A great old fashioned Santa movie that everyone should see with their whole family. Get the original 1947 black and white version (it’s been redone several times) with Maureen O’Hara, Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn playing Kris Kringle – better known as Santa Clause.
Movie Details: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039628/
Another 60′s TV special classic I love!
Another animated movie made by Rankin/Bass studios, it first aired on TV in December of 1969, and according to Wikipedia, it is one of the only four 1960′s Christmas specials still being telecast today, including: A Charlie Brown Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and of course Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
Hippity Hop Hop and go rent “Tosty” (as my daughter called him) this Christmas season. Better yet, buy it for your kids, grand-kids, or anyone else you love.
http://www.amazon.com/Original-Christmas-Classics-Red-Nosed-Reindeer/dp/B000R7G6JA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1259184303&sr=8-1
Movie Details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frosty_the_Snowman_(TV_program)
OK, I still am a kid at heart, and I love this movie!
A “stop motion animation” movie made by Rankin/Bass studios, and first aired on TV in December of 1964, according to Wikipedia,
“It has been telecast every year since 1964, making it the longest running Christmas TV special, and one of only four 1960s Christmas specials still being telecast (the others being A Charlie Brown Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Frosty the Snowman).”
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas and rent it this Christmas season. Better yet, buy it for your kids, grand-kids, or anyone else you love.
http://www.amazon.com/Original-Christmas-Classics-Red-Nosed-Reindeer/dp/B000R7G6JA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1259184303&sr=8-1
Movie Details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_(TV_special)
A fun Christmas classic for young and old alike. Written by Jean Sheperd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Sheperd), it’s a tale set in 1940′s Cleveland full of period Americana with a little edge and a lot of fun. Stars Peter Billingsley (Little Ralphy), Darin McGavin (Ralphy’s “Old Man”), and lots of others.
Kid Caution: May have some scary parts for the smallest kids during a “Somewhat Scary Santa at the Mall Scene”, and some other stuff you may or may not want your kids to see, so maybe you want to watch it first and decide if you have little ones.
Movie details: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/
A Christmas movie you don’t hear about much for some unknown reason, but probably the only musical I’ll watch over and over if given the chance. Just enough “musical” and plenty of good writing and acting.
Based (duh!) on Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. Albert Finney – one of my top ten actors, plays Ebenezer Scrooge magically. Yep, that’s him playing both Scrooge as both young and old man (Check out other great movies with Albert Finney). With Alec Guiness, Dame Edith Evans, and lot’s of other great actors and cute kids. Do yourself a favor and fast forward through the long beginning credits, and be prepared for a quite long movie that starts kind of slow for some, but ends wonderfully for all. Nominated for several academy awards, and Albert Finney won the Golden Globe for best actor.
Kid Caution: We just watched this movie and I am changing my rating from “For Everyone” to “Kid Caution”. Why? There are a couple of scenes that may be scary for younger (<13 years old?) kids. Especially the Jacob Marly scene played wonderfully by Alec Guiness. Marly is Scrooge’s ex-partner and is now of course a ghost. Some scary ghosts and a “hell” scene. Also, the Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come may be scary and sad as the spirit foretells of Scrooges and Tiny Tim’s deaths. Personally, I now don’t recommend it for younger kids, but it still is a great movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066344/
