Holiday movie/TV every night until Christmas

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

It's time to kick off holiday fun! I will attempt to watch a holiday themed TV episode or movie every night until Christmas. Off we go...

11/8: Gremlins - this flick is way more fun then I/you remember. Just enough holiday cheer spread through the fake snow. Epic bar scene. Worth an annual viewing. 

[eoMMan 5,646]

7 hours ago, JB Breakfast Club said:

It's time to kick off holiday fun! I will attempt to watch a holiday themed TV episode or movie every night until Christmas. Off we go...

11/8: Gremlins - this flick is way more fun then I/you remember. Just enough holiday cheer spread through the fake snow. Epic bar scene. Worth an annual viewing. 

Saw a dog yesterday that looked exactly like th ert good gremlin in Gremlins. It took me a solid 5 minutes to remember Gizmo.

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

11/9: Thanksgiving episodes of Bob's Burgers. The one where Bob drags Gayle through the snowstorm is the best of the bunch. 

[dickey moe 3,859]

Trading Places

[Leroy Hoard 12,815]

Grumpy Cat Christmas always brings a tear to my eye.

[Long Ball Larry 13,866]

Thin man series

[peaces 813]

Die Hard

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

35 minutes ago, peaces said:

Die Hard

I'll watch the movie and see the musical:

https://www.bryantlakebowl.com/theater/a-very-die-hard-christmas-17/ 

 

[Ilov80s 27,083]

1 hour ago, Long Ball Larry said:

Thin man series

Love them. The Apartment is another great low key holiday movie

[McJose 9,396]

2 hours ago, peaces said:

Die Hard

ITS A HOLIDAY MOVIE BECAUSE IT HAPPENS AT CHRISTMAS GET IT?  I MEAN ITS TOTALLY AN ACTION MOVIE BUT I CALL IT A CHRISTMAS MOVIE.  SEE WHAT I DID HERE?

[MindCrime 594]

14 hours ago, eoMMan said:

Saw a dog yesterday that looked exactly like th ert good gremlin in Gremlins. It took me a solid 5 minutes to remember Gizmo.

My Boston Terrier is named Gizmo as a direct reference to the ears on Gizmo in gremlins.

 

eta- sorry for the brief hijack.

Edited November 10, 2019 by MindCrime

[peaces 813]

43 minutes ago, McJose said:

ITS A HOLIDAY MOVIE BECAUSE IT HAPPENS AT CHRISTMAS GET IT?  I MEAN ITS TOTALLY AN ACTION MOVIE BUT I CALL IT A CHRISTMAS MOVIE.  SEE WHAT I DID HERE?

Scrooged

[brun 896]

Definitely a Christmas movie, though neither lighthearted nor fun. Most have probably never seen it.
A Midnight Clear

Edited November 10, 2019 by brun

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

11/10: Bojack Horseman holiday special. Hidden gem that isn't part of the regular Bojack episodes. That's too much, man!

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

11/11: Father of the Bob (Bob's Burgers) - this Christmas episode is my 4 year old's favorite. I prefer Christmas in the Car. 

I also plan to catch up on Mr Robot tonight. The final season taking place around the holidays has been a fun touch. 

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[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

11/12: Ask the Storybots Christmas - one of the best Netflix original options for kids with plenty of humor for parents. 

[Walking Boot 8,293]

Don't forget Reindeer Games

[wikkidpissah 17,264]

my favorite

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

11/12 bonus: Krampus. Just started. Glorious holiday tidings to start...

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

11/13: the Office - Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas. Belsnickel est nigh!

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

Last few days have been old YouTube favorites. The Angry Video Game Nerd did a Christmas episode with Macaulay Culkin last year that was a hoot. I also really enjoy the one where he flips through an old Sears wishbook. My kids liked Pat the NES Punk, and they learned about 16 bit systems along the way. 

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

Tonight: the Office Christmas episodes. Yankee Swap up first. 

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

1 hour ago, JB Breakfast Club said:

Tonight: the Office Christmas episodes. Yankee Swap up first. 

Trying to do all this in one night is getting very drunky

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

Binging on holiday commercials last few nights. I'm especially fond of John Lewis. Here's the 2019 ad: https://youtu.be/r9D-uvKih_k 

2018 (Elton John): https://youtu.be/mNbSgMEZ_Tw 

My favorite: https://youtu.be/X5RhP3H3G7w 

[Capella 27,175]

12 hours ago, JB Breakfast Club said:

Binging on holiday commercials last few nights. I'm especially fond of John Lewis. Here's the 2019 ad: https://youtu.be/r9D-uvKih_k 

2018 (Elton John): https://youtu.be/mNbSgMEZ_Tw 

My favorite: https://youtu.be/X5RhP3H3G7w 

Those are great 

[Mr. Mojo 1,206]

Black Christmas

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

Back to TV episodes past few nights.

The Wonder Years (Hulu) - one Thanksgiving episode where the family needs a new oven. Love me some Jack Arnold. Saving the Christmas episodes for December. 

Community: bought the episodes from Amazon. I like the Glee Club episode better than the stop motion one.

Regular Show: another amazon episode purchase. Adventure with fun Goonies references. 

Also started working through South Park...really wish Hulu had the holiday episodes grouped - I guess that will come later. 

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

Broke out A Very Murray Christmas this weekend, which has become a favorite to wind down a night after a few cocktails. 

Parks and Rec has a few episodes but never really hit a home run. Nice moments in each one (gingerbread office, Jerry's Christmas party) but not as good as other shows from the era. 

[Ilov80s 27,083]

On 11/16/2019 at 11:29 PM, JB Breakfast Club said:

Tonight: the Office Christmas episodes. Yankee Swap up first. 

YANKEE SWAP!!!

 

[Leroy Hoard 12,815]

On 11/12/2019 at 10:41 PM, Walking Boot said:

Don't forget Reindeer Games

 Rudolph goes Godfather was fun.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jJriPD40HY8

[Kal El 3,262]

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

Master of None Thanksgiving episode is one of the best from the series. Love the scene with Dev and the Instagram model at the dinner table...

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

Went to a big gun tonight, the Wonder Years. Cutlip Christmas gotta be in my top 5 holiday TV episodes of all time...

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

Black Mirror: White Christmas, let's go! 

[ClownCausedChaos2 5,569]

On 11/24/2019 at 6:32 PM, Leroy Hoard said:

 Rudolph goes Godfather was fun.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jJriPD40HY8

One of my personal favorites.

"I'll tell ya the story.  Not the whole story."

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

Phineas and Ferb Christmas special. **** and a bunch of the songs are on my Spotify holiday playlist. 

[dickey moe 3,859]

Watched Die Hard with the fam last night. Still an awesome flick.

[Leroy Hoard 12,815]

4 hours ago, dickey moe said:

Watched Die Hard with the fam last night. Still an awesome flick.

The spirit of Christmas permeates that movie.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QIOX44m8ktc

[ClownCausedChaos2 5,569]

Gotta watch The Ref.

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

Grandparents are over, so we're doing the classics. Power ranking: 

1. Garfield 

2. Claymation 

3. Charlie Brown 

4. Grinch 

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

Heading into the Netflix original Christmas universe with "the Kinght Before Christmas." 

I like Vanessa Hudgens. 

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

Over the weekend, I hunted around Hulu for shows I liked as a kid...and fell upon Wings. Holiday episodes range from silly to (as serious as a 90s sitcom could be) serious. Only worth watching if you remember the show, and one of the Christmas episodes is missing for some reason. 

Also watched Elf with the family during a snowstorm. Favorite family watch for sure. 

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

Watched Klaus (Netflix original animated feature) with the kids.

I enjoyed it, but they could have cut about 15 minutes.
13 year old mostly blew it off and stared at his iPad.
11 year old watched quietly and intently. 
4 year old didn't like the first half hour and shed some tears near the end. 

[JB Breakfast Club 1,173]

SNL skits via YouTube tonight. 

Sooooo fun. 

- Somethin Klaus

- I Wish it Was Christmas today

- Debbie Downer Christmas