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Starpulse's 'Top 10 Christmas Movies Of All Time'

December 1st, 2007 11:00am EST Post a comment

I'm sitting with my family at the Thanksgiving table. At the focus is the bird carcass, a bulging centerpiece surrounded by newly stuffed bodies. The cranberry jello, still quivering in the shape of the can, is the only untouched side dish. There is a settling quiet as the full-stomached groans subside and give way to satisfied smiles, until finally somebody strikes up a conversation. Like the feeding frenzy that preceded it, it starts out slow and steadily grows more frantic.

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Sat Dec 1 2007 18:23:52 By: brendaaf (

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i cant stand a christmas story #1 its a wonderful life #2miracle on 34 th #3 white christmas #4 muppets christmas #5 charlie brown

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Sat Dec 1 2007 22:16:02 By: xAngiex (

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I LOVEEEE Elf!
Actually, Love Actually is one of my favorites. Great list!

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Sun Dec 2 2007 04:39:32 By: Agent Smith (

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Wow James, for a moment there I thought you were gonna blow it!
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However, there are a few changes I'd have to make to this list to make it mine.
here goes...
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10. The Santa Clause. We'll call it the entire trilogy here, even though I didn't see part 3 yet, but still, great Christmas movies and fun for the whole family. Gives kids a little deeper explanation of Santa, assuming they're not completely naive and really believe that Santa's an immortal and has been around forever.
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9.Home Alone. After not seeing this for years before finally seeing it again last Christmastime, I realize that the scenes where the blowtorch 'crowns' Joe Pesci and when Daniel Stern comes in the window barefoot to a floor full of broken glass ornaments you had better not have your mouth full of any liquid, because it will be coming back out, in all likelihood not just through your mouth, but through your nose as well.
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8. A Charlie Brown Christmas. Just the Vince Guaraldi soundtrack is enough.
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7. Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas. The original cartoon, not the crappy Jim Carrey version. I did not need to see the Grinch as a little green kid in school thank you very much director Ron Howard. I know you needed some filler, but come on?
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6. The Year Without A Santa Claus. Heat Miser? Snow Miser? Mickey Rooney? Another Rankin/Bass production, like Rudolph... Come on, this needs to be on ALL lists!

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Sun Dec 2 2007 04:39:42 By: Agent Smith (

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5. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer. "Bumble's Bounce!" One of my favorite things about this is that now we actually do have dollies that cry.
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4. Christmas Vacation. Another hilarious classic. Lots of classic scenes, but who can forget Cousin Eddie and the black dickie he wears under the white sweater? And of course, "Sh*tter was full!"
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3. Scrooge (1970, Albert Finney version). A timeless story, this is my favorite version of Dickens' classic. Mom says it's the 1951 Alastair Sim version, but I like Finney's better and Sim's got some pretty nasty Brit teeth in that '51 version
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1. Elf. Very fast riser to the top of my all-time list; heck, there are even times when I sit and debate myself over whether this or A Christmas Story is my favorite, at times I will switch them, so I think it's a safe bet to call it a draw here. This is 100%, beginning to end, fantastic film.
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1. A Christmas Story. I have to say, that I believe it fact that this is the greatest Christmas movie of all time. You cannot top it. This IS Christmas. Although, Elf is definitely up there. It's a tie.

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Sun Dec 2 2007 19:13:50 By: xAngiex (

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Agent, I'm with you. I sometimes can't decide if I like Elf more or A Christmas Story. A Christmas Story is such a classic, I watch it every year during Christmas season.

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Mon Dec 3 2007 14:20:02 By: Pamela Woods (

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I absolutely love Christmas movies. I especially love "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Miracle on 34th Street". I just really love Christmas time because people are more calmer and kinder to one another then than they are all year long. People are fickle and should not be!
Pamela Woods

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Tue Dec 4 2007 01:35:55 By: Keith Whitener (

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What about Arnold's #1 smash hit Jingle All the Way?
and DIE HARD

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Wed Dec 5 2007 16:32:02 By: Fried Chicken (

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what about Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas with Jim Carrey?

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Wed Dec 5 2007 19:34:19 By: Guy Nacolojist (

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weak list.
Jingle all the way was terrible. When Sinbad is the supporting cast you know you've got trouble.
Jim Carrey's Grinch was horrible also. I'll stick to the original thanks.
And where the heck is Ernest Saves Christmas?

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Wed Dec 5 2007 19:39:21 By: BikerChick (

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Maybe not a "top 10" film, but I like Bill Murray in "Scrooged."

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Thu Dec 6 2007 16:56:54 By: Keith Whitener (

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Clearly someone doesn't watch Conan.

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Thu Dec 6 2007 17:21:35 By: Guy Nacolojist (

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aww, Scrooged, good one
"Clearly someone doesn't watch Conan."
And "someone" does watch Conan, he just doesn't memorize every single skit or see the show every single night

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Thu Dec 6 2007 21:14:51 By: Squints (

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I can already see the Christmas Story repeats now

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Mon Dec 17 2007 13:25:41 By: xmasrockskid (

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I like this list I definitly think a christmas story is the greatest christmas movie ever but I haven't seen It's a Wonderful Life yet but yea overall this is a good list

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Mon Dec 17 2007 13:29:33 By: xmasrockskid (

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I think Elf is unbelievalby awsome, i mean probalby #2 on my list but the santa in it seems like a X@@##!

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Mon Dec 17 2007 13:31:10 By: xmasrockskid (

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sorry jerk

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Thu Dec 20 2007 03:30:34 By: candenman (

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Another good Christmas movie which was in the movie theatres last year 2006 is-The Nativity Story.!

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Fri Dec 21 2007 00:22:57 By: candenman (

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For 2007 right now-"This Christmas",is a entertaining very good movie.Much better then what newspaper critics wrote about it-their often bias.!