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The Library => Broun Hall => Topic started by: jmar on December 05, 2023, 06:55:15 AM
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We all have our favorites and I generally watch the cutesy ones that my grandchildren enjoy and understand when they stay over like the many versions of Home Alone, The Grinch and Elf.
Watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation again last night and plan to view the *Holdovers next because I've never even heard of this movie.
* It would be easy to ignore completely like so many others if not for Paul Giamatta.
Anyone recommend it?
Also, tis the season to make lists so give up your top five.
Why five?
It's hard to limit it to five you say.
Precisely!
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We all have our favorites and I generally watch the cutesy ones that my grandchildren enjoy and understand when they stay over like the many versions of Home Alone, The Grinch and Elf.
Watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation again last night and plan to view the *Holdovers next because I've never even heard of this movie.
* It would be easy to ignore completely like so many others if not for Paul Giamatta.
Anyone recommend it?
Also, tis the season to make lists so give up your top five.
Why five?
It's hard to limit it to five you say.
Precisely!
1. Die Hard
2. Violent Night
3. Christmas Chronicles
4. Elf
5. Christmas Vacation
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Trading Places
Christmas Vacation
Bad Santa
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Most other xmas movies suck balls.
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Trading Places
Christmas Vacation
Bad Santa
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Most other xmas movies suck balls.
Didn't think of Bad Santa, but I would replace Christmas Chronicles with that one. Kurt Russell is/was tits, though.
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No particular order.
Christmas Vacation
Krampus
Die Hard
Christmas Story
Home Alone
Violent Night
Elf
Wonderful Life
Deck The Halls
Madea’s Christmas
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Not movies ,but I have to spend an hour watching the standards I grew up on:
Charlie Brown Christmas
Rudolph
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Cheesy, I know, but it ain't Christmas without em'.
The other standard is A Christmas Carol, with Jim Carrey. BTW, I'll be seeing that one live at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival this Sunday. Love that place.
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Can we change it to Christmas episodes of sitcoms?
Because I watch The Strike every year.
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Trading Places
Christmas Vacation
Lethal Weapon
Batman Returns
Die Hard/Die Hard 2
A Christmas Story
Miss me with It's a Wonderful Life! What a boring, morose, piece of overhyped trash.
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Another honorable mention: Edward Scissorhands
The Tim Burton/Johnny Depp partnership throughout my lifetime has been mostly a treat. None have touched the greatness of Big Fish, which didn't have Depp in it obviously.
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Another honorable mention: Edward Scissorhands
The Tim Burton/Johnny Depp partnership throughout my lifetime has been mostly a treat. None have touched the greatness of Big Fish, which didn't have Depp in it obviously.
Damn. Good call. And totally agree about Burton/Depp. Though, Burton's finest, in my estimation, is Beetlejuice.
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Damn. Good call. And totally agree about Burton/Depp. Though, Burton's finest, in my estimation, is Beetlejuice.
For me, Burton is a lot like Stephen King. Acts 1 & 2 are phenomenal, but Act 3 somehow, someway falls apart.
Beetlejuice is a prime example. That unravels in a spectacular fashion. Low key interested in this sequel they've supposedly finished. Curious which streaming service it gets shoved to.
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Another honorable mention: Edward Scissorhands
The Tim Burton/Johnny Depp partnership throughout my lifetime has been mostly a treat. None have touched the greatness of Big Fish, which didn't have Depp in it obviously.
:facepalm:
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it's a wonderful life
nightmare before christmas
christmas vacation
a christmas story
elf
gremlins
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gremlins
Oooooh. Good call.
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:facepalm:
Which part?
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Which part?
i struggle with it being considered a Christmas movie...i mean at least lethal weapon and die hard was centered around the holidays both of which are debated as being a Christmas movie. scissorhand...that's a long stretch.
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Not movies ,but I have to spend an hour watching the standards I grew up on:
Charlie Brown Christmas
Rudolph
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Cheesy, I know, but it ain't Christmas without em'.
The other standard is A Christmas Carol, with Jim Carrey. BTW, I'll be seeing that one live at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival this Sunday. Love that place.
I was with you until the end. Jim Carrey has never been and will never be funny. I won’t watch shit he’s in.
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i struggle with it being considered a Christmas movie...i mean at least lethal weapon and die hard was centered around the holidays both of which are debated as being a Christmas movie. scissorhand...that's a long stretch.
The definitive answer to this age old question is whether the movie would have existed absent the Christmas trappings.
Die Hard? Yes. It’s a Christmas movie. It being Christmas Eve was central to the plot.
Lethal Weapon? No. Sure there was a Christmas tree in the room but that was inconsequential. Same with Scissorhands. It could just as easily been Halloween or Fourth of July and the story is the same.
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it's a wonderful life
nightmare before christmas
christmas vacation
a christmas story
elf
gremlins
It’s A Wonderful Life is awful. I agree with your list except for that piece of shit.
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So much for seeing The Holdovers.
Hasn't been released although it can be streamed for $18.99.
Can't do it.
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It’s A Wonderful Life is awful. I agree with your list except for that piece of shit.
In what way?
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In what way?
I think it’s cheesy and old but I definitely don’t carry the hate for it several others do here. I don’t really feel too strongly for it one way or another.
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Man whatever GAF is playing is the bestest!
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I never was into It's a Wonderful Life. Just wasn't one of those holiday movies that I watched more than bits and pieces of. Sunday, we're going to see A Christmas Carol at Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Last year about this time, we went to ASF for It's a Wonderful Life, A Radio Play. Awesomeness!
The setting was the movie being done as a radio broadcast in the late 40's. The stage was the radio studio, with the actors reading the script, and making all the sounds of the movie come to life. Doors closing, people running, crowds cheering etc. They would even go to commercials, and do bits for local businesses in Montgomery at the time. You got the movie, but with a whole different presentation. Really neato-keen, Mustang level stuff.
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Really neato-keen, Mustang level stuff.
Window Louvers and all?? Shut. UP!
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In what way?
I am not a fan of the whole premise of the movie, I think the acting is overdone and I don’t think any movie about Christmas should include suicidal ideations.
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I am not a fan of the whole premise of the movie, I think the acting is overdone and I don’t think any movie about Christmas should include suicidal ideations.
All the acting was overdone in the 30s.
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I am not a fan of the whole premise of the movie, I think the acting is overdone and I don’t think any movie about Christmas should include suicidal ideations.
Jimmy Stewart would kick your ass...while wearing a bunny costume!
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All the acting was overdone in the 30s.
Maybe the Shop Around the Corner can pass the test.
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Christmas Vacation
Die Hard
The Strike
Friday After Next
Mixed Nuts
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In no particular order:
Wonderful Life
Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Story
Bad Santa
Home Alone
Definitely gonna watch Krampus and Violent Night to broaden my horizons.
Have to admit Kurt Russell really makes a great Santa.
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In no particular order:
Wonderful Life
Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Story
Bad Santa
Home Alone
Definitely gonna watch Krampus and Violent Night to broaden my horizons.
Have to admit Kurt Russell really makes a great Santa.
^^Agree with Gramps.
edit: I want to add Planes, Trains and Automobiles because it is often viewed during the Christmas season. It is a Thanksgiving themed movie but it belongs on the Christmas list.
I fully realize that this is controversial but I hope you will understand that I do not give one single fuck what you think about it. It’s on the list as of now. Take it down, Wes. I dare you. Or, any of you just try.
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^^Agree with Gramps.
edit: I want to add Planes, Trains and Automobiles because it is often viewed during the Christmas season. It is a Thanksgiving themed movie but it belongs on the Christmas list.
I fully realize that this is controversial but I hope you will understand that I do not give one single fuck what you think about it. It’s on the list as of now. Take it down, Wes. I dare you. Or, any of you just try.
Yes agree with you WT.
PT & A is a tremendous Thanksgiving movie. Doesn't qualify for this particular favorites list however because Thanksgiving is celebrated as a single day in late November you see and Christmas... it's a totally different holiday... an entire season if you will.
Have you been a good boy?
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Yes agree with you WT.
PT & A is a tremendous Thanksgiving movie. Doesn't qualify for this particular favorites list however because Thanksgiving is celebrated as a single day in late November you see and Christmas... it's a totally different holiday... an entire season if you will.
Have you been a good boy?
The last thing that I’d want to do is create a mountain out of a molehill but when someone is blatantly wrong, I will point it out.
Just because I’m gracious and gregarious, that should not be mistaken as weakness. I am kind but when I am right, which is most of the time, then I won’t back down. Tom Petty wrote a song about me.
Planes and Trains is VIEWED during the Christmas season. That’s what this thread is about.
Regardless, I have already made the call.
It doesn’t matter if it makes sense to anyone or not. Once I have made my decision, you can move along and decide who to move to cornerback. It’s not that complicated.
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You're out of your nut but I can't really hold it against you given the plate in your head which likely causes you to challenge my judgement of acceptable holiday viewing as well as other
questionable practices among our community. And I can assure you if jmar chooses a wide receiver or speedy backfield type to man a corner position that particular player is better suited as a pass defender.
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The last thing that I’d want to do is create a mountain out of a molehill but when someone is blatantly wrong, I will point it out.
Just because I’m gracious and gregarious, that should not be mistaken as weakness. I am kind but when I am right, which is most of the time, then I won’t back down. Tom Petty wrote a song about me.
Planes and Trains is VIEWED during the Christmas season. That’s what this thread is about.
Regardless, I have already made the call.
It doesn’t matter if it makes sense to anyone or not. Once I have made my decision, you can move along and decide who to move to cornerback. It’s not that complicated.
I watched Se7en last night. Does that make it a Christmas movie?
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I watched Se7en last night. Does that make it a Christmas movie?
Careful. He says he's gregarious.
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I watched Se7en last night. Does that make it a Christmas movie?
That’s not how any of this works.
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I watched Se7en last night. Does that make it a Christmas movie?
No. If a lot of other people did on a regular basis, then maybe.
Jmar is being contrarian and gets defensive when he is called out for being completely wrong.
Think of it this way. Let’s say that Token does not regularly ass rape drunks at the jail. Obviously, he does but just follow me.
But, Token starts corn holing drunks to kind of “Tis the Season” things up, around the jailhouse.
Then, it’s considered a holiday tradition for HIM. Now if all of us started ass raping drunks during that time, which I know is turning many of you on just reading about, it could make the list of traditions.
It’s similar with the Christmas movies in that if we are trying to ascertain what normal people watch during Christmas, the entire movie does not need to come from the Hallmark channel.
Does Die Hard get consideration? I say it should.
One of the problems with a list like this being on the x is that it’s very unlikely to get even a remotely normal response from these people.
Planes and Trains remains an option.
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Hit A Christmas Carol at ASF Sunday. I still have a couple of Christmas shows to watch, but after seeing that live, my Christmas viewing is complete. Anything else is gravy.
Damn, I love that place. And I'll be going back in the Spring, for Hounds of Baskerville, to get my Sherlock Holmes fix.
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Hit A Christmas Carol at ASF Sunday. I still have a couple of Christmas shows to watch, but after seeing that live, my Christmas viewing is complete. Anything else is gravy.
Damn, I love that place. And I'll be going back in the Spring, for Hounds of Baskerville, to get my Sherlock Holmes fix.
Fucking theater kids...you probably hum showtunes in the shower, dontcha?
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Fucking theater kids...you probably hum showtunes in the shower, dontcha?
YASSSS BOOO! And he's FABBBBULOUS!
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Fucking theater kids...you probably hum showtunes in the shower, dontcha?
I'm cultured, bitch!
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I'm cultured, bitch!
Well haul WT with you the next time you go to the Town and Gown or wherever it is you go for your "culture."
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Fucking theater kids...you probably hum showtunes in the shower, dontcha?
not only. This entire thread was established on Christmas MOVIES by Jmar. I won’t speak for him but I doubt he appreciates some faggot bursting onto the scene talking about going to a motherfucking play.
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Well haul WT with you the next time you go to the Town and Gown or wherever it is you go for your "culture."
Look, I was just taking up for you and then I see this. I won’t be attending any queer functions. Not with him.
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Look, I was just taking up for you and then I see this. I won’t be attending any queer functions. Not with him.
I'll see if they will refund the tickets I just bought for you and I to go watch some Sherlock Holmes shit at ASF.
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When people try to call me a bigot, I just point them to this thread and say, "See. I have gay friends"!
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When people try to call me a bigot, I just point them to this thread and say, "See. I have gay friends"!
I think that's a great thing to do....wait....which friends are you talking about?
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Going to see Christmas Vacation at the Alabama Theater on Sunday night. That makes me cultured too, right?
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Going to see Christmas Vacation at the Alabama Theater on Sunday night. That makes me cultured too, right?
It makes you bona fide.
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It makes you bona fide.
Perhaps, but he's no suitor.
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Perhaps, but he's no suitor.
Well, is he a Dapper Dan Man, or does he use that shitty ass FOP?
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Well, is he a Dapper Dan Man, or does he use that shitty ass FOP?
I don't want FOP, goddamnit. I'm a Dapper Dan man.
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I don't want FOP, goddamnit. I'm a Dapper Dan man.
Well ain't this place a geographical oddity! Two weeks from everywhere.
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There is only one line in that movie that is applicable to all iffy situations in life.
<Do not seek the treasure...> in a whispered voice
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Well, is he a Dapper Dan Man, or does he use that shitty ass FOP?
https://youtu.be/JaW0M6V85j8?si=UxO0LmX_Mnt9h-dA
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No. If a lot of other people did on a regular basis, then maybe.
Jmar is being contrarian and gets defensive when he is called out for being completely wrong.
Think of it this way. Let’s say that Token does not regularly ass rape drunks at the jail. Obviously, he does but just follow me.
But, Token starts corn holing drunks to kind of “Tis the Season” things up, around the jailhouse.
Then, it’s considered a holiday tradition for HIM. Now if all of us started ass raping drunks during that time, which I know is turning many of you on just reading about, it could make the list of traditions.
It’s similar with the Christmas movies in that if we are trying to ascertain what normal people watch during Christmas, the entire movie does not need to come from the Hallmark channel.
Does Die Hard get consideration? I say it should.
One of the problems with a list like this being on the x is that it’s very unlikely to get even a remotely normal response from these people.
Planes and Trains remains an option.
So noted. Holy fuck, you took that way too seriously.
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So noted. Holy fuck, you took that way too seriously.
I don’t believe in just fiddle fucking my way through life, like most folks around here. I take things seriously.
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https://collider.com/mary-bailey-hero-its-a-wonderful-life/
Maybe outdated and morose to some but this contrarian knows a good story, and It's a Wonderful Life embodies real elements of overcoming obstacles, strained relationships and questioning one's own faith.
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https://collider.com/mary-bailey-hero-its-a-wonderful-life/
Maybe outdated and morose to some but this contrarian knows a good story, and It's a Wonderful Life embodies real elements of overcoming obstacles, strained relationships and questioning one's own faith.
Zero doubt that it belongs on any “best Christmas movie” list, as far as I’m concerned. It’s probably my number 2 but possibly 1. A Christmas Story is its rival. Of course Planes, Trains and Automobiles is in almost everyone’s top 3.
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Watched part of A Christmas Story last night. The part where Ralphie dropped the lug nuts and yelled Fuuuuuck!
Mrs. Schwartz, do you know what Ralphie said?
WHAAAT?
Do you know where he heard it from? Your son.
WHAAAAT? Oww....Oww....Mom, what did I do?
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Agree with most all movies mentioned. I'm old tho so I always watch The Waltons Christmas with Patricia O'Neal.
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Agree with most all movies mentioned. I'm old tho so I always watch The Waltons Christmas with Patricia O'Neal.
Geeze Louise. The Waltons? I had you pegged as old but we’re talking jmar, snags or even kaos kind of old. Surely not oldautiger old. I’m not even sure how old he is but he’s older than kaos. And Kaos’ first date was on a horse and buggy. He went to a square dance in Tuscaloosa with a white girl.
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Geeze Louise. The Waltons? I had you pegged as old but we’re talking jmar, snags or even kaos kind of old. Surely not oldautiger old. I’m not even sure how old he is but he’s older than kaos. And Kaos’ first date was on a horse and buggy. He went to a square dance in Tuscaloosa with a white girl.
You so old, the key on Benjamin Franklin's kite, was to yo' mama's apartment.
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Scrooged is a good one, too. To Bill Fucking Murray! :bow:
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Scrooged is a good one, too. To Bill Fucking Murray! :bow:
YES...To Bill! 🍻 He's 72, still having fistfights on set and groping female cast members. Probably got him some Andie McDowell back in the day. Peach of a guy I tell you, A PEACH!
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Agree with most all movies mentioned. I'm old tho so I always watch The Waltons Christmas with Patricia O'Neal.
Okay gonna give it a look.
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Geeze Louise. The Waltons? I had you pegged as old but we’re talking jmar, snags or even kaos kind of old. Surely not oldautiger old. I’m not even sure how old he is but he’s older than kaos. And Kaos’ first date was on a horse and buggy. He went to a square dance in Tuscaloosa with a white girl.
Agree with most all movies mentioned. I'm old tho so I always watch The Waltons Christmas with Patricia O'Neal.
Watched the Walton's Christmas set in 1933. Was really impressed by the authenticity of what life would have been like for a large close knit family on a rural mountain during the Depression. Will bring some tears.
Thanks chityeah!
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Watched the Walton's Christmas set in 1933. Was really impressed by the authenticity of what life would have been like for a large close knit family on a rural mountain during the Depression. Will bring some tears.
Thanks chityeah!
You could have just asked Kaos.
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Geeze Louise. The Waltons? I had you pegged as old but we’re talking jmar, snags or even kaos kind of old. Surely not oldautiger old. I’m not even sure how old he is but he’s older than kaos. And Kaos’ first date was on a horse and buggy. He went to a square dance in Tuscaloosa with a white girl.
The horse was better looking. And smelled better too.
As for The Waltons? Knowing that grandpa was a liberal communist piece of crap makes it difficult for me to watch. Didn’t much like it before I knew that. 100% pass now.
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The horse was better looking. And smelled better too.
As for The Waltons? Knowing that grandpa was a liberal communist piece of crap makes it difficult for me to watch. Didn’t much like it before I knew that. 100% pass now.
Hold on now. Edgar Bergen is the new Grandpa in this one.
The commie Will Geer is long dead.
Died in 1978.
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This old man has been pained by a sprained foot for three weeks and suddenly now have type A flu right through Christmas. No Chinese meal this Eve or contact with family for several more days.
Anyway while I haven't felt much like watching tv have decided to make the most with less and watch a couple of writer/producer John Hughes (d. 2009) classics including Planes Trains and Automobiles and Home Alone.
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This old man has been pained by a sprained foot for three weeks and suddenly now have type A flu right through Christmas. No Chinese meal this Eve or contact with family for several more days.
Anyway while I haven't felt much like watching tv have decided to make the most with less and watch a couple of writer/producer John Hughes (d. 2009) classics including Planes Trains and Automobiles and Home Alone.
jmar you really know how to win favor with a fellow and reach across any trenches of debate that sometimes develop in life. I am glad that we can work this one out. And unlike some people that start with a k, I am not a my way or the highway kind of guy. So, I’m malleable in nature and can adapt to people’s feelings. But I’m glad that you finally saw this one from the correct perspective. I was getting tired of the hate festering and I was fearful of things getting worse between us. Merry Christmas my dear friend. Those aren’t pillows!
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jmar you really know how to win favor with a fellow and reach across any trenches of debate that sometimes develop in life. I am glad that we can work this one out. And unlike some people that start with a k, I am not a my way or the highway kind of guy. So, I’m malleable in nature and can adapt to people’s feelings. But I’m glad that you finally saw this one from the correct perspective. I was getting tired of the hate festering and I was fearful of things getting worse between us. Merry Christmas my dear friend. Those aren’t pillows!
Hmm. So you thought... oh you thought this was my admission that PT & A's was a Christmas Classic. Far be it friend. It is about two men of different status attempting to get home from NYC to Chicago for Thanksgiving.
I will say that as holiday movies rank it's definitely among my top five John Hughes' films. Merry Christmas WT!
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This old man has been pained by a sprained foot for three weeks and suddenly now have type A flu right through Christmas. No Chinese meal this Eve or contact with family for several more days.
Anyway while I haven't felt much like watching tv have decided to make the most with less and watch a couple of writer/producer John Hughes (d. 2009) classics including Planes Trains and Automobiles and Home Alone.
May I suggest door dash? Chinese to your stoop. Not an actual Chinese, just their food. 🍲
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May I suggest door dash? Chinese to your stoop. Not an actual Chinese, just their food. 🍲
If you have a Chinaman manservant is it still ok to call them your manservant. If not, what should we call him? His nickname is definitely too offensive to use in public.
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If you have a Chinaman manservant is it still ok to call them your manservant. If not, what should we call him? His nickname is definitely too offensive to use in public.
They is your person servant.
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They is your person servant.
Sometimes it be’s like that.
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Sometimes it be’s like that.
All kidding aside, it do.
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If you have a Chinaman manservant is it still ok to call them your manservant. If not, what should we call him? His nickname is definitely too offensive to use in public.
Hop Sing.
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All kidding aside, it do.
Yeah but a person servant is more like a butler ie. Alfred or Mr. French which is different from a nanny ie. Hazel or a housekeeper Alice.
Then there's the surly Hop Sing who basically serves up chow for four grown men on the Ponderosa. Not the same.
In all fairness Hop Sing probably had the toughest job though.
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The ultimate list
MUST WATCH
• Die Hard
• Wonderful Life
• Krampus
• Vacation
• Elf
• Violent Night
• Cartoon Grinch
• Charlie Brown
• Home Alone 1&2
• Christmas Story
• Jingle All the Way
• Mickey Cartoon with chip and dale in the Christmas tree
• Andy Griffith Christmas episode
• Frasier Christmas episodes
• The Office Christmas episodes
• Klaus (vastly underrated, fantastic movie)
• Better Watch Out
USUALLY WATCH
• Rudolph and Frosty
• Deck the Halls
• Black Christmas (1974)
• Mickey once upon a Christmas
• Miracle on 34th (black and white almost always every year)
• Random Hallmark (all the same, so I try to pick one with the girl from Spartacus I adore - Katrina Law)
• Madea Christmas
• Scrooged
• Christmas Carol
• Santa Clause (1&2)
• Mickey’s Christmas Carol
• random other rankin bass short
• Gremlins
• Lethal Weapon
• Spirited
RARELY
• Polar Express (dead eyes)
• Carey Grinch - don’t like the cast
• Kranks - miserable movie
• The Night Before
• Arthur Christmas
• Chipmunks (golden harmonica)
• Harold and Kumar
• Christmas Chronicles
NEVER (or never again)
• Love Actually
• The Holiday
• Any Vince Vaughn Christmas movie
• A Creature Was Stirring
• Wonderful Knife
• Candy Cane Lane
• Vacation 2
• Home Alone 3 and higher
• Jingle Jangle
• Jingle All the Way 2
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The ultimate list
MUST WATCH
• Die Hard
• Wonderful Life
• Krampus
• Vacation
• Elf
• Violent Night
• Cartoon Grinch
• Charlie Brown
• Home Alone 1&2
• Christmas Story
• Jingle All the Way
• Mickey Cartoon with chip and dale in the Christmas tree
• Andy Griffith Christmas episode
• Frasier Christmas episodes
• The Office Christmas episodes
• Klaus (vastly underrated, fantastic movie)
• Better Watch Out
USUALLY WATCH
• Rudolph and Frosty
• Deck the Halls
• Black Christmas (1974)
• Mickey once upon a Christmas
• Miracle on 34th (black and white almost always every year)
• Random Hallmark (all the same, so I try to pick one with the girl from Spartacus I adore - Katrina Law)
• Madea Christmas
• Scrooged
• Christmas Carol
• Santa Clause (1&2)
• Mickey’s Christmas Carol
• random other rankin bass short
• Gremlins
• Lethal Weapon
• Spirited
RARELY
• Polar Express (dead eyes)
• Carey Grinch - don’t like the cast
• Kranks - miserable movie
• The Night Before
• Arthur Christmas
• Chipmunks (golden harmonica)
• Harold and Kumar
• Christmas Chronicles
NEVER (or never again)
• Love Actually
• The Holiday
• Any Vince Vaughn Christmas movie
• A Creature Was Stirring
• Wonderful Knife
• Candy Cane Lane
• Vacation 2
• Home Alone 3 and higher
• Jingle Jangle
• Jingle All the Way 2
I could get by only watching Violent Night, Die Hard, and Christmas Vacation & be happy. Some of those others are added bonuses.
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The only ones, out of my must sees, I didn't hit this season were Charlie Brown and Rudolph. I never watch Christmas Story all the way through, but as long as I get few scenes in, which I did, I'm good.
Polar Express is one they've started showing mid November, and I'll watch it just to get in the spirit.
Various Hallmarks? Check
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This has nothing to do with Christmas movies, so sue me.
We decorate big time for Christmas. Not heavy on the outside....wreaths on the windows, spot lights, huge Nutcrackers by the front door. But inside is a different story. And we usually have it all done before Thanksgiving, because we want it up and ready to enjoy the entire season. This year was no exception.
I was off Tuesday, the day after Christmas, and we attacked those decorations like a couple of honey badgers. With the exception of a couple of tubs to go upstairs, we were 99% back to normal by Tuesday night.
As much as I love the season, come Christmas night, looking at those decorations is nothing more than a reminder that we've got a huge job in front of us. It's done!
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This has nothing to do with Christmas movies, so sue me.
We decorate big time for Christmas. Not heavy on the outside....wreaths on the windows, spot lights, huge Nutcrackers by the front door. But inside is a different story. And we usually have it all done before Thanksgiving, because we want it up and ready to enjoy the entire season. This year was no exception.
I was off Tuesday, the day after Christmas, and we attacked those decorations like a couple of honey badgers. With the exception of a couple of tubs to go upstairs, we were 99% back to normal by Tuesday night.
As much as I love the season, come Christmas night, looking at those decorations is nothing more than a reminder that we've got a huge job in front of us. It's done!
My parents were minimalists. Tree and that was about it. Once I got my own place (and got over the early 20s bah humbug angst) I wanted the Hallmark interior and the Vacation exterior. And I did it. It’s grown every year into something that borders on insanity.
Lighted garland over all the door frames inside. Lighted wreaths in every window — 15 on the ground floor alone. Over 100 nutcrackers all over. The moose mugs and moose punch bowl. 10’ tree. Both my dining table and breakfast table have place settings. There’s a full size leg lamp in one window. I use enough batteries to power a Tesla every year.
Outside, every bush is covered, every window outlined, animated figures in the yard, eaves (that i can reach) lined in lights, trees lit up. I usually do something strange like one year I bought a big bunch of blue lights and with styrofoam and glue and a clear plastic tarp, I created a “frozen lake” and repurposed some of my Halloween figures with clothes I got at goodwill to make a skating scene. I’ve got a Halloween dummy dressed like Griswold that hangs off the roof. Not a year goes by that I don’t blow breakers and have to rework the miles of extension cords in play. I kinda wish I’d dumped $5-6k into one of those computerized systems so I could sync it all together. I didn’t.
I’ve probably got 50-60 storage toes full of decorations for inside and out.
This is the first Christmas that both my daughters are living somewhere else. I’m, as most know, not married and don’t think I want to be. It’s a buttload of work to put all that out alone. But it was expected. My kids - and the neighbors - expected it.
I don’t think I will do it any longer. It’s so much work for nobody to see it most of the time. Me, my dog and occasionally my inconsistent friend girl are the only ones who see it all regularly.
Yeah my kids arranged huge Christmas Vacation party here and we had about 40 guests, but that was one night. And yeah, they were here Eve and Day but again, a night. Sitting here looking at all this stuff and the stack of plastic totes currently filling my garage? It’s depressing as hell. I will have to take all of this down and put it away myself. I was out of sync all season. It was the least Christmassy Christmas I can remember. I’m questioning the point.
I think I might be done with the massive decorations.
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My parents were minimalists. Tree and that was about it. Once I got my own place (and got over the early 20s bah humbug angst) I wanted the Hallmark interior and the Vacation exterior. And I did it. It’s grown every year into something that borders on insanity.
Lighted garland over all the door frames inside. Lighted wreaths in every window — 15 on the ground floor alone. Over 100 nutcrackers all over. The moose mugs and moose punch bowl. 10’ tree. Both my dining table and breakfast table have place settings. There’s a full size leg lamp in one window. I use enough batteries to power a Tesla every year.
Outside, every bush is covered, every window outlined, animated figures in the yard, eaves (that i can reach) lined in lights, trees lit up. I usually do something strange like one year I bought a big bunch of blue lights and with styrofoam and glue and a clear plastic tarp, I created a “frozen lake” and repurposed some of my Halloween figures with clothes I got at goodwill to make a skating scene. I’ve got a Halloween dummy dressed like Griswold that hangs off the roof. Not a year goes by that I don’t blow breakers and have to rework the miles of extension cords in play. I kinda wish I’d dumped $5-6k into one of those computerized systems so I could sync it all together. I didn’t.
I’ve probably got 50-60 storage toes full of decorations for inside and out.
This is the first Christmas that both my daughters are living somewhere else. I’m, as most know, not married and don’t think I want to be. It’s a buttload of work to put all that out alone. But it was expected. My kids - and the neighbors - expected it.
I don’t think I will do it any longer. It’s so much work for nobody to see it most of the time. Me, my dog and occasionally my inconsistent friend girl are the only ones who see it all regularly.
Yeah my kids arranged huge Christmas Vacation party here and we had about 40 guests, but that was one night. And yeah, they were here Eve and Day but again, a night. Sitting here looking at all this stuff and the stack of plastic totes currently filling my garage? It’s depressing as hell. I will have to take all of this down and put it away myself. I was out of sync all season. It was the least Christmassy Christmas I can remember. I’m questioning the point.
I think I might be done with the massive decorations.
Obviously, Snagette is the decorator. But then, she actually does it for a living. The woman can look at the mantle and just envision something new every year, and then create a masterpiece. I'm the hired help, doing the heavy lifting etc.
We built our house in 2007. In 2009, my wife signs us up to be part of the Christmas Tour of Homes. Suddenly, we have a day coming where hundreds of people will be tramping through our home. We spent thousands on decorations, trees, and all the fixings. Every inch of the house was transformed into a Christmas show place. A tree in the den, breakfast room, study, three bedrooms, and even two smaller trees in the master bath. It was incredible, and totally exhausting.
Each year since, we've scaled it back little by little. Down to two trees, nothing upstairs, and the study is just a Christmas storage, staging and wrapping area. I still look around every night during the season, and I'm amazed at what the skirt does with our home. But, it's about 30% of the amount we did back then.
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“It was incredible, and totally exhausting.”
I wish I had a nickel for every time Snagette told me this.
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Snags talking about nutcrackers and K covering his bush completely.
This is high end shit y’all.