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• • Bandit1

    Nov 23rd 2012, 7:09

    #1 for me would be a tie between "Die Hard" and "Christmas Vacation". But some I missed here: "Santa Clause 2"....the scene with the gifts and the teachers was pretty funny. And then "Four Christmases" and "Fred Claus". Both have V. Vaughn in it...but there's some good parts about them anyway. Like P. Giamatti in Fred Claus...awesome! Then there's "Mixed Nuts" and "Deck The Halls". Maybe not the best-loved movies...but there were worse ones on this list. Another guilty pleasure for me, despite the hate, is "Christmas with the Kranks"....can't hate a movie with D. Aykroyd in it and the scene where Allen gives away his cruise to M. Emmet Walsh is pretty nice.

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  • prime43

    Nov 23rd 2012, 7:33

    Hmm. 'Ot f these aren't Christmas movies. Most of these are movies set at Christmas. There's adifference Total Film.

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  • Gashead

    Nov 23rd 2012, 15:03

    Glad to see Bad Santa high on the list

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  • Hadouken76

    Nov 23rd 2012, 15:59

    Love, Actually makes people violently ill or just violent. Hardly keeping in the spirit of Christmas.

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  • FBSDeMorgan

    Nov 23rd 2012, 18:33

    I tried watching 'Love, Actually' once. I got about 30 minutes through it. Raw, seething hatred, Actually. Glad to see Die Hard, Bad Santa, Muppet CC and Scrooged good and high. Disappointed to see Home Alone so close to the top, I've never understood the love for the film.

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  • Igrayne

    Nov 23rd 2012, 22:00

    The Christmas present that Love Actually provides is that most of the cast of it do bog all now I wonder why, oh I know because it is a cheesy, insulting pile of contrived and mechanistically made piece of sell out bollocks. Knightmare Before Christmas is not a bloody Christmas movie, at least Bad Santa has a message at the end. Topping it off It's A Wonderful F£$%^ING LIFE? When films are so depressing and childish they make you want to wipe out a school with a pitchfork they are not in the Christmas spirit. Why is Jesus of Nazareth not there? Or King of Kings? He is the only reason Christmas exists and here is a beautiful Christmas message, have an Arab play Jesus that is what he was after all dark skin and robes, oh careful James unpopular statement.

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  • neilmitchell

    Nov 23rd 2012, 22:05

    Where's Wake in Fright?

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  • AlfredsDream098

    Nov 24th 2012, 10:25

    Very surprised to see Elf so near the top, not that it doesn't deserve it.

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  • endofdays

    Nov 24th 2012, 11:25

    Where's Christmas with the Klumps? Or Arnie classic Chingle All Da Way?

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  • alf2010

    Nov 25th 2012, 19:55

    Its a wondeful life might be one of my favourite movies of all time. Serendipity and the holiday are pretty xmassy

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  • bradendeal

    Nov 26th 2012, 17:37

    dig your top 10

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  • Kellend11

    Nov 30th 2012, 10:48

    As @endofdays mentioned earlier (well, they said Chingle instead of Jingle) - where is the Arnie classic Jingle All The Way?

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  • Abbafan1972

    Nov 30th 2012, 14:42

    I prefer the 90's version of "Miracle On 34th Street". Very good list though.

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  • Lanna

    Dec 1st 2012, 1:50

    The Hogfather should definitely be on this list! Every year I try to do 25 days of Christmas and I’ve always had a tough time filling each night with a Christmas movie. This list paired with the fact that I can do theme searches on my DISH Hopper guarantees me that I’ll easily be able to have my 25 days of Christmas this year. I’ve heard good things about Rare Exports from a few of the people I work with at DISH, so I’m going to make sure that this is one I see. If it’s not already playing on TV, I can just stream it through the Blockbuster @Home app.

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  • breanedoyle

    Dec 4th 2012, 21:04

    There's not a gigantic abundance of christmas films in the world, to make a list this big of movies actually worth watching, you would have to include movies set around the holidays. It's a wonderful life is definetely the greatest christmas movie of all time, who knows if anything will ever top it.

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  • breanedoyle

    Dec 4th 2012, 21:17

    @ Igrayne your statements are incorrect. Christmas was a pagan holiday, known as Winter Solstice, that was around for centuries before christianity. The christians adopted all of the pagan holidays in an attempt to fade out the pagan traditions and convert the pagans to Christianity. So in essence, Christmas really has nothing to do with Jesus as far as its roots go, it was a nature festival to celebrate the rebirth of the sun. But of course if you enjoy incorporating Jesus into your holidays celebrations, that's great, but many people have different views.

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  • DAO999

    Dec 5th 2012, 20:44

    How can you leave the REF off the list? I know most haven't heard of it but it does have a great cast and is funnier than Bad Santa. Denis Leary, Kevin Spacey, and Judy Davis were awesome. This movie has become a tradition for me and my wife to watch ever Christmas. The marketing of this movie is horrible. They should have and should market this movie as a Christmas movie because it's all about Christmas.

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  • chrisstone

    Dec 12th 2012, 11:15

    Although you'll always get 1000 different lists from 1000 different people it's also true to say that more broadly the values of the people who have put this list together are questionable as is their taste. Some good Christmas movies are not 'good' in the traditional sense, they may be slightly cheesy but everyone (or most at least) love them as they have common themes. I can't believe you put Elf and the Muppets in the top 5 or so, what the hell ! In my top 20 would be films like Love Actually, Planes Trains & Automobiles, Miracle on 34th Street (remake), Trapped In Paradise (Nic Cage), a couple of Christmas Carol remakes from 70's and 80's, Christmas with the Kranks, Trading Places, The Ref, Jingle All the Way. Yes they're not all about Christmas but set at Christmas time and ultimately have a 'christmassy feel'.

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  • xaviertsu

    Dec 13th 2012, 3:00

    Where is the polar express?

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  • spoonlamp

    Dec 23rd 2012, 0:35

    Appalling. TF becoming more and more like Empire every week...50 films that might have a Christmas Tree in them...

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  • fletch630

    Dec 25th 2012, 9:11

    come on TF some of these film's were in your worst christmas film list !!!

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  • aymankaram

    Dec 25th 2012, 16:15

    List of Christmas Movies In DDLvalley

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  • Hadouken76

    Dec 25th 2012, 16:36

    Yeah whats up with that? Love, Actually is listed 50th on your best AND Worst! Get off the fence, TF! (Its should remain on your worst..FOREVER).

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  • snpr82

    Dec 26th 2012, 6:29

    I actually love 'Love Actually!' It was fun, it was harmless and for an old Marine and cop... I was just what I needed...

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