Holiday Movies (and more?) POLL, Preliminary Question -- What To Include?

1 the Prince of Egypt
2. The Rugrats Passover episode

Sic's ballot will not be counted.

Die Hard sucks btw
― Οὖτις, Sunday, October 20, 2019 8:30 PM (yesterday)

It needed to be said.

voted Holiday-themed movies + movies set during holidays + holiday TV specials

Personally I'm for including holiday TV specials but against including holiday episodes of TV shows. Things like Emmet Otter's Jugband and the Muppet Family Christmas are holiday staples in our home & make sense to include imo because they are longer than 45 minutes and outside the normal format of whatever TV shows theyre related to, but including stuff like the Cheers Christmas ep or Festivus wld be savagery.

Also Die Hard is good, remember when he writes ‘ho ho ho’ on that dead guy in his own blood

seriously, including TV specials, especially Thanksgiving ones (!!!) turns this poll into something specifically for Americans, rather than a survey of things that everyone has had a chance to see

wait i thought everyone can see everything ever made in our digital Paradise

Could be talked into parallel rundowns for Britishes and for filthy American pigs

Of course, it could ALSO be a rundown of holiday movies (however people define that) with sidebar polls for Christmas specials. Even though if combined I could see, say, Charlie Brown Christmas besting most if not all films.

I am trying to think of a British Christmas film but have so far drawn a blank. Oh yeah, Love, Actually, that's set at Christmas. But still can't think of one that isn't a fucking abomination, so point stands.

The Snowman!

Not that I'm a fan

Oh yes. the snowman is good and I like it.

Alastair Sim version of Christmas Carol I think, terrible fucking Nativity movies

annual polls: Christmas movies one year, Christmas specials another, Christmas episodes of TV a third.

― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Saturday, October 5, 2019 2:50 PM (two weeks ago)

British Christmas films: Aardman flick Arthur Christmas is p great, and you could probably fit On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, and the Muppet Christmas Carol in as technicalities of different kinds

(for TV specials, Bernard & The Genie is the only good Richard Curtis Christmas joint)

Oh movies would be no-borders for sure.

While I'm curious to see what wins, I guess I'm leaning toward movies-only now and then, next year, TV specials/shows. I was just stalling for time, really.

I am trying to think of a British Christmas film but have so far drawn a blank. Oh yeah, Love, Actually, that's set at Christmas. But still can't think of one that isn't a fucking abomination, so point stands.

― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, October 21, 2019 2:09 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

The Holly and the Ivy (1952) is reported to be good. Not that I've actually watched it.

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Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Holiday-themed movies + movies set during holidays

And so it shall be done.

that seems like the right choice

Hooray

and so I shall not vote

the Die Hard landslide may commence

~flounce~

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