easily falls into the favorite category.
There is also
"It's a Wonderful Life",
"The Santa Clause" and not to mention the great (albeit sometimes cheesy) Hallmark and ABC Family movies. Really try and catch
"A Boyfriend for Christmas" (cheesy, but good) and
"A Silent Night" (This year's new favorite. Even Phil liked this one).
A Muppet's Christmas Carol:
Somehow it became "The Movie". You know, the one you watch every Christmas Eve after opening your new jammies. Love it. Favorite take on the famous Christmas tale. It's quite funny too. Lots of memories tied up in this one.
A Christmas Story:
I always hated this one when I was younger. I thought why does everyone like this old fashioned movie with a boring grown-up voice in the background? Then, my sense of humor developed. It's not Christmas until you've watched this movie at least once.
Elf:
Although newer to the mix, it easily falls into the favorite category.
There is also "It's a Wonderful Life", "The Santa Clause" and not to mention the great (albeit sometimes cheesy) Hallmark and ABC Family movies. Really try and catch "A Boyfriend for Christmas" (cheesy, but good) and "A Silent Night" (This year's new favorite. Even Phil liked this one).
My sister and I used to peform "Sisters" from White Christmas all the time.
ReplyDeleteWe also watched It's a Wonderful Life in black and white and the colorized version every year. Good list!
Thanks for sharing...I haven't seen half of those. I put them on our netflix queue.
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ReplyDeleteI had to laugh at your list, it was like I was looking at a list that I would have made. I love those exact movies, in the exact same order that you had them (well, maybe switching Christmas Story with Elf). But other than that, it was the same. I LOVE White Christmas, it is by far my favorite, and I just realized that that is the only Christmas movie that I haven't watched this year....I need to fix that fast.
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