Your Favorite Christmas Movies

Are there Christmas movies that you watch each year?

Gather your family together for a night of holiday movie watching. Make some hot chocolate, build a fire and snuggle in for some holiday cheer.

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Non-Animated Christmas Movies

A Christmas Carol
(1984)
Starring: George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, Angela Pleasence.
Directed by Clive Donner.
Runtime: 100 minutes.

Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean old man until a Christmas Eve visit from the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future show him the true joys of Christmas. A great story line that helps put the Christmas season back into perspective.

It's A Wonderful Life
(1947)
Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore.
Directed by Frank Capra
Runtime: 130 minutes.

A despondant man is going to end his life but ends up rescuing his guardian angel instead. The angel shows him that his life hasn't been a waste. You may actually be touching more lives than you ever realized. A great movie, but keep a box of kleenex handy.

Miracle on 34th street
(1947)
Starring: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood.
Directed by: George Seaton
Run Time: 96 minutes

A child who no longer believes in Santa meets a department store Santa who claims to be the real deal. A wonderful story about not giving up hope.

Other Non Animated Christmas Movies

A Christmas Story: This is a funny movie. One can't help but feel sorry for poor Ralphie as he's forced to deal with some very embarrassing demands from his parents.

Home Alone: A child is accidentally left behind when the rest of his family heads off on a Christmas vacation. Two bumbling crooks try to break into his house and meet up with some very creative mishaps.

Elf: A young orphaned boy is mistakenly taken to the North Pole and raised as an Elf. While this one has some funny parts in it, I probably wouldn't watch it a second time. I just had a hard time not being annoyed with the antics.

The Santa Clause: Scott Calvin (played by Tim Allen) finds himself at the North Pole where he tries on Santas' red suit. He discovers that by trying on the suit he took on the responsibilities of being Santa. While trying to live his normal messed up life, he has to also deal with realistic changes to his body that turn him into the rolly poly Santa with a long beard. This one has some very nice special affects and Tim Allen is just good at being goofy.

Animated Christmas Movies

Charlie Brown Christmas

Charlie Brown Christmas is a classic. Charlie Brown is suffering from the holiday blues, he volunteers to be director of the Christmas play to try and cheer himself up.
I've watched each Christmas season for years. The music is soothing, the script is entertaining and you can't help falling in love with Snoopy. A must see for kids of all ages.

Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer
Run time: 52 minutes.
Starring Burl Ives, Larry D. Mann
Directed by Larry Roemer

Rudolph doesn't fit in with the other reindeers because of his red nose. His nose comes in handy when a winter snowstorm threatens to shut down Santa's Christmas Eve activities. I love the way Rudolph talks when his parents put the fake nose over his real one.

Christmas coloring pages featuring scenes from Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
(1966)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Thurl Ravensoft
Directed by Chuck Jones, Ben Washam
Run Time: 26 minutes

You're a mean one Mister Grinch! This is one of the Christmas movies I watch every year. The Grinch sneaks in and steals all the Christmas items from the town of Who-ville thinking that will stop Christmas from happening.

Frosty The Snowman
(1969) Animation
Run Time: 48 minutes.
Starring Billy De Wolfe, Jimmy Durante
Directed by Jules Bass, Jr. Arthur Rankin

The tale of a snowman that comes to life after a magicians' hat is placed on his head. Once the kids see this movie they'll be wishing for snow so they can build their own snowman.