So you want to watch a holiday movie?

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, Assistant Editor on December 4, 2009

You have two choices this weekend: Go out and fight the holiday crowds, or stay in and watch holiday movies. (Yep, that's it. Those are the only two choices.) To help you choose what to watch if you decide to stay in, we've constructed a holiday movie flow chart.

According to the chart, what will you be watching this weekend? What's your favorite holiday film?

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I'm watching

Posted by

Penny Winterr (898 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 07:37pm

Bad(er) Santa! Funniest Christmas movie ever!

can't beat love actually for

Posted by

dazed&confused (106 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 07:43pm

can't beat love actually for christmas

Love Actually

Posted by

Miss.Gooners (10 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 03:04pm

oh my days it is like the best crimbo film ever... its usually on on crimbo eve.. and makes christmas :D x

I LOVE Christmas

Posted by

Woolf20 (515 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 07:45pm

I LOVE Christmas Vacation! I watch it every year. Last year I watched it three times.

OMG CHRISTMAS

Posted by

Tamsin (247 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 07:54pm

ELF Is definitely my favourite =P I have watched it so so many times but Buddy never gets boring =P But I will pretty much watch them all...I love Christmas way too much lol

Christmas vacation

Posted by

Gabriela (14 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 07:56pm

Is the best. Never gets old.

You forgot

Posted by

sweetiedarlinmia (637 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 08:08pm

It's a Wonderful Life. Classic holiday film.That, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and the 24 hours of A Christmas Story make me a happy little elf!

I Loooove Christmas

Posted by

Georgie the Fem... (326 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 08:12pm

I Loooove Christmas Vacation, we always watch it in my household.

Love Actualy aswell, Ima gonna go watch it now :)

She laughs at my dreams but I dream about her laughter.

Home Alone National

Posted by

Sade (63 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 08:28pm

Home Alone

National Lampoon Christmas

A Christmas Story (because I always watch it love lol)

You're gonna shoot your eye out! lol best line ever

And storms will surely come,
But true love is a choice you must make
And you're the one that I have set my heart to choose.
As long as I live, I swear I'll see this through.

-- Thrice "The Weight" Beggars

Alright!!!!!!! The Nightmare

Posted by

ChiisaiUsako (16 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 08:30pm

Alright!!!!!!! The Nightmare Before Christmas it is. Love that movie

Muppet Christmas Carol

Posted by

Carmen (12 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 08:40pm

... I know it by heart. I watch it every single year.

The most remarkable thing about you standing in the doorway is that it's you, and you are standing in the doorway. - The Mountain Goats

Will Watch...

Posted by

Tofu Delight (137 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 09:01pm

Love Actually[!!], Home Alone 1 & 3, The Nightmare before Christmas. But not until next week.

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My family watches Die Hard

Posted by

Razberry (5 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 09:06pm

My family watches Die Hard on Christmas Eve! It's totally a christmas movie!

A Christmas Story.

Posted by

Anonymous

on December 04, 2009 at 09:32pm

Love Actually and Home Alone are two of the best Christmas movies but you can't forget A Christmas Story.

I like to smile, smiling's my favorite!

Posted by

Carolyn (176 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 09:33pm

Elf and Love Actually take the cake for me depending on what sort of mood I'm in. But I could watch Love Actually every day and never get tired of it. I also associate any Harry Potter movie with Christmas, so I'm sure those will be in heavy rotation.

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The Polar Express

Posted by

Anonymous

on December 04, 2009 at 09:37pm

Umm...yeah. The Polar Express is the jam. Hate to break it to you :P.

"how about i punch you in the neck"

Posted by

twillow (24 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 09:38pm

hahah love it

too hard to choose just one xmas movie! i may just have to watch them all..

PS. no GG recap this week? my Gossip Girl experience is incomplete without stuntdouble's ever-witty comments :(

All of them.

Posted by

ChavaAv (204 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 10:11pm

"How many British actors do you prefer in your Christmas love stories?"

Keira Knightly and Collin Firth FTW.

אני קורא, אז אני פשוט צריך לשמוע אותך

A Christmas Story!!! I'll

Posted by

Luna (648 posts)

on December 14, 2009 at 03:46pm

A Christmas Story!!! I'll watch it for 24 hours solid starting on Christmas Eve.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Love Actually, Elf, Bad Santa, Miracle on 34th Street, Christmas Vaction, The Long Kiss Goodnight and The Nightmare Before Christmas I'll watch it on Christmas Eve while I wrap gifts.

also A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph isle of misfit toys and pretty much any other christmass movie my tevo decides to record for me while I'm off at work.

Ahahaaha ELF!! <3 I'm

Posted by

Flamboy (33 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 10:34pm

Ahahaaha ELF!! <3 I'm surprised I haven't watched it this year yet! Last year, I watched Elf almost every day during December. I'm going to pop it in the DVD player right now, I think. <3 I absolutely ADORE Zooey Deschanel!!

But, oh man... Home Alone. I remember Home Alone 2 was on different TV channels practically EVERY day last year! And I watched it every time, lol! Definitely one of my all-time favorites.

I've actually never watched any of the others... (except The Nightmare Before Christmas, of course.) I have a feeling I'll be renting Love Actually from Blockbuster next week. :)

Everybody's fine.

Posted by

Layla (119 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 10:46pm

My bff and I decided to go see "Everybody's Fine," because we'd heard that it was a good Christmas movie - or assumed that it would be. And oh god we were wrong.

Let me just say that this is akin to characterizing "Titanic" as a "good Christmas movie," if by good Christmas movie one intends to indicate a sobfest of epic proportions. Although, to be fair, there was a nice holiday present in the form of Katherine Moennig - thanks, Miramax.

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Santa Clause 2

Posted by

polkadotwings (113 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 11:06pm

I just watched The Santa Clause 2 tonight. Elizabeth Mitchell. Need I say more? :P

Elf

Posted by

Dana (3310 posts)

on December 04, 2009 at 11:17pm

It gets me every time xD

Nightmare Before Christmas!

Posted by

K.C. (98 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 12:05am

Nightmare Before Christmas! <3

yes

Posted by

B (3 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 07:17pm

The best movie on that list :-)

I will probably watch all of

Posted by

regularjo (139 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 01:05am

I will probably watch all of them. Because Christmas makes EVERYTHING better!

...

Posted by

Salaam (70 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 07:21am

Except your bank account. :-)

Truth!

Posted by

regularjo (139 posts)

on December 06, 2009 at 07:08am

Truth!

Nightmare Before Christmas

Posted by

*Kiki* (224 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 01:55am

Hell yeah!!!

Elf is my favorite too, I already saw it three times ever since December started

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vivono nella speranza

Love Actually!

Posted by

Eliza (96 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 02:09am

I've already seen it once and DVR'd it for my whole family to watch. And my best friend at college hasn't seen How the Grinch Stole Christmas (to be fair, she's Jewish), so that's on the list.

As a child of the 90's, I miss the old Christmas specials they used to show on Cartoon Network. Yogi Bear and the Flintstone's Christmas Carol anyone?

Moooovies

Posted by

Mali (10 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 03:22am

I always ALWAYS loved the cheesey short stop christmas animation films! I don't have no idea what any of them are called but I do know they all revolve around the theme of christmas (obviously) Otherwise I loooove A Christmas Story, if I could play any character in that movie I would totally be the kid in the line to see Santa that says "I like Santa" That and you can't forget The Polar Express!

The Holiday

Posted by

Vicky (146 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 03:44am

Okay flowchart, I'll watch The Holiday!

I've never seen it before, anyone know if it's any good?

Holiday is a good movie

Posted by

McGirl-ver (192 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 10:15am

It follows the lives of two women, one in england, one in the US, both of whom have terrible love lives. For the winter vacation they swap houses (who does this? I don't know) and spend their time dealing with people of the town and growing as women. I can't recall the actors off the top of my head but I think it was jack black's best acting performance. I can't wait to watch it again.

The Holiday is a fantastic

Posted by

mandaisyrenergy (17 posts)

on December 06, 2009 at 07:34pm

The Holiday is a fantastic movie!

Cameron Diaz kinda ruins it though. But Jack Black and Kate Winslet are worth it!

Love Actually and Holiday..

Posted by

Ana (282 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 04:28am

both..but it's still too early for holiday movies..:)

Christmas Eve On Sesamese Street

Posted by

frosted_fraggle (88 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 07:41am

and The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas are childhood favorites of mine (the former really badly dubbed in German, but I suppose as a kid you don't necessarily notice that the lip movements don't fit). same goes for Scrooged and Disney's version of A Christmas Carol. Still watch them every year.

I also agree with the Love Actually love. Great movie, great actors - makes me feel good. As does It's Wonderful Life.

OH MY GOD

Posted by

dragonlady07 (429 posts)

on December 07, 2009 at 06:09pm

the bear who slept through christmas! I WATCHED THIS OVER AND OVER AS A CHILD

and also disneys christmas carol!!! <3

Ha!

Posted by

maclay (116 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 08:53am

How many British Actors do you prefer in your Christmas Love stories? -> All of them! -> Love Actually

It's funny 'cause it's true!

I'm not hugely into Christmas movies, but I can be persuaded to watch Santa Claus the Movie.

TNBC!

Posted by

Jess (6 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 10:35am

It is all about The Nightmare Before Christmas!!!! That movie rules plus it gives me a chance to sing along! XD

Love Actually of course...

Posted by

bleu_lightning (38 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 12:03pm

Just saw it for the...fifth time last week. So good - could watch it forever.

And any movie with Zooey Deschanel singing in a shower & a full-grown "Elf" always makes for a great holiday film.

A Christmas story

Posted by

Secondsex (104 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 12:20pm

I found my own childhood when I first saw the movie. It's charming and funny, and tender without being sissy.

The little boy is exactly it. Very real.

Le pere Noel est une ordure

Posted by

Secondsex (104 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 12:31pm

Also, Santa Claus is trash is a French classic, completely offbeat... I think it was made into a very bad movie by Nora Ephron starring Steve Martin. But the French original is just genius: Thierry l'hermite, Josiane Balasko, Anémone, Gerard Jugnot, Michel Blanc. The great wave of French comedy in the 1980s.

It was fun, sexy and had a little profanity. The tenderness was twisted!

_____

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"The sh*tter's full."

Posted by

L_Rae (105 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 12:49pm

Christmas Vacation all the way. Family tradition dictates the movie will be watched during Christmas; and it's one rule I really don't mind following! Plus, my dad's usually a quiet guy. He'll chuckle or laugh quietly, but with C.V. he is always laughing loudly. Good times.

Another movie that is tradition is White Christmas. The chart totally ignores one of the best Christmas movies ever made!

Love actually

Posted by

Black&Gold (4 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 12:56pm

Love actually!
I just watched it last week!

I'll have to try The Holiday...

Posted by

dbackfan22 (38 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 02:44pm

because that looks like Kate Winslett in the flow chart. And there's lots of rave reviews for Love, Actually, so I guess I'd better try that, too. I always watch It's a Wonderful Life.

My Holiday List...

Posted by

imthey (617 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 02:53pm

My Holiday List would consist of ELF, Miracle on 34th Street, and The Bells of St. Mary's.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise. ~Johann von Goethe

I love all christmas movies :)

Posted by

BananaHannah (39 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 03:30pm

Grinch, Nightmare Before Christams, Love Actually, Its a wonderful life, Elf. I wish that i could think of 24, one for each day of december beofre christmas. Probably watch love actually on christmas eve.

''Button, button who's got the button?'' -Gene Wilder, Charlie and the chocolate factory

Yay! Flow Charts!!!

Posted by

Suzzie (312 posts)

on December 05, 2009 at 05:26pm

I got either Nightmare Before Christmas or Holiday (as I'm not bothered about animated or non animated), both of which I have on DVD, so I may have to have a late night tonight and watch Holiday, then Nightmare Before Christmas tomorrow morning, waking my parents up with my horrendous singing haha!!!

I love your flow charts! They are fantastic!!! They make my inner geek rejoice :)