deckpunk said:
Both Groundhog Day and Scrooged because Bill Murray is awesome and if you don't shed a tear during his impassioned speech at the end of scrooged then please consult a mortician as you are quite obviously dead inside.
If you watch Groundhog Day on Christmas, what do you watch on Groundhog Day?
So, to answer the question. In my family, it's Muppet Christmas Carol. Michael Caine is amazing.
And also The Santa Clause, because it's surprisingly really good. Watching it as an adult, I realized how perfectly paced it is...Like, seriously. Few other movies I've seen can match it in terms of pacing.
Of course we also watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas and A Charlie Brown Christmas because you have to (usually as background noise while wrapping presents), and also A Christmas Story and It's a Wonderful Life but both have become kind of overplayed for us somehow.
I just saw Elf for the first time after being told by many people that they hate both Will Ferrell and Christmas comedy but just
love Elf. It was exactly what I'd expected and I wasn't impressed. Sorry.
OH, Hogfather. I forgot about that. Death's speech at the end about how humans need fantasy to be human is so brilliant, and it fills me with joy every time. It's kind of too long to watch most years, though.