Friday, December 18, 2009

Your Turn

Very simple today and lots of fun.

1. Favorite Christmas Movie
2. Favorite Christmas Song

172 comments:

annie cat said...

Simple is good. Have a great weekend Enty!

Movie - Love Actually
Song - All I Want for Christmas is You

Sporky said...

Hands-down: A Christmas Story for favorite movie.

Favorite Christmas song: O Holy Night (yeah I'm an ex-Catholic schoolgirl, I'll always love that song!)

Anonymous said...

1. A Christmas Story, It's A Wonderful Life, Holiday (Grant/Hepburn)

2. The Christmas Song

Anonymous said...

I like it all, I simply cannot pick one.

Anonymous said...

1. A Christmas Story
2. 12 Days of Christmas when singing to myself. Silent Night at church.

sassyyankee said...

1. Holiday Inn
2. Baby It's Cold Outside, Dean Martin

warmislandsun said...

movie - Jim Carrey Grinch

song - Backdoor Santa by BB King

TV said...

1- the year without a santa claus

2 - i'll be home for christmas because my preemie twins were born in november and we were wishing that they would be home for christmas, but that year it was only in our dreams.

Anonymous said...

Movie - toss up between Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story, and Love Actually

Song - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Anonymous said...

1. Home for the Holidays
2. Christmas in New York, The Pogues

Moosefan said...

Movie-A Christmas Story and It's a Wonderful Life
Song-Oh Holy Night, Joy to the World

Lolita Breckenridge said...

1. Elf for fun, and It's a Wonderful Life for gratefulness

2. Carol of the Bells

What's yours, Enty????

Virginia Lee said...

Film: Tied between A Christmas Carol w/George C. Scott as Scrooge and A Muppet Christmas Carol w/Michael Caine as Scrooge.

Song: Torme's Christmas Song and Carol of the Bells

Anonymous said...

Movie: The Grinch
Song: Once in Royal David's City

Nickola-Lola said...

1. A Christmas Story - never gets old..."you'll shoot your eye out"

2. I Pray On Christmas - Harry Connick Jr.

Unknown said...

1. The Polar Express (have kids)

2. Christmas Wrapping (by the Waitresses)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jy4X87fDk4

not actually video, but I like it

Julie said...

either planes trains and automobiles or love, actually

song? i work retail. i hate all christmas music. lol we play like 5 Putumayo World Music christmas cds on repeat. lol
maybe i'll say the beatles one or the britney spears one i heard in h&m last night that i was like "oh, this almost sounds like britneys autotune is a bit off" and the girl behind the counter looked at the cd and said "oh, it is britney."

captivagrl said...

1.CHRISTMAS VACATION
2.THE CHRISTMAS SONG (CHESTNUTS) and MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING by THE CARPENTERS

mygeorgie said...

Tie: Grinch w/ Jim Carrey & Elf


Any Boney M Christmas song


Ya Enty, what's your favs?

iheartjacksparrow said...

1. Nightmare Before Christmas

2. What's This (from Nightmare Before Christmas)

looserdude said...

1. DIE HARD!!!! Can't believe no one has picked this already. You don't have enough guys on your talkback, Enty.

2. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. I love almost every version ever done by every artist. It's always fun to see if they can hit the high note on "hang it from the highest bough".

Anonymous said...

1. "A Christmas Carol" with George C. Scott as Scrooge, and...a kind of non-typical one, but I love "The Family Man" with Nick Cage & Tea Leoni.
2. "Last Christmas" by Wham

Unknown said...

haha Julie..I know what you mean..I used to work retail and by day 2 of Christmas music, I was so over it

B626 said...

Movie:
'Surviving Christmas' with the website's mascot has been the movie we pop into the DVD
player in late December.No I didn't actually spend money on it-I accquired it.
All the rest are on TV on one time or another anyway.
I know it got bad reviews but it makes our family feel so normal after watching it.
Music:
'The 12 days of Christmas' by Bob and Doug Mackenzie. Buy the whole CD if you find it good luck and follow it up with a viewing of 'Strange Brew'.

Anonymous said...

1. It's a Wonderful Life or Muppet Christmas Carol

2. White Christmas- Bing

Sadokosh said...

movie - A Christmas Story
song - Bowie/Crosby Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth

Anonymous said...

Movie: Toss-up between Christmas Vacation and Home Alone.

Song: Santa Claus is Comin' To Town - The Boss

Miss(pdx) said...

1. Christmas Story AND Bad Santa.. I am a Gemini.. I get two!

2. Santa Baby - Ertha Kitt!

Anonymous said...

A Christmas Story. (and I do keep TBS on all day on Christmas - ha!)

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives

sunnyside1213 said...

The Nightmare Before Christmas or Christmas in Connecticut

Santa Baby or Carol of the Bells

Angie said...

1. Holiday Inn (Bing Crosby/fred Astaire)

2. Holy night

JW said...

1. White Christmas.
2. All I want for Xmas is you - the version by Vince Vance and the Valiants.

However, to tell you of a Xmas tradition in our house -while others are watching It's a Wonderful Life and the Christmas Story, in our house we have the Xmas eve "fighting movie" where we gather to watch a good action film. Started with Gladiator and last years was Taken with Liam Neeson. But tell people you are hurrying home on Xmas Eve to watch the Xmas eve fighting movie and you get quite a few funny looks.

princessd said...

movie - love actually and elf
song - baby its cold outside

Anonymous said...

Bad Santa

We Three Kings

Beensie said...

The original Miracle on 34th Street

My Christmas Wish and Holly Jolly Christmas

Enty????

Miss(pdx) said...

lol w/ looserdude. Die hard is an awesome choice.

Anonymous said...

Movie: Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Song: Merry Christmas Darling, The Carpenters

captivagrl said...

Miss - It's got to be Bad(der)Santa! the unrated version, hysterical

Anonymous said...

Movie - Love Actually
Song - Last Christmas by Wham

Anonymous said...

1. Christmas Vacation
2. The Christmas Song- Nat King Cole

Unknown said...

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

"All I Want for Christmas is You" - Mariah Carey

bflogurl said...

Movie: Elf, Home Alone, or Christmas Vacation

Song: Let it Snow (which is strange because I despise snow, I guess I dig the idea of staying in, drinking, and snuggling by a fire!!)

redronnie said...

We watch them all but my guilty pleasure is a Christmas Vacation, I think I'm married to Clark..love my husband to pieces, every Christmas he becomes possessed, spends too much money and drags home the "perfect" tree.
My favorite Christmas song - any one my granddaughter sings

chihuahuense said...

Bing is my favorite actor and singer of all time, so anything of his.

Actually I love it all...grinch, christmas story, miracle, home alone, oh I could go on for days.

And the music...oh the music! I love it all too.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Sadie said...

Sound of Music, Carol of the Bells

Anonymous said...

Movie: Love Actually
Song: too hard to choose... although I really love Carol of the Bells

Lisa said...

Movie- Love Actually

Song- Do They Know It's Christmas by Band Aid.
Let the tomato throwing begin!

Icecat said...

Movie - A Christmas Story

Song - Jingle Bell Rock

And I do have to say the Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without having seen "A Christmas Story" at least once. I also have TBS on all Christmas day!!

ms_goddess said...

Impossible for me to pick just one...

Fave Movies: A Christmas Story; The Year without a Santa Claus; Christmas in Connecticut (old Barbara Stanwyck/Dennis Morgan flick)

Fave Songs: The Christmas Song (Nat "King" Cole); Merry Christmas, Darling (The Carpenters); Christmas Wrapping (The Waitresses); Christmas in America (Melissa Etheridge)

I work in retail, but still not tired of singing along with the piped in tunes!!! (Although I'm getting a little tired of all the different versions of "Last Christmas" we're hearing this year!)

Kathy K said...

Christmas Vacation

Oh Holy Night

jagerlilly said...

Tie between Santa Clause is coming to Town and Christmas Story. Favorite Christmas Song would have to be Here We Come a Wassailing.

Anonymous said...

Scrooged with Bill Murray. The end always makes me cry. I watch it every Christmas Eve with a glass of wine.

Stop the Cavalry by Jona Lewie. It reminds me of my dad being at sea and coming home for christmas.

RocketQueen said...

LOVE IheartJackSparrow's choices - Nightmare before Xmas and "What's This?" from the same movie. So to be different I'll say:

1. Bad Santa/Elf
2. Feliz Navidad (puts me in the BEST cheery mood, for some reason)

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Kathy K said...

... actually, there's another song that (mercifully) I don't hear played to death anymore that has a lot of meaning to me, because I lived alone and far away from any family for years and only came home at Christmas (if I could afford to come home at all), so I also ran into old friends from school then, too.

It's called Same Old Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg. I totally related to that song and it still gets me when I hear it. Transports me.

Jen said...

pogues christmas in ny is the greatest...w/ christie maccarol?

Jen said...

also bing's melikliki maka!!!

i know, i just butchered that

ItsJustMe said...

1. Elf, Nightmare Before Christmas
2. Wonderful Christmastime, Paul McCartney (don't hate, appreciate!)

ItsJustMe said...

More from me,

1. The Sesame Street Christmas Special from the 70's

And more for 2, Yes, I love "Meli Kelikimaka", and "Santa Baby", the Eartha Kitt version. Oh, and "Feliz Navidad" by Jose Feliciano.

angelina said...

Movie: A Christmas Story/Charlie Brown Christmas

Song: Washington Square-Chris Isaak, Christmas Wrapping-Waitresses

Anonymous said...

Movie: Christmas Story

Song: When I was kid, the choir in the church I attended would sing the song "Peace, Peace" (peace on earth and good will to all, this is the time for hope, this is a time for joy, now let us all sing together of peace, peace, peace on earth...) and at the same time the congregation would sing Silent Night. The two songs together would make me cry every time, and every single time I tell someone about this (even right now) I find myself choked up and tearing up.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous 11:57-Isn't Holiday great? So few people have heard of it, and I love to watch it on New Year's Eve. Lew Ayres is imcomparable as the brother. The whole cast is great. I think it's better than The Philadelphia Story.

Anonymous said...

1. The Year Without a Santa Claus
Go Heatmiser.

2. Merry Christmas(War Is Over), John Lennon

Merlin D. Bear said...

Movie: "Christmas in Connecticut"
Song: "We Three Kings"

Miss(pdx) said...

@ rocket queen - I want to sing feliz navidad right now! It is a fun one.

@ chihuahuense anything bing is great! I watched all his movies ( I LOVE the ones with Bob Hope ) when I was a kid

@ captivagrl - I retract Bad Santa and go with your Bad(der) Santa! Much better!

Vivien said...

1. Sound of Music

2. Last Christmas- Wham or O Holy Night- Charlotte Church version

What are yours, Enty??

Penny Whacker said...

Christmas movie: A Christmas Story (I'll never get tired of Ralphie)

Christmas song: O Holy Night (sentimental reasons) and Santa Baby (dirty girl reasons)

B said...

I'm old....
Every Christmas NBC showed The Hallmark Hall of Fame:
Amahl and the Night Visitors...
I miss it so.

and I'll watch ANY Christmas movie.

song...Hark the Herald Angels Sing

NovaNightly said...

White Christmas w/Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney and Danny Kaye


and the song "White Christmas"

I live in so cal and dream of a white Christmas every year! :)

Ells said...

1. Elf, Bad Santa, The Santa Clause

2. The First Noel, Hard Candy Christmas by Dolly Parton, Santa Claus is Coming To Town as sung by the Jackson 5

amanda rae said...

I absolutely LOATHE Christmas (bad Christmases as a kid still haunt me) but my favorite movie is, of course, "A Christmas Story".

As for music...I honestly cannot think of one Christmas song that doesn't make me want to stab myself in the ears repeatedly. Yep, I'm a Grinch to the extreme!

Ells said...

Oooh Vivian, I love that Wham song too!

Tully Mars said...

1) It's a Wonderful Life

2) Grown Up Christmas List (Amy Grant's version)

Anonymous said...

Movie: Charlie Brown Christmas/Rudolph-I know these aren't movies, but it doesn't feel like the holidays without them.

I do love A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim and A Christmas Story- my husband bought us a red rider bb gun one year :P

Song: Angels We Have Heard on High and the music from The Nutcracker.

Unknown said...

Christmas Movies (I can't choose just one): Christmas Story, Love Actually, White Christmas and All I want for Christmas (with Ethan Randall-now Ethan Embry- and Thora Birch.)

Christmas Songs: Maybe this Christmas by Ron Sexsmith and What Are You Doing New Years' Eve by Rufus Wainwright (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1idhwIW_n4)

chihuahuense said...

@ Miss Oh yeah, the "road" movies are very funny.

lol @ Tenisha: I say the same thing "white christmas, with bing, rosemary, danny and that other chick" Good, but I cannot ever remember her name to save my life.

Oh, and people laughed at me because when I moved to MN and had my first white christmas, I just kept saying "I feel like I am in a movie" It is just so awesome!

Tara said...

A TV Movie from the 70's called The Gathering with Ed Asner

Have yourself a merry little christmas- in the film Meet Me in St Louis - where little Tootie goes down in the snow after Judy sings the song to her and kills all the snow people.

Anonymous said...

movie: none
song: none. Oh wait, I like Handel's Messiah (technically Easter music) and Carol of the Bells.

I'm not a Christmas person, I hate how commercialized it has become.

peabee said...

Movie: The Bishop's Wife

Song: I'll be Home for Christmas. I also love John Denver and the Muppets singing The Twelve Days of Christmas. ("Piggy Pudding?!)

B - I remember Ahmal and the Night Visitors, too.

Agent Sometimes said...

i'm not big into movies, but i do really enjoy Eartha's Santa Baby. her purr is sexy!

Anonymous said...

Movie "A Christmas Story"
Song: "Carol of the Bells"
I do love me some Heat Miser, too!

WednesdayFriday said...

1. Christmas Vacation
2. The Eagles' version of "Bells Will Be Ringing"

Anonymous said...

I cannot hear the song 12 Days of Christmas without thinking about Eddie Izzard talking about it-

FIVE GOLD RINGS (always sang really really loud, all other lyrics mumbled)

"12 monkeys mating, 11 donkeys dancing, 10 pygmies farming, 9 socks a-swimming, 5 gold rings..." on Dressed to Kill

swedishfish said...

ELF (I can't help it) and a tie between "We Need a Little Christmas" and "It's the Most wonderful Time of the Year." My mom bought a record ("That Christmas Feeling") at JCPenney when I was 3 and I still listen to it.

chihuahuense said...

what? It isn't Christmas without a little Handel. And I believe that the parts referring to the resurrection are saved for only Easter performances

selenakyle said...

Good ones!

1) Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas, with Year Without A Santa Clause running a close second.

2) What Child Is This sung by anyone, and anything sung by the MTC.

Unknown said...

1. Absolutely Die Hard
2. Happy Christmas by John Lennon with Bob & Doug MacKenizes version of 12 Days of Christmas a close second.

notachance said...

Holiday Inn

The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole

Anonymous said...

A Christmas Story
Little Drummer Boy

Sinjin said...

Movie: Holiday (just discovered it this year, Elf, Home Alone, Scrooged w/ Bill Murray (I love when he gets an uppercut with the toaster), Love Actually

Songs: Merry Christmas (war is over) John Lennon, 3 sentences in and I'm a weeping mess.

George Michael-Last Christmas
Eartha Kitt-Santa Baby

Jen said...

Elf

Chipmunk Christmas Song! "I still want a hula-hoop" kills me!

Jen said...

Elf

Chipmunk Christmas Song! "I still want a hula-hoop" kills me!

Jen said...

Nightmare before Christmas

Feliz Navidad (Jose, no Celine Dion!!)

Yellow Rose said...

1) Three-way tie between: Mixed Nuts (more people need to see this movie!!), Christmas Vacation & Scrooged

2) Happy Christmas, John Lennon

califblondy said...

Movie - "White Christmas". It ain't Christmas until Vera Ellen and Danny Kaye dance.

Song - I'm a huge sucker for Christmas music. I've got tons of CDs. Kenny & Dolly anyone? My fave song though is any version of Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Will Downing's is great).

Stephen said...

Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim. What's up with this George C Scott thing. And I have never watched Christmas Story.

Anonymous said...

1. A Christmas Story
2. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Anonymous said...

1. A Christmas Story
2. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

PeepStone said...

Favorite Christmas Movies :

Scrooged
Bad Santa

Favorite Christmas Songs :

Back Door Santa - Clarence Carter
Marshmallow World - Bing Crosby
The Littlest Snowman - Bob Keeshan

Anonymous said...

Movie: The Nightmare Before Christmas or Love actually

Song: Mitt hjerte altid vanker (My heart always wanders) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27JqZ8eEZlw&

Anonymous said...

The House Without A Christmas Tree or Walton Christmas;
The Christmas Song by the Carpenters

Anonymous said...

The House Without A Christmas Tree or Walton Christmas;
The Christmas Song by the Carpenters

Anonymous said...

Can the nutcracker ballet count? Not quite a movie, but they occasionally have it on public broadcasting! ;)

For song, I like the old lang sye as said above for the serious and gary allan's "let's be naughty and save santa the trip". ;). Its just a cute song!

Jbdean_79

Being lazy with the anon cause I'm on my bb and takes me forever to sign in!

Anonymous said...

Can the nutcracker ballet count? Not quite a movie, but they occasionally have it on public broadcasting! ;)

For song, I like the old lang sye as said above for the serious and gary allan's "let's be naughty and save santa the trip". ;). Its just a cute song!

Jbdean_79

Being lazy with the anon cause I'm on my bb and takes me forever to sign in!

Kristi Logan said...

Movie: "A Christmas Story"
Song: "The Christmas Song" as sung by Nat King Cole

Unknown said...

Favorite christmas movie- How the Grinch stole Christmas (the cartoon version)
favorite Song- I wish it could be Christmas Everyday

Dolly72 said...

Movie- Christmas Vacation or Scrooged...I have already watched Vacation 4 times this month:)

Song would be Santa on the Rooftop by Trish Yearwood, or Merry Christmas Mary by Paul Overstreet. The first because its one of the only Xmas songs you can dance too, and the 2nd cause it is so pretty.

Betsy said...

Movie: Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas & A Christmas Story
Song: The Drifter's version of White Christmas.

Yay for the holidays!!

Empress Scorpio said...

1. The Ref

2. O Holy Night

Elaine said...

Movie - Love Actually
Song - Sleigh Ride by Ella Fitzgerald. It's my ringback tone.

Anonymous said...

1. christmas vacation

2. none. sorry, i hate christmas music - it's the same every year, doesn't anyone else get sick of it???

also, does anyone else find the lyrics to "santa claus is coming to town" creepy and mean??

and no i'm not a scrooge. i love to celebrate christmas and always with my family. we eat wonderful food and all have a lovely time together - only just without the retarded christmas music.

Anonymous said...

oh wait, i forgot white christmas!!! i LOVE that movie!

Anonymous said...

and i also forgot - i actually do like that "wamakanepucka" or whatever the song is - when chevy chase is dreaming about his swimming pool. i guess that song is alright.

Unknown said...

favorite movie-A Christmas Story (I am married to a Ralph, no joke, so far he still has both eyes)
favorite Christmas song-O Holy Night

bumblebee said...

Movie: Elf
Song: Do They Know it's Christmas

Boriqua said...

A Christmas Story and "Silent Night." Although a close second is the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch." :)

Majik said...

"It's a Wonderful Life". Fave movie, no matter what the season.

"Fairytale of New York" by the Pogues. How can you compete with a classic holiday line like "you scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot--happy Christmas your arse, I pray God it's our last"? Always gives me the warm and fuzzies.

Mango said...

Movie:
It's a Wonderful Life

Song(s):
Carol of the Bells
2000 Miles by The Pretenders
The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole
Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Loreena McKennitt

Dr. Spaceman said...

Jen said...
Elf

Chipmunk Christmas Song! "I still want a hula-hoop" kills me!


Me too!!

Majik said...

Oh, and I'm going to throw in the 12 Days of Christmas, Bob and Doug Mackenzie style.

A beer....in a tree.
2. Turtle Necks.
3. French toasts.
4. Pounds of backbacon.
5. GOLDEN TOUQUES.
6. Packs of 2-4
7. Packs of smokes.
8. Comic books.

Take off, eh.

Kathy K said...

This all made me think of one other thing that was always a favorite of mine: the commercial for Norelco shavers with Santa riding it like it was a sleigh. When that came on TV, I knew it was Christmas time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVk6JKDa3zI

Anonymous said...

We traditionally watch an Esther Williams movie on Christmas

And, no contest, Christmas Wrapping.

Cindy said...

Movie: Old School is a tie between We're No Angels (Bogart, Ustinov and Aldo Ray -- amazing!) and The Bishop's Wife (Cary Grant, David Niven) NOT to be confused with that garbage that Whitney Houston put out - blech

Newer Movie - Love Actually cannot be topped.

Song: Carol for Another Christmas -- Henry Mancini and Sting's Gabriel's Message is haunts me throughout the year, not just at Christmas.

Stacy said...

Movie - The Year Without a Santa Claus (actually the ONLY one I like)

Song - Little Drummer Boy with David Bowie and Bing Crosby

Lisa (not original) said...

1. Tie between Charlie Brown Christmas and Miracle on 34th Street (any version)

2. All of them. Impossible to choose one or even 50. I'm a sucker for Christmas. XD

LottaColada said...

1. How The Grinch Stole Christmas Dr. Suess version not the jim carrey one

2. All I Want For Christmas Is You- Mariah Carey, so true

Tara said...

I can't choose just one!!!

Movie- Love Actually and Elf

Song- Too many to choose! O Holy Night sung by Mariah Carey or The Christmas Song sung by Frank Sinatra. And of course, White Christmas for sentimental reasons.

LottaColada said...

I also loooove the song Skating by Vince Guaraldi Trio its the song that comes on when Snoopy is ice skating.

Anonymous said...

Any of the classics, including TV shows like Charlie Brown and the original Grinch.

Any of the classics, from the Nutcracker music to "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" and "Your a Mean One Mr. Grinch". (I love the line "You've Got Garlic in Your Soul".)

Anonymous said...

The Christmas List is an ABC family movie which I love.

I agree with Santa Baby by Ms Kitt and I will add Hard Candy Christmas by Dolly Parton.

ardleighstreet said...

1) 1941 (It takes place at X-mas) or Christmas Story.

2) I want a Hippo for Christmas. or anything by Brian Setzer.

Kingrey said...

1. Love Actually (love me some Martine McCutcheon) :D

2. Christmas Song by Nat King Cole (yeah, old skool cool)

Unknown said...

The original Miracle on 34th Street. God, I love that movie.

Christmastime is Here, the Vince Guaraldi instrumental from The Peanuts Christmas special.

Susan said...

Movie: Love Actually

Song: Santa Claus is Back in Town, first track on Elvis' Christmas Album. When I hear that, it just makes me happy.

O Holy Night is a close second.

Ms Cool said...

1) Holiday Inn (Here she comes, Miss Hit and Run)
2) Joy to the World. I also like the U2 and Boss Christmas versions of songs (Merry Christmas, Baby, Baby Please Come Home)

thatsomeoneisme said...

1. "Love Actually" and "A Christmas Story"

2. "Blue Christmas" sung by Porky Pig

thatsomeoneisme said...

Another great Christmas tune is "Christmas Time is Here," as heard in the excellent "Charlie Brown's Christmas. Both always make me sentimental and weepy, in a good way.

thatsomeoneisme said...

Oooh! One more song: "Please come home for Christmas" an old school song sung by Charles Brown.

It was re done by the Eagles, but that newer version paled in comparison.

Whenever I hear the bells that begin that song, I get chills. It's a soulful Christmas tune.

mooshki said...

#1 A Christmas Story

#2 The Christmas Song by Alvin & the Chipmunks. No, seriously, it really puts me in a holiday mood. :)

childeroland said...

Movie: The BBC version of A Little Princess starring Amelia Shankley.

Song: tossup between "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day", "Bring a Torch, Jeanetter Isabella" and "Good King Wenscelas."

Wil said...

@Ms. Cool - TOTALLY!!! I love that movie!!!

So since that is taken .. "The Lion in Winter" .. O'Toole, Hepburn, Hopkins and Dalton .. freakin' amazing dialogue .. it's not traditional holiday fare .. but it is amazing none the less.

And Favorite song .. "Do You Hear What I Hear" .. by Bing Crosby .. which I was just SHOCKED to learn was written during the Cuban Missile Crisis and was recorded by Bing the day JFK was assassinated in Dallas ... : /

Wil said...
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Wil said...

I deleted my post about the best Christmas song for folks not into Christmas songs .. I had posted Hollywood Undead's "Christmas in Hollywood" .. but I fear what you guy would think of me!! LOL!! Many bad words and often questionable materials sung about in there! But .. it is on You Tube if you would like to subject yourself to questionable holiday material!

But then I thought about Jon La Joie's "Cold Blooded Christmas" .. still questionable and some bad language but funny as hell. When I saw it for the first time last year I damn near wet my pants laughing!

Merry Christmas Christmas and Christmas Song Dislikers!! Hope you like one of these!! ; )

blossom6673 said...

Movie - Elf, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, or A Christmas Story

Song - so so so many. Santa Baby, Do You Hear What I Hear, You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (Brian Setzer version is kick ass), Jingle Bell Rock, but I confess to LOVING Dominick the Donkey!!!!

studio gulag -- said...

Movie: "1941" (1979)

Song: "Mele Kalikimaka" Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters

*Miss_P* said...

Film - Love Actually or The Holliday

Song - Fairytale of New York

Anonymous said...

It's a Wonderful Life(i cry continuously for the last 15 minutes!!LOL)

Charlie Brown Christmas(makes me think of my mom and dad, who have been gone WAY too long)

Christmas in Connecticut great 1940's flick

Merry Christmas Darling ~Just love it

Feliz Navidad~wouldn't be Christmas without it!!

Kat said...

Movie: Home Alone
Song: Christmas in New York - The Pogues.

redhotpepper said...

A Christmas Story and Do You Hear What I Hear but only, and I mean ONLY, the Bing Crosby version.

redhotpepper said...

I forgot to mention, I've never seen Miracle on 34th Street or It's a Wonderful Life. What can I say, my mom was not a movie watcher when I was growing up?

I have red hair and my kids call me heat mieser when I get up in the morning!

laesmralda said...

Movie: Love Actually
Song: O Holy Night

Mic said...

Wonderful Christmastime by paul mccartney

elspeth said...

Movie[s]: ABT's "Nutcracker", "Love Actually" and "Die Hard"

Song[s]: Darlene Love's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby" and "What Child Is This"

Anonymous said...

film, dont do christmas films but I do love putting the kids to bed and watching the depression that is Eastenders on christmas day. Second favourite part of christmas after opening pesents at 4 am.

song, fairy tale of new york. Cant belive its 9 years since her death.
Cant belive its 7 since Strummers death either, that was a shite christmas anyway but news of his death just compleatly ruined it for me.

Lioness70 said...

It's a tie between A Christmas Story and Nightmare before Christmas. (It's on at 8 pm ET tonight on Disney Channel.)

I love the Temptation's version of "Rudolph".

Lioness70 said...

Who mentioned Emmitt Otter's Jug Band Christmas? Wow, that brings back memories! My brother and I used to watch that every December for YEARS. I haven't seen it in god knows how many years. Off to YouTube!

Lioness70 said...

Whoops, forgot some more favorite songs: The Kinks' "Father Christmas", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", as sung by Bruce; and the Waitresses' "Christmas Wrapping".

erin z. said...

movie: national lampoon's christmas vacation.

i absolutely cannot stand "a christmas story"; it has to be one of the worst movies of all time.

song: what child is this

Anonymous said...

Another good Christmas song

Nothing But A Child by Steve Earle

empyrios said...

1. Scrooged, Christmas Vacation, The Family Stone

2. The Little Drummer Boy

Anonymous said...

I don't know about "favorite," but...

1. Movie, with kids watching: Emmet Otter OR Any of the Fraggle Rock "Christmas" episodes. Heck, anything pre-death Jim Henson will do.

2. Movie, without kids: Die Hard 1. It has action, has the slightest hint of "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" nudity & is also Christmas-themed.

3. Songs: Christmas Disco music (especially "What I Want For Christmas" from Christmas Disco Party - Close your eyes & the cheesy 1970's variety hour sets practically make themselves).

shakey said...

Movie - Bernard and the Genie, which I can't find anywhere. tv - I keep forgetting about Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean.

Song - O Holy Night. Brings me to tears.

Anonymous said...

We're No Angels with Bogart
War Is Over by Lennon - this was the first song I ever loaded on my iPhone

schneefloeckli said...

Movie: Love Actually
Song: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

MCH said...

1. It's A Wonderful Life - My family is obsessed with this movie and are planning a trip to NY next year to go to the IAWL Festival in Seneca Falls

2. All I Want For Christmas Is You & O Holy Night

Ol' Tone said...

Die Hard
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Unknown said...

so easy

elf
it's christmas, baby please come home by U2

Melody the First said...

A Christmas Story for movie. Nothing else even comes close.

And as I hate all Christmas music, I'll choose the Christmas baby lament, "It Sucks to be Born Around Christmas".

cheesegrater15 said...

Favorte Movie(s): A Christmas Story, Christmas Vacation, Love Actually

Favorite Song: Merry Christmas If That's Ok by MST3K

ehrgottma said...

#1 White Christmas
#2 Baby, It's cold outside

caydian said...

#1 Christmas Vacation
#2 Christmas Vacation (the song played during the opening animation to the film)

Bella said...

1 - While you were sleeping
2 - Brenda Lee Rocking around the Christmas tree

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