Sappy Holiday TV Movies

[HardyGirl]

OK, I know we have a bunch of manly men here, but I know some of you have a sensitive side. So who goes in for the Hallmark or Lifetime channel movie fare during the Christmas season? Some of my faves are:

1) The Christmas Card (Hallmark)
2) All I Want For Christmas (Hallmark)
3) Ebbie (Lifetime and Hallmark)
4) Comfort and Joy (Lifetime)

There's more but you get the idea. I also like watching the holiday specials on Family Channel's 25 Days of Christmas.

Comments?

[AJ Collector]

Well i don't know about the ones you mentioned and at the risk of taking heat from the boys.......

I do pop in "It's a Wonderfull Life" around this time of the year.

[megoapesnut]

Yeah, I definitely let my wife handle the Hallmark and Lifetime movies. I'll stick with Miracle on 34th St, It's a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I think the greatest Christmas special EVER is "A Blackadder Christmas."

Don C.

[Meule]

OK, I know we have a bunch of manly men here, but I know some of you have a sensitive side. So who goes in for the Hallmark or Lifetime channel movie fare during the Christmas season? Some of my faves are:

1) The Christmas Card (Hallmark)
2) All I Want For Christmas (Hallmark)
3) Ebbie (Lifetime and Hallmark)
4) Comfort and Joy (Lifetime)

There's more but you get the idea. I also like watching the holiday specials on Family Channel's 25 Days of Christmas.

Comments?

Errrr... I don't know any of those

[Mikey]

The only newer sappy Christmas movie I ever seen ... I forgot the title but I think I seen it last year ... It was set in WW2 Germany ... and for some reason a few American army guys ended up in a house eating Christmas dinner with a few nazis because some woman (Linda Hamilton) put her foot down and made them stop fighting for the night

It was so stupid, I had to watch it

[toys2cool]

my wife watches all those lifetime and hallmark films

[kingdom warrior]

Errrr... I don't know any of those

Good answer!!! Here's your card.....

[Hector]

Hallmark and Lifetime headquarters should both be beamed into the inner core of the sun.

[Hector]

But don't worry Sharry...my sister loves them both...

My mom on the other hand...loves Univision and Telemundo novelas...

[kingdom warrior]

Hallmark and Lifetime headquarters should both be beamed into the inner core of the sun.

[warlock664]

Sappy

For the most part, I try to avoid those newer "made for TV" Christmas movies. I stick mostly to the "classics", and try to watch these every year:

1) Miracle on 34th Street (the original)
2) It's A Wonderful Life
3) A Christmas Story
4) A Christmas Carol (the Hallmark HOF version with George C Scott as Scrooge)
5) The Homecoming (pilot for the Waltons TV show)
6) Holiday Inn
7) White Christmas

I also have several DVD TV collections that I pull out to watch the Christmas episodes.

[toystalker]

im a proper xmas movie geek, i started watching my xmas movie collection back in july

not in any order but here is whats in my collection and these dont get watched in any order they just get watched over and over lol

dont matter if they are crnige worthy... it christmas its supposed to be however i do prefer some than others

santa claus the movie
the santa claus 1 2 3
surviving christmas
christmas with the kranks
jingle all the way
home alone 1 2
the grinch
ernest saves christmas
the night they saved christmas
christmas carol
scrooged
scrooge
elf
wonderfull life
miracle 34th colour one
family man
deck the halls
the holiday
all i want for christmas
four chrstmasses
fred claus
national lampoon christmas vacation
one magic christmas
jack frost
mrs santa claus
christmas caper
the christmas claus
beauty and beast enchanted christmas - daughters fav

lots more somewhere but i cant lift the case of 1000 discs(hernia) to get to the case of xmas movies lol

tv films watched recently...
boyfriend for christmas
chasing christmas
christmas do over
christmas every day
the christmas star
mr st nick
santa who

cant say i enjoyed all of these but they are christmas movies so i watched lol

streamed christmas story to see what all the fuss was a bout and i cant say its one of my favs...
also bad santa dont make the list, watched it once and hated it

[thunderbolt]

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians!!!

[jds1911a1]

my wife constantly has on lifetime and hallmark

I will admit I watched the hallmark hall of fame last night on CBS (A dog named christmas) and it is a sappy one

SPILOER IF YOU CARE TO KNOW

basic plot a special needs boy convinces his dad to take a shelter dog in for the holidays as part of a program at the shelter dad agrees but is firm the dog goes back after the holiday)

turns out dad is a nam vet who's little dog over their died saving him from a land mine and dad never got over the hurt

int he end the boy gets a real job and they keep the dog)

I openly cried a couple times as a former soldier, dog person, and a parent of a special child it hit really close to home



Sappy but great
Miracle in 34th st (the 30's version in b/w)
It's a wonderful life