Christmas films

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!

Jason and the Argonauts

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

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....

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Green Wing
Airplane
Groundhog Day

African Queen

I'd add the Flint Street Nativity, it was on TV, so not a film in the strictest sense of the word. It's become a must watch family classic with the DCs introducing their partners to it. I have 2 copies of the DVD so I can lend one out. I've always thought it should be required watching for Nursery/Reception/KS1 teachers!

It's a wonderful Life
High Noon
The Quiet Man
South Pacific
White Christmas
The Christmas Card (With Ed Asner, it's actually a really good film)
The Christmas Choir
Angels and Ornaments
Also, I'm still hung up on The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel too for some reason.

Zulu High Noon The muppets.