Day 16 – Drawing With … Felt?!
A warm, cosy hello from us on this fine Thursday morning!
We asked you to share some Christmas miracle stories with us yesterday and got some great responses! We only had time to read out a small fraction of them today but if you want to smile and feel good this morning, we strongly recommend to spend a few minutes reading through the comment section of yesterday’s post. 🙂
We got creative last night, and after spending most of the day editing our next video, we relaxed by creating two little felt “paintings” before bed. They are both inspired by the upcoming video and we are sure once you see it (hopefully tomorrow) you will recognise some of the motives!
We’d love to send the two felt pieces to two winners tomorrow!
Day 16 – Handmade Felt Paintings (2 Winners)
The “paintings” are made of coloured felt and are slightly 3D (and very soft) 🙂
How to enter:
Comment: Is there a movie you typically watch around the holidays?
Prize:
Handmade felt “painting” inspired by our upcoming new song (2 winners)
Good luck, we’ll get straight back to editing now!
Mona & Lisa
Maybe I watch too much Stephen King but when I saw that red balloon I thought you might be referring Pennywise the Dancing Clown from “It” but I’m glad I was wrong. He/It isn’t much of a Christmas character (more like the Krampus).
Die Hard and Home Alone are my two favorite Christmas movies.
This wasn’t my first time with snow, however I remember one year I think it was 1969 we didn’t have snow in Groton, CT when my step father was stationed there. Got to ride my bike and go fishing in the ocean. My most memorable as a child around 1971 was after my Step Father retired and we moved to his little hometown in South New Berlin, NY. Middle of know where in Dairy Farming area. For that Christmas I got a Tobagan. (Spl) just across the river road there was the next door farmers field with a steep hill. I’d cross over the barbed wire fence and take my sled up to the top. Then I’d barrel down the hill fast with my Beagle and Saint Bernard running after me. I’d have to time it at fall off to the side before the fence. Of course there were a few times I did go into the barbed wire. Lol the puppies enjoyed it though. Peace. Everyone ❤
“A Hard Day’s Night”…..what? that isn’t a holiday movie? Anytime the Beatles came to town that would be a holiday in my book.
Never watched any Die Hard movies, just not a Bruce Willis fan, only watch movies that I take a liking too, or whom I enjoy starring in it… Grumpy/Grumpier Old Men, the winter scenes are funny, well, both movies are funny, I’m into comedic movies more so than anything ….lol
3 movies we have often watched in the Christmas season are Holiday Inn (first “White Christmas”) Babes in Toyland, 1986, which has Drew Barrymore & company singing the cute “C-i-n-c-i-natti” song, and the Alastair Sim version of A Christmas Carol. Also, that classic Fleischer (sp?) art studios cartoon, “Christmas Comes But Once A Year”, and other cartoons from way back when.
Ah, many more Xmas movies, others movies mentioned that I’ve watched , some not ….maybe one day I’ll do so… John Candy, a fine Canadian actor, loved him in Home Alone, etc … yes , Bill Murray excels at playing obnoxious type characters…lol ????????????
My newer tradition is to watch the stage version of “A Christmas Carol” produced at my little local theater that I have been involved with for the last several years. I help with the set building, lighting and take all of the production photos for this annual classic. It’s an amazingly talented cast and I definitely prefer it over the film version!
This year, I will probably watch ‘The Others’, a ghost story starring Nicole Kidman. I enjoy watching supernatural movies during the long winter nights!
Your artistic creations in felt are very attractive. ????
The Family Stone. Sarah Jessica Parker’s uptight fiancee meeting the parents is just awful.
Hi Mona and Lisa
Thank you so much for your advent calender.
Dinner for one is shown in Denmark every year. And our little family sees it every year. It just needs to be seen…
Even though we know all the scenes – it´s still fun.
And thank you so much for your music. We are big fans.
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and Die Hard
Dr Who ; the doctor the widow and the wardrobe
We watch many of the Dr, Who Christmas specials each year, but my favorite is The Snowmen.
OMG, Duh. I forgot all about The Polar Express in my earlier post. That’s definitely a tradition. It was a tradition to read it before they made the movie and now we watch the movie.
Mr, Magoo’s Christmas Carol, with Jim Backus.
“A Christmas Carol” is the movie that comes to mind as my most consistent holiday viewing in my younger years. Although this story was remade numerous times, the 1938 version with Reginald Owen as Ebenezer Scrooge is the one that I always recall and enjoyed the most.
In later years, holiday viewing with my kids involved a lot of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “A Christmas Story”.
By the way, I just received a very nice Christmas card in the mail today from Mona and Lisa! Thank you very much. It arrived (Atlanta, Georgia area) just one week after postmark and your Advent Day 9 video. It adds a very nice international flavor to our collection of received Christmas cards!
White Christmas
I think we need to call in Penn & Teller to figure out the candle trick, or is it Hedwig’s magic?
We always enjoy watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” on Christmas day. It’s uplifting and heartwarming like no other film.
I’ve added my Christmas Miracle story to yesterday’s post. Better late than never. ????
The most special one is “Christmas with Holly”. All I can say is if you haven’t seen it, you really should.
Christmas with Holly is a 2012 Canadian American made-for-TV film based on the book Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas. It originally aired on ABC as a Hallmark Hall of Fame film on December 9, 2012, starring Eloise Mumford and Sean Faris.
There are many that I watch every year but one of my favorites is an old version of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”. It has Reginald Owens as Scrooge.
Like so many others my favorites are: A Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street and A Christmas Carol. Another one that I always enjoy is the comedy with Steve Martin and John Candy; Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Hi Dears Girls, hello everyone.. I’ve always liked Charles Dickens’ character Scrooge…I’ve seen many versions of this Christmas classic…but…I’ve found an old version from 1935. It’s worth watching.
https://youtu.be/8Jnm6RypkmQ
Christmas can be depressing so I try to keep my movies light and humorous so I try to watch National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and the ever popular Home Alone. The ones that tug at your heart strings just aren’t for me!
We have a bunch, mostly older movies. It’s a Wonderful Life, The Bishop’s Wife, Miracle on 34th Street and The Shop Around the Corner are among my favorites. For more recent movies, Elf and Love Actually.
“It’s a Wonderful Life” is probably my favorite, though I also like “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, “Miracle on 34th Street”, and “A Christmas Carol”.
For the past few years I’ve been hooked on Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas. Of the many new movies they produce each year, only a few are worth watching again in the following years. “The Spirit of Christmas” is one of the few that I watch repeatedly.
In the summer of 1999, my wife, our 2 children – and I, were in London. We stayed in a very cheap hotel.
One day we passed on foot through Notting Hill – in daytime to – and in the evening from – a meeting in a church. It was so nice and peaceful in this part of London – and we especially noticed several private communal gardens.
In the streets, there were huge posters everywhere, with advertising for the latest film, Notting Hill and we talked about, that it could be fun to see that particular movie.
After the holiday we went to the cinema and saw the movie. Later on we bought it on DVD.
This film we see every Christmas, as it is so romantic – and because it puts one in a good and peaceful mood, and because it reminds us – of a wonderful holiday in London.
When I was growing up “A Charlie Brown Christmas” was our annual tradition. It continued when my kids were young. Today our tradition, when family is over on Christmas Eve, is displaying photos of family activities of the past year on the TV.
“Dinner For One” sounds charming. I will have to watch it over the weekend. I read it holds the Guinness World Record for the most frequently aired television programme.
Lisa, I noticed your nice nail polish, all white with bright red dots. I don’t know much about nail polish but that looks stylishly cool and elegant. Very Christmassy! ???? ????
There is not a specific Christmas movie I watch, but Scrooged is definitely one I like. Bill Murray can play obnoxious characters like nobody else. I remember I have watched The Santa Claus and its sequel back to back too.
And for those who are not very much into the Christmas spirit there is always Die Hard 😉
Definitely – A Christmas Story!
When we were young my brothers and I would go ice fishing after Christmas lunch and stay on the lake for a day or two. We didn’t watch to many movies, maybe a Christmas themed music program.
This one’s kind of hard cuz there are so many Christmas movies that I like, but I will have to go with “ It’s a Wonderful Life “.
For the past 6 years we watch Charlie Browns Christmas movie with our best friends.
My favorite Christmas movie is “Scrooge” the musical with Albert Finney. I first saw it when it came out in 1970. I was in 9nth grade.
I really like the creative ways you guys are lighting the candle and making the tea. Can’t wait until tomorrow to see what you two think up.
There are so many but I like Miracle on 34th Street and The Sound of Music.
I never watched them when I was young but found them entertaining these past few years.
I like to watch “It’s A Wonderful Life” with Jimmy Stewert. This movie never gets old for me.
“A Christmas Story” is also a fun movie. “…you’ll shoot your eye out!…”
I love any of the fantasy films, especially around Christmas…anything involving people coming back to life, guardians angels and time travel. I especially love It’s a Wonderful Life, and BIG.
We usually catch White Christmas at some point. It is corny but beautifully filmed. A perfect movie to be remade staring this Blonde and this Redhead I know. Also, I enjoy a movie called The Gathering. And of course, It’s a Wonderful Life. I just found out recently that Jimmy Stewart is in my family tree.
Amazing to find that out! I’ve always loved Jimmy Stewart!
He was born and raised in nearby Indiana County and I had Stewart relatives living there too.
So cool! Do you or any of your other Stewart relatives like to act?
I try to act like a responsible adult but I am not good at it????
Hahaha!
I always watch Elf, a family favourite and Home Alone. When I was a child I think the real essence of Christmas for me was the Wizard of Oz which they would put on this film every year in the afternoon when you was so full up after a Hugh Christmas dinner and the whole family Aunts, Uncles, cousins would sit down and watch together. Good times
No Christmas movie tradition, however I usually watch The Life Of Brian at Easter time.
P.S. Tea For One is also played in Australia at New Years.
I hope that the link to the movie with English subtitles works. an old movie, but we still watch it every time on New Year’s holidays.
https://my.mail.ru/mail/inna-kurnikova/video/50/612.html
I have updated/replaced a couple of the traditional Christmas Movie Classics with a couple of Hallmark Christmas Movies-“The Christmas Card” and “Once Upon A Christmas Miracle” and “Love Always Santa.”
We used to watch the cartoon movie “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.” We even watched part of it recently. Who doesn’t love Rudi, right? ???? And, Rudolph!! ????
Hot Dog. Yes, I also remember those well-done cartoon movies from the late 60s, early 70s like Rudolph. Seems like yesterday. That and Frosty the Snowman cartoon movie were the big shows on television each year around that time.
Rudi… Hot Dog? Aus Frankfurter? LOL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xm-g_jSTJk
We watch Christmas vacation starring Chevy Chase and Its A Wonderful Life starring James Stewart.
By the way, your felt pictures are beautiful! Were they wet felted or needle felted? My daughter did a wet felted picture in grade 7 that we still have hanging. Here is a picture of it:
There are many movies we like to watch every Christmas. As a child, we looked forward to seeing A Christmas Carol every year, the one with Alastair Sim. The scene with the ghost of Marley always made my blood run cold! And so many of the lines have become part of my vocabulary, i.e. “I’ll retire to Bedlam!” These days, my daughter loves to watch a set of old Christmas movies, “It Happened on 5th Avenue”, “The Shop around the Corner”, “Christmas in Connecticut” and “It’s a Wonderful Life”. We try to squeeze them all in!
That’s the scene that made me scared and not keen on watching it ever since then, it gave me frikkin nightmares as a kid … but that only proves how well done the movie was made and the b/w just added to it, by the way, I’m still not keen to watch it…, if I do, I leave room when that scene comes on…lol…still bothers me after all these years …lol
That’s funny! It still gives me the shivers too. I agree that the black and white film really adds to the terrifying tone – all those long shadows in the staircase scenes – yikes!
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation!
The Grinch with Jim Carrey – I loved this film as a kid and love it now. Also like a Harry Potter marathon at Christmas.
My favorite Christmas movies are The Shop Around the Corner and A Charlie Brown Christmas.
2 favourite Christmas movies that I always watch without fail while wrapping…
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Muppets Christmas Carol
Both absolute classics for many different reasons ???????? ☃️
Can’t wait for the new song/video #GrooviusMaximus
GREAT magic candle, Lisa! NICE (although a bit messy) magic tea, Mona! WOO-HOO! Handmade prizes!
I don’t watch any Christmas movies as a tradition, but there are quite a few flicks other Americans do, both classic and modern. I usually try to catch the Peanuts in “A Charlie Brown Christmas” each year. Linus’s speech about the true meaning of Christmas is a standout! Cheers, everyone!
I’m with Jay…I recently watched National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. However, on Christmas Eve it’s The Nativity movie.
We always watch the Chevy Chase movie Christmas Vacation because it always gives us all a big laugh
No, not really, but now that you reminded me, I’ll watch Jingle All The Way. I probably haven’t watched it in 10 years. Happy editing. See you tomorrow.
I believe one reason for the popularity of The Sound of Music at Christmas was because the day the BBC was first able to show it in the UK was on Christmas Day (1978 I think) and at that time there were only 3 channels so it was a very big thing and watched by nearly everyone so now people associate it with watching with their families at Christmas time.
I like quite a lot of movies at Christmas. Die Hard is always mentioned because it’s set at Christmas and has some jolly music in amongst the mayhem but you can’t really watch it in a family group! You also have to remember you may be half asleep after a large Christmas meal. Agatha Christie films like the Orient Express and Death on the Nile are some of my choices and a bit calmer! The same for Indiana Jones films and Home Alone which is very Christmassy. Another I love is the 7th Voyage of Sinbad which they show every year as I love the animation by Ray Harryhausen. They had an exhibition of his models in Edinburgh which I visited in the summer (some pictures below) which is run by his daughter and we used to go to the cinema to watch his later films ( from the 70s/80s) at holiday times.
I saw Claude, below, mention While You Were Sleeping and I love that movie too (and also Speed).
I find it very interesting about you describing the old British films popular in Austria. I have never heard of them but it’s good that different places like different things.
Don’t really have a tradition of films that are watched every year other than the latest Doctor Who Christmas Day specials which started about 2005 which lots of the family enjoyed. However they’ve now moved them to New Year!
Usually it’s the original Miracle on 34th Street and A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Hello there is a movie I like to watch around the holidays. Its called Nights in Rodanthe. I also try to look a series called ” lederstrumpf” . It was on TV when I was young.
Still get the feeling of the old christmasses when i watch lederstrumpf
A Charlie Brown Christmas and Joyeux Noel about the Christmas truce on the Western Front in 1914 when German, British, and Scot soldiers fraternized to the displeasure of the generals.
William Hauslein
Joyeux Noel a tous les membres de la clube MLT et, bien sur, toute les famille Wagner.
I have nothing to put forward here as I am not into films. So much so that I have only been to the cinema once this century and that was about 10 years ago. I was a volunteer at a club for teenagers (and a few that were older than this) who had learning difficulties and Down’s Syndrome etc. It was half cartoon half actual film, no idea what it was called, and a bit slapstick but the youngsters loved it which made it all worthwhile. Parts of it were alright but just being there and enabling them to go was magical.
The only film I remember seeing at Christmas was Jungle Book (the original of course) many many years ago, probably late 60s.
When I was growing up, it was always Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Ha! Never would have thought of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for Christmas, but I suppose that makes sense.
Charlie Brown Christmas and Rudolph.
Rudolph. No, not Rudolph the MLT king.
Different Rudolph.
The 2 that I watch religiously every Christmas Eve are the original Grinch cartoon and It’s a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed.
I usually watch “A Christmas Story” at least once during the Christmas season.
When we were first married, my wife would always watch “White Christmas” (she was a Danny Kaye fan) but over the years we stopped watching.
The only one that is actually a tradition is “A Charlie Brown Christmas” but we usually also watch Die Hard and White Christmas, among others. This year may start a new tradition as I’ve already watched Lovehard (Netflix) 3 times. It’s cheesy and predictable but so well done and so funny that I will probably watch it every year. Many of you mentioned lots of others we frequently watch at Christmas, but they asked for traditions and favorites, not just a long list, so I’ll reluctantly refrain…
Roger, oh yes Die Hard comes to mind as an action Christmas thriller on occasion. Who can resist Bruce Willis Christmas spirit. Is it Die Hard 2, that takes place at the airport Christmas eve?
Yeah, and while I like that one, there’s enough violence in the first one to be going on with for Christmas, but at least the people killed in that one are bad guys. Watching a plane with 230 innocent passengers (plus crew) slam into the ground and go up in a fireball is a bit too close to recent real events for me to watch anymore, much less at Christmas.
Die Hard. <ducking>
Elf.
Mandatory Christmas tree decorating movies: Christmas Vacation, Elf and A Christmas Story. Always in that order and hopefully the tree is fully decorated when they finish. with a 12foot tree and close to 1000 decorations it’s usually pretty close.
I like to watch “Home Alone” Parts 1 and 2 and the very first Simpsons episode, which is a Christmas episode. I also like the old fairytale movies that are always shown on German television during the weeks leading up to Christmas, but I didn’t get round to it yet this year.
I usually watch “While You Were Sleeping” every year and the whole Harry Potter and Rodgers & Hammerstein collection every other years. They take turn.
We have an adults only gathering, and in the past few years we’ve watched Waking Ned Devine of all things. Fits our style of humor and is full of one liners to repeat in the following days.
One of my all-time favorite movies!
Every year I watch The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year to me it’s the best movie.
Halfy birthday, Lisa and Mona! I hope it’s the semisweetest.
On Christmas I always have A Christmas Story on the TV in the background as it’s shown in an all-day marathon that Diana mentioned. After dozens of viewings there’s no real reason to actually watch it anymore, but it sets the mood. No matter where we are in the movie when I glance at the set, my reaction is always, “Oh, I LOVE this scene!”
Then a week later I have the TV on again as I ring in the new year with a broadcast of the full run of The Twilight Zone.
I love The Twilight Zone!!!
And the Outer Limits too.
I always watch “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Christmas Story” Two Classics in the U.S.
Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” of course.
Hermann, oh my yes A Christmas Carol, great one, here in Pittsburgh each year they have that at our Benedum Theater with live actors and it is always a pleasant time to watch and enjoy
That sounds wonderful, Bill. Have fun and Christmas greetings from Germany.
Hermann
We have always put on It’s a Wonderful Life and White Christmas, I also like Die Hard, that is so weird that so many of us watch it.
Christmas favorites in our house are “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “DieHard”. Now many people still wouldn’t consider Diehard a true Christmas movie but we always watch it during the end of year holiday period. Yippee Ki Yay!!!
My daughter Katie says I have to include “A Christmas Story” since it was her favorite growing up. “you’re going to put your eye out” yada yada.
When I was younger and my parents did the program choosing “White Christmas” was a favorite and classics like “Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer” and a “Charlie Brown Christmas” were great fun to watch. Growing up in south Florida the chances of a White Christmas was no chance at all but watching fake snow on TV helped. lol
I have no idea why, but in the U.S. the action movie “Diehard” is a Christmas tradition and is broadcast on TV every year. According to Wikipedia, “Die Hard follows New York City police detective John McClane (played by Bruce Willis) who is caught up in a terrorist takeover of a Los Angeles skyscraper while visiting his estranged wife.” I will likely by “encouraged” to watch Hallmark movies!
BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIE EVER!!!!!
You the man Ron! Merry Christmas! 🙂
Thank you! You as well!
Good morning everyone, I like to see the hard-to-kill behind and Edward scissorhands, but when the nephews were at home we saw kung fu panda, but this year I don’t know what we’ll see because I still have 5 and 7 year old nephews.
Ahhh Mona you looked so cute with your head tucked away like a turtle there. You both look adorable in those comfy jackets. ???? The candle lighting magic is getting more amazing every day!
The only movie I can mention having watched around the holiday season with any regularity would be It’s A Wonderful Life. Other than that I on occasion enjoyed some of those old cartoons “Frosty The Snowman”, “The Snowman” (related to your awesome Walking In The Air” which always lifts my spirits), and “The Little Drummer Boy”. That movie you mentioned the “Red Balloon” looks interesting, will have to add that to my list of movies to watch. Another one that just came to mind I enjoyed watching on occasion was “A Christmas Story” from 1983 about a boy and his quest for a “Red Ryder BB Gun”.
Really excited and looking forward to your new song/video. The clip with Lisa with the red balloon looks intriguing. Groovy greetings to all! ⛄????✨
I worked at the local cinema when “Christmas Story” was released. There wasn’t a lot of advertising beforehand, so we didn’t know what to expect. We were pleasantly surprised
JP
JP, yeah a stand out Christmas movie for sure. I still have my Czechoslovakia made Slavia 624 Pellet Gun my mom bought me when I was 12, after begging for it for a whole year.
Once for Christmas I got the very thing that Ralphie wanted: a Daisy Red Ryder BB gun. I had no interest in guns, but as in the movie, my dad had had one when he was a kid. And this was several years before they made the movie! I remember the character drawn on the box had a speech balloon that said, “Hi, kids! I’m Red Ryder. Ask your dad; he knows me.”
I’ve never actually seen a real Red Ryder BB Gun. It must have been pretty cool David. If I had known you back then, I would have offered to trade you my skate board, or all my marbles. ????
Well, it’s probably just a reissue, based on what I remember from the box. I’m pretty sure it’s still at my parents’ house, so perhaps a trade could be arranged. But I wouldn’t want you to lose all your marbles!
You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!
Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye in Holiday Inn watch it every year never get bored of white Christmas and the storyline. The other one is home alone the first movie, not only very funny but love the music in it as well especially o holy night
Don Camillo und Peppone
It has to be the superb “It’s a Wonderful Life” with James Stewart.
Hi Mona and Lisa. As a family we do not have a certain movie we watch at the holidays, but my wife does torture me with Christmas movies from the Hallmark Channel!
For some reason, after many years, we decided to watch ‘The Goonies’ this Christmas and it was OK, but not as funny as we imagined as it is years old! I get nostalgic at Christmas time and watched Joseph & The Technicolour Dreamcoat (Donny Osmond version…the best!).
Christmas Story – hero of the story is Ralphy Parker (no relation)
Ok, now confused… is the movie called ” White Xmas” or ” Holiday Inn” with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, etc , I’m reading the comments , and saw and got me thinking ….lol
The original b/w A Xmas Carol movie with Alistair Sims always scared me as a kid, still not fond of it , so I don’t watch it …lol.
Hey everyone. I’m up to my old antics again. I have a reactor I call my brother. It’s a combat vet thing, and his youtu.be channel has grown and he is putting out a positive vibe. I have made him react to our beloved MLT many times. I have made him do 2 of my favorite MLT Christmas videos already. I just wanted 1 more from him. When I sent Christmas cards last year I gave them the link to the video. Such a beautiful video. This is his reaction today. I hope you all who is interested enjoy. Peace ✌
https://youtu.be/LggTe47IYXw
Great post Ken, I had this song in mind just now as I posted my comments. I’ve enjoyed many of his MLT reaction videos but haven’t seen this one yet, and it’s great. Just a beautiful and uplifting experience always when I listen to MLTs Walking In The Air, love it.
OMG, half asleep here, of course I watch Miracle on 34th Street with Maureen O’Hara every year …
Congrats to today’s winners too ????
Whoops, heaven forbid, I forgot to add the clay animation film of Rudolph Red Nose Reindeer with Burl Ives narrating it …. watch that every year too without fail …
Ah, I watch… National Lampoon’s Xmas movie (sorry cat lovers but when cat gets zapped, my fave part, as I’m a Dog person …lol ) , It’s A Wonder Ful Life , Sound of Music, Holiday Inn (Bing Crosby is in it ), Santa Clause 1 and 2, Home Alone 1 and 2, Heidi(Shirley Temple), Charlie Brown Xmas cartoon, Grinch Stole Xmas cartoon , A Xmas Story, and a few others but these are my main ones I tend to watch every year, sometimes Gremlins 2 ….lol … Ernest Saves Xmas …????????
I love cats and it still cracks me up. “Play Ball!”
I’m old. I live It’s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol. The 1940s BW one. It’s a clasic. Not the imitations. Lol This is what I woke up to in Utah heading towards Missouri. Be Safe and Stay Groovy! ❤????
Nice video.
I was wondering about that just a few days ago and you mentioned it just now.
Strange. I mean, The MLT creates this new original song, “CLUB 27”, and THEN, they start “THE MLT CLUB” and invite people to join them…
The Advent calendar turns into some kind of count-down procedure, where we are informed of their true ages. Oh me, oh my.
Nice Michael,
I am with you, Rudolph and Charlie Brown….LOL…
LOL!
It was the pattern of life back in the day, almost like cartoons were always on Saturday mornings. Nowadays, that imprint doesn’t really compute in the thinking of youth.
Poor Rudolph — not the character. I’m referring to Rudolph the MLT king in this sentence.
Poor Rudolph — not the MLT king, but the reindeer whose nose you could say even glows.
https://youtu.be/V87fsP5B05k
Hello Mona and Lisa! Congratulations to the winners!! Two movies are always in our house during Christmas, It’s a wonderful Life Starring James Stewart ( black and white version like it was originally done ) And A Christmas Story with Peter Billingsly. Both offer a warm holiday message and some humor and laughs ….
Some of us might recall being introduced to Peter Billingsley a few years earlier in these commercials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-b_dRLrEvI
Hello Ladies,
Christmas Movies that I typically watch.
There have been new ones I have found recently. All low budget, but very enjoyable. All found on you tube.
Christmas for a Dollar set in the depression era
Holly and Ivy set modern day
Traditionally
Its a Wonderful Life
The Santa Clause
HOME Alone
Miracle on 34 Street
Have a great day Ladies
Rick
The Holiday time movie I normally watch is A Christmas Carol.
At Christmas, we like to watch the movie “Mama Mia”. And “About Time” is one of the hot contenders for Christmas movie of the year. I have to admit, both are not Christmas movies, but very nice and entertaining.
As a kid, I loved watching “Drei Nüsse für Aschenbrödel” (a beautiful adaptation of the Cinderella theme). I’d actually have to watch that again sometime. It’s repeated on TV every year in the run-up to Christmas.
(here is the magical theme song:)
https://youtu.be/C924eNQwRm4
That’s beautiful music Jurgen! I also enjoyed the Mama Mia movies!
Thanks Jung. And with Mamia Mia, the volume control is then turned up a little further. Until the Dancing Queen swirls around the chairs and the Super Trouper starts to glow.
I like to watch one or other of the movie versions of A Christmas Carol at Christmas. My favourite is the musical version starring Albert Finney, but I can happily watch any of the versions, including the Muppets’ Christmas Carol! It is a great story by Charles Dickens of redemption at Christmas, and always gets me in the mood for Christmas. Another family favourite is The Polar Express, a great story and brilliantly animated. And the little boy reminds me of me at his age!
I don’t remember a movie that we watched every Christmas, but we did watch some more than others. Overall, the movie that I remember most was “A Christmas Carol”. When the kids were in still in the house, various animated Christmas movies were the top movies for us. “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Miracle on 34th Street” are old American favorites.
I always seemed to like watching Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer each year and recently started watching The Time Machine where it starts off with a holiday gathering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36UQCZEsY9g
We always watch It’s a Wonderful Life, the cartoon Grinch, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Charlie Brown Christmas, but my favorite has become the Muppets Christmas Carol. The Muppets version of this Charles Dickens classic is so well done, so well acted by Michael Caine, and it has some wonderful music.
We always watch A Charlie Brown Christmas.
James, nice pick! Always enjoyed Charlie Brown Christmas.
Thank you Jung !
I watched “The Nightmare Before Christmas” a couple weeks ago, there was a time we all used to watch that every year sometime between Halloween and Christmas but it’d been several years since the last time. But it’s one of my favorite movies, with great animation and wonderful music, and a good story line.
The way things are going I might take up watching “Hawkeye” every Christmas. Looking forward to the last episode next week!
I’ll watch movies (Christmas Vacation, It’s a Wonderful Life, etc) plus the cartoons (Rudolph, Charlie Brown, Grinch). Sound of Music is “corny? Oh well, I guess I’m a sucker for corny.
Its also Die Hard for me and of course Die Hard 2
I watch the classic American Christmas romantic comedy, Die Hard.
I guess we tend to watch “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” at least every few years.
I think, thanks to you, I will start a new tradition, and watch “The Snowman”
(I just love your “Walking In The Air” video
We use to watch a movie called “Der kleine Lord”, English original “Little Lord Fauntleroy” with Ricky Schroder and Sir Alec Guinness. To be honest, usually my wife is watching the movie while I am decorating the christmas tree.
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There are two film I watch every year. The first one is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (see attached picture). It’s hillarious and always resulting in a good laugh. The other one is James Stewart’s film from 1946 – It’s a Wonderful Life – which I have a colorized version of. That’s a film I think shows what the Yuletide is about. When my kids were small we always watched a collection of Disney yule film. So treat your nisse right and have a hyggelig jul (Danish word for x-mas which in English is yule)
Hi Leif, I also find National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation very entertaining. In particular the scene when the Christmas lights on the house finally light up and the power goes out in the whole town. To you and your loved ones also: hyggelig jul !
Thanks and a nice and hyggelig yule to you. I especially like to follow al the person surrounding the maniac. Last year I especially followed the teenage daughter so it must be his son this year. When it’s not yule I like to see Madhouse from 1990 with Kirstie Alley where a lot of unexpected guests arrive – try it.
‘A Christmas Story’. There’s usually a channel that plays it repeatedly for 24 hours. Great comedy with nostalgia. I can’t even count how many times I’ve seen it.
The 90 years birthday is a tradition in Denmark. it is sent every year on the 31st of January, just before the New Year bells start and has been since 1977. They skipped it one year because they thought people had tired of it, but thousands of people called in and yelled at them for that, so it
s been on every year since, it still makes me laugh although ive seen it so many times, that waiter is hilarious. Another movie tradition is It`s A Wonderful Life, that one is sent on the evening of the 24th. every year.We always watch White Christmas.