Christmas movie top 5...

Ah, a family Christmas, spent 'neath the warm glow of the tree and the goggle box. So now after a few weeks break, right here, right now... the big five.

5: Scrooged ."Niagara Falls Frankie Angel."
Bill Murray is a cynical, miserly, 80's hot shot TV exec. He is visited by several ghosts. He makes several wise cracks. He turns into a schmaltzmeister. Better than it sounds.

4: The Nightmare Before Christmas.
"Attention. Attention, please. Terrible news. There is still no sign of Santa Claus. Although, the imposter has been shot down, it looks like Christmas will have to be cancelled this year. I repeat: Although, the imposter has been shot down, but there is still no sign of the real Santa Claus..."
Tim Burton's goulish masterpiece where the king of Halloween discovers Christmas, and wants a piece of the action. Funny, dark, great to look at and the songs rule.

3: Goldfinger.
"Do you expect me to talk?"
"No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die."
Not strictly legit here, as it could be any one of twenty-something Bond films, one of which should be shown on TV on Boxing Day afternoon. This is a real proper Christmas TV tradition, not like this tired Donald Duck bull you get from SVT year in year out.

1: It's a Wonderful Life.
"Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?"
"Clarence! Clarence! Help me, Clarence! Get me back! Get me back, I don't care what happens to me! Get me back to my wife and kids! Help me Clarence, please! Please! I wanna live again. I wanna live again. Please, God, let me live again."
"Ha, ha, ha, ha! My mouth's bleeding, Burt! My mouth's bleeding! Zuzu's petals... Zuzu.."
OK. I know that this should by all accounts be the numero uno every time, and, damn it's a real classico. The tear jerkers tear jerker. Jimbo gives all he's got and we lap it up. It's warm and utopian and naive and nostalgic for something that never really was anyway. If ever there was a throwdown for most noble, most decent, most good hearted fella in a movie, George Bailey would beat Atticus Finch by a nose.
This is perhaps my all time fav. film. It shares the number one Christmas movie spot however with..

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This is just fantastic. It should be on TV each and every Christmas Eve by order of the Queen. It's more Christmassy than sooji halva, plum pudding and a Whiskey Mac rolled into one.
The ending gets me everytime. But then again, I am rather a wuss. Watch, listen, blub.