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Posted 12/15/2008 1:41 AM (GMT -7)
Anybody have any recommendations?  Favorites?  I need to temporarily distract my brain from the chaos of life right now.

Some of my favorites:

It's a Wonderful Life (am I the only one who gets teary-eyed at the end...every year I watch it?)

Miracle on 34th Street

Holiday Inn

A Charlie Brown Christmas

The Holiday

Elf

Posted 12/15/2008 8:46 AM (GMT -7)
I enjoyed "Love Actually"

Also liked "The Family Stone" (though not as much).

Both came out in the last couple of years.

My teenage kids like "Bad Santa".

Posted 12/15/2008 5:23 PM (GMT -7)
I liked This Christmas, and Family Man
Posted 12/15/2008 7:16 PM (GMT -7)
Love Actually is a fantastic movie!

Another good one is One Magic Christmas... it is SO good. I watch it every year.

I like all the old movies too... I have a 2 & 5 year old so we watch ALL the shows! Our DVR is stocked! : )

Posted 12/16/2008 10:20 AM (GMT -7)
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Christmas with the Kranks

Home Alone (the first one)

Posted 12/16/2008 11:49 PM (GMT -7)
Christmas theme:
As mentioned above: Family Stone
Other favorites:
A Good Year / French Kiss / Under the Tuscan Sun (my favorite movie to transport me to another place)
Lara Croft Tomb Raider (I like to think in another life I could be as athletic and active as she is)
O'Brother Where Arn't Thou / I'm Reed Fish / My gosh... I have netflix and love the variety of movies.

maggie
Posted 12/17/2008 5:20 PM (GMT -7)
thanks everyone! 

for those of you who are unfamiliar, i'm 18 (yay, i'm legal, soo happy...not rolleyes  ) in case any of you weren't comfortable posting adult targeted movies because you read my screenname.

Oh, how could I forget to list:

A Chirstmas Story

A Muppet's Christmas Carol

keep the suggestions coming!

Posted 12/17/2008 5:26 PM (GMT -7)

maggiemoo said...
Christmas theme:
As mentioned above: Family Stone
Other favorites:
A Good Year / French Kiss / Under the Tuscan Sun (my favorite movie to transport me to another place)
Lara Croft Tomb Raider (I like to think in another life I could be as athletic and active as she is)
O'Brother Where Arn't Thou / I'm Reed Fish / My gosh... I have netflix and love the variety of movies.

maggie

Oh, yeah, wouldn't we all like to be as athletic/active as she is! We'll get there one day.

O'Brother Where Are't Thou = tongue ...i even own the soundtrack.

Posted 12/17/2008 6:26 PM (GMT -7)
Hmmm, some excellent movies!  And I love O Brother Where Art Thou, great movie.  I also love French Kiss...

Getting back to Christmas movies, I happened to see a short film written by one of my favorite writers O. Henry called "The Gift of the Magi" but the books are better in my opinion (but I didn't see the DVD that came out called O. Henry's Full House). 

Happy Holidays!

Denise

 

Posted 12/21/2008 10:23 PM (GMT -7)
Have you seen "PS I love you" I cried from beginning to end.
Maggie moo
Posted 12/22/2008 5:37 PM (GMT -7)
If you can drag yourself out to see a movie (no easy trip I know), Four Christmases was laugh out loud funny. (:
Northlover
Posted 12/23/2008 2:15 PM (GMT -7)
This season so far we have watched:
The Santa Clauses (we own 2 and 3 - need to get 1)
Elf
The Grinch who Stole Christmas
A Christmas Story
Polar Express (not my favorite but youngest likes it)
Home Alone 2 (we need to get one also)

Have left to watch:
Christmas with the Cranks
Deck the Halls

I love Christmas movies and the kids know that during the month of December that is about all I watch during our family movie time. It drives my poor son (sometimes my husband) crazy, but my girls will snuggle up with me on the couch and watch them. We also have them playing while we bake and are rolling all the cookies. Good times!!

I hope you all have a blessed holiday season! Merry CHRISTmas!

Blessings,
Leah
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