For me, it’s jingle all the way. It’s got everything. A drunk reindeer. A terrorist mailman. Arnold punching a deer. Arnold punching Sinbad. Arnold punching Santa. Arnold in general.
Edit: sure are a lot of die hard fans of Die Hard.
Even years it is A LION IN WINTER, an amazing film with insanely quotable dialogue. (EDIT: Why? On “star power” alone, this movie is outrageously cast.)
Odd years it is A CHRISTMAS STORY, which is equally quotable (perhaps more so). (EDIT: Why? Because so many things in this film ring true to my own childhood - having to have last-minute dinner at a Chinese restaurant because of a disaster, for example, or begging for a b-b-gun…)
Krampus really scratches that nostalgic itch every year and I don’t know why. The broken family dynamics, the environment, the sound and set designs are amazing. And it has a lesson like every good Christmas movie should.
And Anna and the Apocalypse is similar. It is funny, musical, and ultimately an allegory about growing up and leaving everyone behind to forge your own path. A good reminder that you never know when it will be your last Christmas with someone. Or maybe I’m looking into it too much and I just like zombie musicals.
Classic: A Christmas Carol, the 1951 version with Alastair Sim. Sim’s giddy portrayal of Scrooge on Christmas morning is one of my favorite performances of any actor.
Home Alone 2 for me! There is something super cozy about the snowy New York City setting. Especially when I was younger I really appreciated those vibes.
Home alone 2 and gta 4 are the reasons I feel nostalgia whenever I see pictures of NYC. I’m not even from the US and I was a 1 year old the last time I was in New York so I remember nothing
Holy Christmas I thought I was the only one. When he’s talking to Vern in his house, and he’s trying to set the lights up, and while he’s talking to Vern he’s pulling the corn and it’s ripping out of the wall and then it ends up going to the chandelier then he pulls the chandelier but it won’t fall, so he walks away saying he’s going to get some wire cutters. I can’t believe how funny this movie is. And I literally watched it last night too lol.
It’s the “Christmas in the Car” episode of Bob’s Burgers. Yeah, sure it’s not a movie but it’s the most Christmassy feeling thing I’ve watched since I left home and it inspired my new favorite Christmas morning dish (a Dutch Baby) and I just love the scene when they’re cowering in their car in the forest and the car’s off and it starts to snow because it really captures how it feels to be out in the dark that’s not really dark because there’s snow everywhere.
If you haven’t made a dutch baby, it’s incredibly easy and extremely delicious and a good reason to buy a cast iron skillet if you haven’t already.
an old favorite for me is Prancer from 1989 with Sam Elliott. We taped it off the TV, so the old commercials and tracking lines and distorted audio all play into it. Man I miss that tape.
Home Alone. For me, only the first one. The soundtrack is also a legit good Christmas album.
Muppet Christmas Carol. Michael Caine with the straightman performance of the century sharing screentime with Rizzo the rat. Masterpiece from start to finish.
For me it has to be National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, along with other seasonal offerings, Groundhog day, Trading Places, Love Actually, & The Family Stone…
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