My wife and I have a deal. I’ll sit through her crazy old black-and-white Christmas movies where the adults wear hats and gloves in their own homes, and she’ll sit through my Christmas With the Kranks and Rankin-Bass animated specials.
Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol was the first version of the story that I ever saw, probably in the early 1960’s (not sure when it was made). So it is a sentimental favorite of mine. As for a non-animated version, Alastair Sim as Scrooge will always be the best.
All cartoon Christmas movies, such as Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, Charlie Brown Christmas, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas are mandatory. Any other movies are negotiable. My personal favorite Christmas Carol movie is the 1970 musical “Scrooge” starring Albert Finney. I memorized most of the songs!
Johnny Q Premium Member about 1 month ago
Anyone remember the series where Mr. Magoo dramatized stories like MOBY-DICK and FRANKENSTEIN?
Ubintold about 1 month ago
Oh, Magoo, you’ve done it again.
daDoctah1 about 1 month ago
I’m with you, Ralph. That’s the on Dickens adaptation thats actually faithful to the original.
Give or take the musical numbers, that is.
therese_callahan2002 about 1 month ago
I like Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, too.
riberas4pokemon Premium Member about 1 month ago
Don’t mess with the classics…
Shirl Summ Premium Member about 1 month ago
Made me smile. :)
Sephten about 1 month ago
Will it still be A Wonderful Life without them?
win.45mag about 1 month ago
After all, Ralph plays the title role
dbrucepm about 1 month ago
Ralph has the starring role in A Christmas Story
Out of the Past about 1 month ago
Nothing says Christmas like Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol.
RobinHood about 1 month ago
Well I heard Snoopys Christmas , A Fairytale In New York, and had my first Gingerbread LatteIt’s Christmas Time
NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 1 month ago
I’ve seen them so many times, I’m sort of watched out on them. Never got to see the Mr. Magoo one though.
scote1379 Premium Member about 1 month ago
I prefer The Hogfather . HAPPY HOGSWATCH TO EVERYBODY !
ajr58(1) about 1 month ago
Die Hard is a Christmas movie
ahnk_2000 about 1 month ago
I’m with Ralph on that one! The first made-for-tv animated Christmas special, an often overlooked or forgotten gem.
TMMILLER Premium Member about 1 month ago
Die Hard and A Muppet Christmas Carol are my two Christmas movie traditions. Anything else is just gratuitous.
exness Premium Member about 1 month ago
I haven’t seen that one for years, but the great music sometimes pops into my head for no reason. Ringle, ringle, coins when they jingle…
littleharold10 about 1 month ago
With wasso berwy dwessing.
Cartoondog about 1 month ago
The muppet Christmas Carol
rodney about 1 month ago
We watch “Emmet Otter’s Christmas” every Christmas Eve.
Frank Burns Eats Worms about 1 month ago
Magoo has trouble seeing…the true meaning of Christmas.
Scott S about 1 month ago
Violent Night (search-engine it).
waes-hael about 1 month ago
Yep.., those of us old enough know that that’s areal thing!
curtlyon19 about 1 month ago
rolled my eyes so hard it hurt
halvincobbes Premium Member about 1 month ago
My favorite Scrooge!
sobrown51 about 1 month ago
Magoo’s Christmas Carol is one of my two favorite CC versions. It’s got great songs. The George C Scott version is my other fav.
Smeagol about 1 month ago
I love the Die Hard movies, RIP Alan Rickman.
cuzinron47 about 1 month ago
Yeah, that’s a tradition.
wildlandwaters about 1 month ago
well… there’s always Die Hard….
Jaythor about 1 month ago
Just watch the ones you want, and skip the ones you don’t. She can go somewhere else to watch hers.
felinefan55 Premium Member about 1 month ago
“Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people”
olds_cool63 about 1 month ago
Most of the so-called “classics” aren’t even worth watching!
gliderrider about 1 month ago
Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol is the BEST ever!! every song! look it up in any film critique, and it’s 5 stars across the board!!
gliderrider about 1 month ago
yes Johnny Q, I own em’ all
EMGULS79 about 1 month ago
My wife and I have a deal. I’ll sit through her crazy old black-and-white Christmas movies where the adults wear hats and gloves in their own homes, and she’ll sit through my Christmas With the Kranks and Rankin-Bass animated specials.
WF11 about 1 month ago
Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol was the first version of the story that I ever saw, probably in the early 1960’s (not sure when it was made). So it is a sentimental favorite of mine. As for a non-animated version, Alastair Sim as Scrooge will always be the best.
Laurie Stoker Premium Member about 1 month ago
All cartoon Christmas movies, such as Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, Charlie Brown Christmas, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas are mandatory. Any other movies are negotiable. My personal favorite Christmas Carol movie is the 1970 musical “Scrooge” starring Albert Finney. I memorized most of the songs!
NolaMan about 1 month ago
I could watch that
vacman about 1 month ago
SACRILEGE… Only an unwashed heathen would cut Mr. Magoo from the line up!!!
cipactli77 about 1 month ago
Violent Night, Bad Santa 1 and 2, A Bad Moms Christmas, Die Hard 1 and 2.
paullp Premium Member about 1 month ago
By coincidence, my wife and I watched that one just a few weeks ago, after I bought it at a thrift store.
daDoctah1 about 1 month ago
The one live-action Christmas movie that’s a mandatory family tradition here is “Fitzwilly” starring D1ck Van Dyk3 and Barbara Feldon.
And just what word in my original comment is on the banned list, Go Comics?