Your Favorite Non-Traditional Christmas Movie

[Rosie1223]

Our family's Christmas Eve routine has alway been to have a big meal, get the kids in their jammies, and settle in on the couch and watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. It would wind the kids down for bed.

As the kids got older we made it a double feature adding a non-traditional Christmas movie -- a movie that somehow features the holidays without it being the main theme. We've watched Die Hard, While You Were Sleeping, Love Actually, and Lethal Weapon -- you get the idea.

I need suggestions for this year. Can you help?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. My sister watches "While You Were Sleeping" every Christmas.

My family also watched "The Music Man" every Fourth of July.

[CBHagman]

9. That's good one, and I also like...

...The Lion in Winter and The Ref. Both remind me very much of family holidays...

:evilgrin:

[msanthrope]

10. The Ref-pure genius and sooooo underrated.... n/t

[evlbstrd]

2. Bad Santa-Unrated

The kids love it.

[Rising Phoenix]

3. I must agree

my mom even loved it!

[Mad_Dem_X]

5. Yes!

My husband's favorite, too - he hates Christmas. "The Ref" is a pretty good one, too.

[RedSpartan]

14. "The Ref" is totally underappreciated.

Great movie. I saw it in the theater.

[racaulk]

6. "You ain't gonna walk straight for a week!"

LOVE that movie!!!

:rofl:

[msanthrope]

11. It's not 'walk' straight.....n/t

[racaulk]

13. BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

Yes, of course you're right! It's been a while since I've seen that movie, but I remember the quote accurately now.

:rofl:

[Lucian]

25. It's "You ain't gonna shit right for a week."

And I love that movie. :rofl:

[Sequoia]

4. Die Hard IS a Christmas movie

[ghostsofgiants]

8. According to a friend of mine, it's the only Christmas movie that matters, haha.

[derby378]

7. The Nightmare Before Christmas!

I'm surprised nobody mentioned this yet.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. Alien, and then John Carpenter's The Thing

Two very special little Christmas gifts in those movies.

So precious, I'm choking up with emotion right now as I think about it.

[noonwitch]

15. The Lion In Winter-its the story of a warm, family gathering together to celebrate

the birth of our savior, while plotting to kill each other. It won some Oscars, most notably, best actress Kate.

[CBHagman]

16. And since someone has to say it...

"What shall we hang, the holly or each other?"

[SidneyCarton]

21. The film is worth seeing, if only for the dialogue.

[Jamastiene]

17. Gremlins rocks.

I love that movie.

[cemaphonic]

20. Yeah, this was my first thought too.

One year, my mom was pestering my brother and I to watch a Christmas movie together. So we watched Gremlins. I don't think that was what she had in mind, but we enjoyed it.

[Danger Mouse]

27. Gremlins is a great Christmas movie.

[MineralMan]

18. Fanny and Alexander

Just because...

[mikeytherat]

19. Trading Places

That's what we watch while decorating the tree each year.

mikey_the_rat

[skygazer]

22. My favorite Christmas movie is Monty Python's Life of Brian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIjBO26qjYM&feature=related

[Stuart G]

23. Clearly the best...but you gotta watch it a couple of times....The Iron Giant..

The most important part takes place in the winter snow.
....but the final scene is truly a new beginning........and I am not going to give it away.......

[Stuart G]

24. I am sure that Warner Bros did not have the nerve.......

to release it during Christmas..thinking they couldn't outdo Disney...but they did...Iron Giant is a great movie........

first full length movie of Brad Bird.....see other movies he has directed..........

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0083348/

[Lucian]

26. Bad Santa (unrated) and A Christmas Story.

I'm watching A Christmas Story right now on TNT.