MERRY CHRISMAS

CHRISTMAS CLASSICS


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THE REASON FOR THE SEASON

The Nativity Story (2007)

CHEERY FEEL-GOOD CHRISTMAS FILMS

The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Jimmy Stewart

Meet John Doe-(1941) Gary Cooper/Frank Capra  

Holiday Inn (1942) Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire 

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

Meet in St. Louis (1944) Judy Garland

Bells of St. Mary’s (1945) Bing Crosby

Christmas in Connecticut (1945) 

The Three Godfathers-(1948) 

Come to the Stable (1949) VHS /FREE ONLINE

A Christmas Wish (AKA) The great Rupert (1950) Jimmy Durante 

Lemon Drop Kid (1951) Bob Hope

White Christmas (1954) Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye 

Dramatic Christmas 

Silent Night (2002)

Joyeux Noël (AKA Merry Christmas) (2005)

FANTASTY CHRISTMAS

March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934) 

The Bishops Wife- (1947) Cary Grant

Babes in Toyland (1961)

Snowglobe  (2007)

CHRISTMAS CAROL

Mr. Maggo’s Christmas Carol (1964)

Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983)

Scrooged (1988)

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

A Christmas Carol  (1999)w/ Patrick Stewart

A Christmas Carol w/ Jim Carey (2009)

SANTA

Miracle on 34th Street – Older 1947

Miracle on 34th Street -Newer 1994

The Night They Saved Christmas (1984) 

Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)

Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) 

The Grinch (2000) 

Fred Claws (2007) 

Christmas Story (2007) Joulutarina

Arthur Christmas (2011)

Snow (2004)

Snow 2: Brain Freeze (2008)

The Santa Clause

The Santa Clause (1994)

The Mrs. Clause (2002 )

Escape Clause (2006)

THE BEST CHRISTMAS

It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 

Elf (2003) 

The Polar Express (2004)

BEST NON-FANTASY CHRISTMAS

A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983)

CHRISTMAS ANIMATED

Veggie Tales

The Toy That Saved Christmas (1996)

The Star of Christmas (2002)

St. Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving (2009)
It's a Meaningful Life (2010)
The Little Drummer Boy (2011)
Merry Larry and the True Light of Christmas (2013)

FEATURES

The Nutcracker Prince (1990)

Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Rankin/Bass

• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964, Burl Ives)
• The Cricket on the Hearth (1967, Danny Thomas)
• The Little Drummer Boy (1968, Greer Garson)
• Frosty the Snowman (1969, Jimmy Durante)
• Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (1970, Fred Astaire)
• 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974, Joel Grey and George Gobel)
• The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974, Shirley Booth)
• The First Christmas (1975, Angela Lansbury)
• Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976, Andy Griffith)
• Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976, Red Skelton)
• The Little Drummer Boy, Book II (1976, Greer Garson)
• Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977, Roger Miller)
• The Stingiest Man in Town (1978, Tom Bosley) Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979, Mickey Rooney)
• Jack Frost (1979, Buddy Hackett) 
• Pinocchio's Christmas (1980)  
• The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold (1981, Art Carney) 
• The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)  

Non-Christmas Rankin/Bass

The Mouse on the Mayflower (1968, Tennessee Ernie Ford) 

(Easter the other end of Christmas)

Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971, Danny Kaye) 

The The First Easter Rabbit (1976, Burl Ives) 

Easter Bunny is Comin' To Town (1977, Fred Astaire)

BEST CHRISTMAS SPECIALS

• A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
• Santa and the three Bears (1970) 
• Silent Night, Holy Night (1976 film)
• The Small One (1978, short film) 
• Ziggy’s Gift (1982)
• The Snowman (1982)
• The Christmas Toy (1986) 
• A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) 
• Adventures from the Bible: The Nativity (1987)
• A Wish for Wings That Work (1991)
• Precious Moments: Timmy's Gift (1991) 
• Father Christmas (1991) 
• Michah's Christmas Treasure (1994)
• Alabaster's Song (1996) 
• Nicholas: The Boy who Became Santa (1997) 
• Buster and Chauncey's "Silent Night" ~(1998) 
•  Olive the Other Reindeer (1999)
• Timmy's Special Delivery ~ (2000) 
• Second Star to the Left- A Christmas Tale (2001) 
• Jacob's Gift (2001) 
• Santa vs. the snowman (2002)
• The Crippled Lamb (2004)
• Shrek the Halls (2007) --
• Storyteller Cafe: The Gift (2007) 
• The Fourth King (2009)
• Shaun the sheep. We wish Ewe a Merry Christmas (2011)

The Cricket In Times Square 1973- Non-Christmas

A Very Merry Cricket (1973) -Christmas

Yankee Doodle Cricket (1975) Non-Christmas

Robbie the Reindeer

"Hooves of Fire" (1999)

"The Legend of the Lost Tribe" (2002)

"Close Encounters of the Herd Kind (2007)

Prep and Landing (2009)
Prep and  Landing: Naughty vs. Nice (2011)