Christmas films

African Queen

Green Wing
Airplane
Groundhog Day

White Xmas, the grinch, Scrooge, and the musical Scrooge with Albert Finley.

One year they had Thornbirds on with Richard Chamberlain I still remember loving every minute and crying buckets at the end.

The bishops wife , good old romantic film, magic, snow,ice skating, no sex but full of love ......I get soppier

I love Ross Kemp A Christmas Carol, weird although some people think I am!

Miracle on 34th Street but it has to be the early version with Edmund Gwenn and Natalie Wood!

The Snowman - my children always cried when he melted but still wanted to watch it every time

Love Actually!
I had never seen Wonderful Life until 2 years ago and thought (alas) what rubbish it was! A weak and sketchy story line, some serious overacting and sentimentality to make "Bambi" look like "Rambo"
What a disappointment

Definitely has to be It's a wonderful life for me, followed closely by the original black and white Scrooge film starring the wonderful Alistair Sim.
Such Nostalgia.

Elf!
It's required Christmas viewing in our house, silly, soppy in parts, but fun!

Detest scrooge. No idea why. They used to show far from the madding crowd with Julie Christie at Christmas. We loved it.

the Bishops Wife ,with Cary Grant ,David Niven and Loretta Young .Cary Grant is an angel brought back to earth to sort out some problems ,its funny and sad and I watch it every year and have for decades ,The remake with Denzil Washington isn't a patch on the original

Sir Terry Pratchett's "Hogfather" is my Christmas film of choice.
The other films I like to watch aren't Christmassy at all - I love Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Star Wars and Indiana Jones.
Christmas films aren't really my cup of tea.

I agree, Daphne! A friend of mine was horrified that I'd never seen A Wonderful Life (but then I've never seen Star Wars either) and encouraged me to watch it: met reaction was like yours.

It's a Wonderful Life and the original Miracle on 34th Street have to be my favourites. I quite like The Bishop's Wife as well

So glad Disgruntled and Daphne that you didn't enjoy Wonderful Life. My family think I'm weird because I don't like it either. Mind you I didn't enjoy "Up" either and everyone else did.

I loved 'Up' but Its a wonderful life doesnt do much for me. I too was disappointed when I first saw it.

I do like a romantic comedy. So Sleepless in Seattle, Serndipity, While you were sleeping, 4 weddings, notting hill, love actually, youve got mail and lots more.
I also think Groundhog day is great.

I love a soppy film at Christmas...Love Actually always, maybe Notting Hill, Sound of Music, any Jane Austen but especially Emma or Sense and Sensibility, and funny films too - the other night watched Anger Management with Adam Sandler....laughed out loud, its so silly and funny....

Greyduster, there is also the Katherine Hepburn version of Little Women which was before June Alyson.

Jason and the Argonauts

It's a Wonderful Life is my favourite Christmas film. "Every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings"! The old version of Miracle on 34th Street is lovely. Funny because the little girl in it has my married name!

I love all the films you mentioned pollyperkins except Serendipity because I have never seen or heard of it. I will have to remedy that asap!!

judy. I had a feeling there was and if I haven't seen it I can't imagine why because I'm such a big fan of KH that I thought I'd seen every film she ever made! She would be the epitomal Jo.

DH and I love Bad Santa with Billy Bob Thornton, so will treat ourselves to a cinema trip to see the sequel. I must also watch each year A Christmas Carol( the Alastair Sim version) and It's a Wonderful Life, so as you see my tastes are varied!