[DAnder2829]

The original "Miracle on 42nd Street". And, of course, "It's a Wonderful Life".

[LittleDog]

Originally Posted by kathy and al

"Bad Santa" with Billybob Thornton is always a "must" every year.

I love Bad Santa. It's my favorite Xmas movie.

John

[mommullr]

My favorite Christmas/Holiday movie , in fact favorite movie is "Love Actually"

[rn1tv]

I agree with those who chose Christmas Vacation. Watch it evvery year, laugh myself silly and always pick up something new that I missed before each time I watch it. It's a holiday must see!

[mgjim]

I never miss "A Christmas Story", "It's A Wonderful LIfe", and I really like the George C. Scott version of "A Christmas Carol."

My kids and I are going to see "Elf" on stage in a couple of weeks. I can't wait to see that. Of course, if you haven't seen the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, there's just nothing that compares.

(Yes, I know that this thread is about Christmas movies but there's just something about live theatre that makes Christmas special.)

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by mgjim

I never miss "A Christmas Story", "It's A Wonderful LIfe", and I really like the George C. Scott version of "A Christmas Carol."

My kids and I are going to see "Elf" on stage in a couple of weeks. I can't wait to see that. Of course, if you haven't seen the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, there's just nothing that compares.

(Yes, I know that this thread is about Christmas movies but there's just something about live theatre that makes Christmas special.)

WE saw the Rockettes, etc. at the Radio City Music Hall back in the 1960's.
Thanks for posting. What you said is so true.

[Cedwards38]

I'm also a fan of "A Christmas Story." No matter how many times I see it, it always makes me laugh and remember my childhood.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by DAnder2829

The original "Miracle on 42nd Street". And, of course, "It's a Wonderful Life".

We used to live near Menlo Park, New Jersey; moved up to Vermont in 1970. Know Edison well.....

For all of us who love "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE"......here's some background information I found on a genealogy site re Frank Capra.....

Frank Capra's Wonderful Film Gave America Hope When We Needed it Most
Part 1 of 3: Frank Capra
Italian Memories

by Cookie Curci
During the dark decade of the 1930s, Frank Capra's films brought light where there was darkness and hope where there was despair to a nation in desperate need of an uplifting message. If only for a few minutes, in a darkened theatre, Capra's films inspired irrepressible optimism in American audiences and when they left the theater, they left feeling better about themselves and the future of their world.

It's a Wonderful Life is arguably one of Capra's most popular films. The Italian American director emigrated here from Sicily during the great migration As an immigrant himself, who celebrated his 6th birthday while in steerage aboard a ship bound for America, Capra felt a strong kinship for the suppressed and many of his characters symbolized the prejudice that awaited him in his new country, a prejudice that gripped a post war America and threatened the hope that inspired a generation of immigrants.

Few of us can recall every scene from a favorite film. What we do recall are small memorable pieces of time from these films. Frank Capra's Christmas classic, It's a Wonderful Life (1946) is one of these uniquely enduring films. At the close of the film someone bumps the Christmas tree and a bell shakes and rings and little ZuZu says, "Look Daddy! Teacher says, Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings." My generation grew up with ZuZu in our homes each Christmas. To us she represented everything that was still innocent and pure in our lives- the hope of what our world could be.

Actress Karolyn Grimes, who portrayed ZuZu Bailey, was six years old when she delivered that indelible line. Today, the actress has released a book titled, ZuZu's Wonderful Life in the Movies. Anyone who is, was, or will be a fan of classic films will relish this book. Each page is filled with photos and personal side notes on her many films and the actors who starred in them. I recently wrote Karolyn Grimes an email expressing how much I enjoyed her new book and also her work in the Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life.

I told her how the film had inspired my own appreciation for my community and how I fancied Willow Glen as my own "Bedford Falls" with its friendly neighbors, soda shops, drug stores and, of course, a friendly savings and loan. I received this thoughtful reply from the actress:
Part 2: A Letter From Karolyn Grimes (a.k.a. Zuzu)
Part 3: It's a Wonderful Life

[daca55]

My favorite Xmas movie is the original Scrooge with Alister Sims playing the part of Scrooge. Great movie with a great story of what Xmas should be.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by daca55

My favorite Xmas movie is the original Scrooge with Alister Sims playing the part of Scrooge. Great movie with a great story of what Xmas should be.

I don't know how we could have all forgotten SCROOGE.

I agree with you....re the original version.

[2BNTV]

A litle known fact about "It's a Wonderful Life" is that it bombed at the box office when it first came out as America didn't want to see a movie that contained a suicidal man. It was not an uplifting movie for that time period.

There was a certain predijuice about italian Americans. I remember being called a WOP by a classmate who ironically was Italian himself. Italian immigrants got this derogatory label as when they first came to America, as they were "without passport", (WOP).