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With the Holidays, what are your favorite films for the season?.........

My, and my families, favorite is "Holiday Inn".   It is the film that introduced so many songs and has Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby.  The "made for money" remake of "White Christmas" was simply to capitalize on the popularity of the song to make more money....not a bad film, but "Holiday Inn" has the class that the remake does not.
  
What are some of your families favorite holiday movies?  My children loved the two original Home Alone films.  Fun, but not the musical history and "class" that Holiday Inn is. 

You may know of a motel chain that picked up on the name, "Holiday Inn".


whatjd
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, with Burl Ives, as the narrator and singer. Reminds me of my WONDERFUL mother,  she is in heaven now.
I carry her singing along with Mr Burl Ives for almost 25 years now..

Everytime I hear the song "Rudolph", I hear them singing together, I get a BIG smile... I'm one blessed man, no doubt.. I can still hear it in MY HEAD.

Yup Yup...Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night..
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akg_ca
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Scrooge (released as A Christmas Carol in the United States) is a 1951 British Christmas fantasy drama film and an adaptationof Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (1843). It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, and was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley.

Originally released in B&W, it was re-released as a colorized  version,

it was remade as a cover version asA Christmas Carol (1984 film) with George C Scott cast in the lead role as the grumpy curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge.

Both are an annual comfy popcorn fest DVD / Bluray / TV broadcast multiple source viewing up here in Toronto.


whatjd OP
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Boy, thanks to all.....you must be in the holiday spirit.   My best man at my wedding, and great friend, is Jewish....he married a Catholic woman......and their kids get presents from both grandparents ...and, to use a phrase, rake it in.   

I will keep up with this thread as I feel I will have some new favorites to watch.  As for Christmas music, I have many great ones.  Most of them you would know, an unusual one is from Tuck Andress:

Tuck Andress - Hymns, Carols And Songs About Snow - Amazon.com Music
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ebm
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I thought it was Audiogon not moviegon take a week off for Xmas.
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