If I understood the original post the OP is asking what non Christmas movies do you watch during the holidays because they have a christmassy feel.
Man, you're right! I got carries away with the spirit of Christmas, and ended up talking about proper Christmas (as opposed to Christmassy) films. I beg to withdraw my previous answer.
Where eagles dare (snow) Great escape Magnificent seven Any connery bonds
Good selection - but I’d expect no less.
Definite: Scrooged Likely: Muppets Christmas Carol Possible: Anything
To keep the Right Honourable Sir Norman from wandering off piste, i refer him to the original answer i gave a few moments ago.
Plus Heroes of telemark (more snow). Dirty dozen (no snow but originally a boxing eve shown tv premiere) Battle of the bulge (snow in the ardennes) A packet of cookies for anyone who correctly guesses the theme here!
In past decades, I've rarely watch Christmas movies on Christmas itself, but in recent years we've made our December 25th film the Jean-Luc Picard version of A Christmas Carol (1999).
New Year's Eve is my preferred holiday. Mrs. Phelps and I always watch the first two THIN MAN films, which take place on Christmas and New Year's, respectively. These are among my all-time favorite films.
I also plan on watching--should my anemic New Year's Eve stamina permit it--some of my favorite Robert Benchley short films.
I rarely stay up past ten o'clock, as I am quite the retiring fellow. I admire the typical FSMer, who burns the candle at both ends, especially when it comes to blowing large wads of dough on obsolete music formats.
There are still people reading the borderline misleading heading and posting and not the op's first post.
To be fair, despite the OP mentioning that films don't necessarily need to have "snow and evergreen scent" to be a Christmas film, all three of the films the OP mentioned he'll be watching this season do have directly to do with Christmas.
There are still people reading the borderline misleading heading and posting and not the op's first post.
To be fair, despite the OP mentioning that films don't necessarily need to have "snow and evergreen scent" to be a Christmas film, all three of the films the OP mentioned he'll be watching this season do have directly to do with Christmas.
There are still people reading the borderline misleading heading and posting and not the op's first post.
To be fair, despite the OP mentioning that films don't necessarily need to have "snow and evergreen scent" to be a Christmas film, all three of the films the OP mentioned he'll be watching this season do have directly to do with Christmas.
I think Bill is referring to the suggestion of "White Christmas" (right above his comment) which is an overt Christmas movie, rather than a movie with some vaguer connotation to Christmas as described in the first post. So I think you're both saying the same thing.
