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What is your favorite holiday movie?
Asked at Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Boulevard on December 9, 2010
“‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles.’”
“‘Christmas Vacation.’”
“‘Elf.’”
“‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.’”
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ku_law 2 years, 5 months ago
First. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
misterlee 2 years, 5 months ago
Fourth of July.
RoeDapple 2 years, 5 months ago
Groundhog Day
rantor 2 years, 5 months ago
Avatar copycat!
RoeDapple 2 years, 5 months ago
Oh stop . . . ranting! I'll change it. . . . later . . .
TopJayhawk 2 years, 5 months ago
Christmas story
snap_pop_no_crackle 2 years, 5 months ago
The Seventh Seal
ifuonlyknew 2 years, 5 months ago
HOME ALONE!!!!!!!!!!
somedude20 2 years, 5 months ago
never let that movie die. "Mother May I Sleep With Danger" will be a gift in all of my friend's x-mas stockings
75x55 2 years, 5 months ago
Good picks! Gotta give it to Sim's 1951 version though.
The dancing on his coffin as their traveling down the street is great imagery.
Cappy 2 years, 5 months ago
Big "Oh Yeah" on the Alastair Sim "Christmas Carol". Or just read the book. Best line: "Beware this boy! For on his brow is written the doom of mankind".
jd 2 years, 5 months ago
That's the way you celebrate it - OOH-RAH!
Give your heart and soul to Jesus but your a$$ belongs to the Corps!
nonbeliverofprint 2 years, 5 months ago
I thought the question was for holiday movies?
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 5 months ago
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
trinity 2 years, 5 months ago
A Christmas Story. you'll shoot your eye out, kid! :) followed closely by Christmas Vacation. merry Christmas, merry Christmas, merry Christmas, kiss my a$$....
radiohawk 2 years, 5 months ago
"Bad Santa"
EarthaKitt 2 years, 5 months ago
Me too. Love love love it. Makes me happy every time.
"I beat the **** out of some kids today. But it was for a purpose. It made me feel good about myself. It was like I did something constructive with my life or something, I dunno, like I accomplished something."
sinkorswim 2 years, 5 months ago
White Christmas, Elf, The Santa Claus...and most any holiday movie on FaLaLaLa Lifetime and the Hallmark Channel!
kernal 2 years, 5 months ago
The 1934 "Miracle on 34th St" and 1938 version of "A Christmas Carol".
Thinking_Out_Loud 2 years, 5 months ago
EarthaKitt 2 years, 5 months ago
I watched Rudolph (one of my favorites) with my kids a week or so ago. Until then I'd never paid attention to what a total creep Santa was in that movie.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 5 months ago
g-rock, You think that is bad, one of my devil spawn broke the damn pop up toaster, so for toast with my bacon and eggs this morning, I had to toast my toast on the grill.
Thank god for propane, the gas of God. I tried toasting it over the hob, but these smooth cook tops just don't do that anymore.
looza 2 years, 5 months ago
shindlers list
Andini 2 years, 5 months ago
Christmas On Mars (featuring the Flaming Lips)
Flaming Lips "Christmas on Mars" Trailer/Teaser by caliban23
CWGOKU 2 years, 5 months ago
I like most of the Christmas movies since I like Christmas. My favorite would have to be the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol, with Alastair Sim. It's A Wonderful Life. Christmas Vacation. Scrooged. All good. Planes Trains and Automobiles is about Thanksgiving. I do like Full Metal Jacket, 1st half of the movie, but it doesn't make me fell all Christmasy. Glad T_O_B is back today from his shopping spree
somedude20 2 years, 5 months ago
I rather enjoy Caligula, wine, women and song!
somedude20 2 years, 5 months ago
Santa Claus The Movie with Dudley Moore Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) Surviving Christmas (2004) hard to find a good Affleck movie (would have been better had Tony Soprano wacked Affleck off in the first ten minutes Fred Claus (2007) Vince Vaughn's best role since he remade Psycho (hahaha) I do like 'Silent Night, Deadly Night' (1984)
somedude20 2 years, 5 months ago
Hey Hollis, were do all of the female reindeer go when Santa and the male reindeer leave for Christmas?
somedude20 2 years, 5 months ago
They go to town to blow a few bucks (clean joke) Hi Whitney
wmathews 2 years, 5 months ago
Hi.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 5 months ago
Hollis, No, even my summer kitchen has a gas cooktop, just the spousal unit doesn't like gas cooktops in the house. I think one time her grandma leaned over and set her moo moo on fire once.
But you can toast toast toasty on a gas hob.
Lawyers in Love is a horrible horrible song, let alone a horrible horrible album.
1029 2 years, 5 months ago
Die Hard
75x55 2 years, 5 months ago
Lethal Weapon - at least the opening...
whats_going_on 2 years, 5 months ago
Christmas Vacation by a looooooooooooong shot. Nothing even comes close.
Agnostick 2 years, 5 months ago
"The Story of O"
jchristine2 2 years, 5 months ago
White Christmas....hands down!
amrose42683 2 years, 5 months ago
1) WHITE CHRISTMAS ... love, love, love that movie Others in no particular order include Christmas Vacation, Gremlins, It's A Wonderful Life, Santa Claus The Movie, and numerous others. I love Christmas:)
snap_pop_no_crackle 2 years, 5 months ago
Le Salaire de la peur (AKA, The Wages of Fear)
wmathews 2 years, 5 months ago
Scrooged!
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 5 months ago
Well, I'm sure Charles Dickens would have wanted to see her nipples. - Frank Cross
wmathews 2 years, 5 months ago
Props man: I can't get the antlers glued to this little guy. We tried Crazy Glue, but it don't work.
Frank Cross: Did you try staples?
riverdrifter 2 years, 5 months ago
The Wild Bunch. Warren Oates, William Holden and Ernest Borgnine are such Christmassy guys...
riverdrifter 2 years, 5 months ago
Absolutely. They don't make them like that anymore.
nonbeliverofprint 2 years, 5 months ago
Bing Crosby in White Christmas. Just love it.
Kontum1972 2 years, 5 months ago
Santa @ the mustang dude ranch.
riverdrifter 2 years, 5 months ago
OK, I like the newer version of A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott.
zikzak 2 years, 5 months ago
Gremlins! Best Christmas movie ever :)
zikzak 2 years, 5 months ago
Gremlins! Best Christmas movie ever :)
sinkorswim 2 years, 5 months ago
I also like The Holiday, Santa Claus The Movie, and Love Actually...
CWGOKU 2 years, 5 months ago
Chick movies............... yuck
Agnostick 2 years, 5 months ago
"I'm here... and you're here... so doesn't that make it our time?"
pace 2 years, 5 months ago
I love Christmas movies and songs. " Miracle on 34th Street (1947)". and " I saw Mama kissing Santa Claus."
yankeevet 2 years, 5 months ago
Public Enemy
raginredhead 2 years, 5 months ago
It's a Wonderful Life.
misterlee 2 years, 5 months ago
Since no one has mentioned it, put me down for Bing Crosby's "Holiday Inn."
BorderRuffian 2 years, 5 months ago
"A Christmas Story" hands down. Every year, immediately after the Thanksgiving dishes are cleared, we all sit down and watch it again. There are so many lines that get remembered and re-used all year long ("but the bell rang," "they looked at me like I had lobsters crawling out of my ears"). While this was a ho-ho-hummer at the box offices, this remains as almost a cult classic.
Merry Christmas, and don't shoot your eye out!
superhans 2 years, 5 months ago
Bowling for Columbine.
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