My friends and I have a movie discussion podcast where we talk about a different movie every week. As its the holiday season coming up I suggested that we do a christmas show, talking about all the different christmas movies. I was instantly shouted down and told that there are no good christmas movies. I recently won the argument and the show is going ahead, but are there no good christmas movies? There are so many wonderfull films from my childhood. How does the rest of the world feel about this?

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If you can name one good Christmas movie (besides "It's a Wonderful Life," because that's the only good one), name it and I'll tkae you on a cruise to Jamaica. Seriously, Hollywood just can't find their footing with Christmas films, but they keep making one lousy one after another. I mean, "Christmas with the Kranks"? "Jingle All the Way"(Arnold's spiral to Hell begins here)? Every other Tim Allen movie?

I won't take the cruise, but a great Christmas movie is Miracle on 34th Street (1947). Also check the link on the post above yours.

Just my own personal opinion, but one of the greatest Christmas movies ever made was Home Alone.

What about "A Christmas Story"? It's considered a classic by some. I am sick of it by now and probably don't need to watch it for at least another decade, but I still consider it a good one.

I haven't seen that movie, maybe I should later this year

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What about "A Christmas Story"? It's considered a classic by some. I am sick of it by now and probably don't need to watch it for at least another decade, but I still consider it a good one.

That's one of my favorites. I watched it the last two christmases in a row and surprisingly, it was just as good the second time around.

That Will Farrell movie "Elf" is nowhere near a classic in that sense of the word, but it's a huge step up from crap like "Christmas with the Kranks" or "Surviving Christmas." I'd say it's the best Christmas movie of the decade so far.

Holy crap, has nobody mentioned "Bad Santa" yet? A foul-mouthed drunk and a midget stealing from malls on Christmas. Brilliant, simply brilliant.