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post #1 of 24
10/26/08 at 8:30pm
Thread Starter 
Something you watch every year, something that is a tradition, for Halloween, Christmas, just because?

Here is our list:

Little Women (for the Christmas time)
Will and Grace and Friends (as an on-going source of jokes)
Pride and Prejudice (the 6 hour version) * everyone can quote just about any part of the movie... it's just OUR thing..
Stepmom (with me being the stepmom and all.. it is very reflective of my relationship with dsd, very bittersweet)
Cinema Paradiso (as our connection to European roots, as both of us grew up there, I always sob watching, so we don't watch too often heh)
Clue or National Lampoons will always do when we can't agree on a movie

There.
post #2 of 24
10/26/08 at 8:45pm
The A&E Pride & Prejudice, with Colin Firth as Darcy?

My husband likes to watch a Christmas Story at least once in the Christmas season. I decided to start a new tradition of watching Love Actually, but it disappeared from my house after I watched it once.

I loved Cinema Paradiso when I watched it many years ago. I'd like to see it again.

I've watched The Sound of Music several times with my kids.
post #3 of 24
10/26/08 at 8:52pm
Meet Me in St. Louis at Christmas time and The Sound of Music at Easter.
post #4 of 24
10/26/08 at 9:13pm
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Originally Posted by Viola View Post
The A&E Pride & Prejudice, with Colin Firth as Darcy?

My husband likes to watch a Christmas Story at least once in the Christmas season. I decided to start a new tradition of watching Love Actually, but it disappeared from my house after I watched it once.

I loved Cinema Paradiso when I watched it many years ago. I'd like to see it again.

I've watched The Sound of Music several times with my kids.
Oh, how could I forget Love Actually
We watch it around Christmas time as well.

And yes, Colin Firth one
post #5 of 24
10/26/08 at 9:14pm
Thread Starter 
I also should have added "Hocus Pocus" for Halloween time. :
post #6 of 24
10/26/08 at 10:29pm
Halloween theres only a couple
the craft! so good especially since it was just suppose to be a stupid teenage movie LOL
the shining

Christmas
I use to do meet me in st.louis! I was a huge judy garland fan, and my grandpa bought it for me for xmas...watched it so much it broke! I love that movie!

the grinch who stole christmas is mine and my dh fave!
rudolph is a big one for me!!
national lampoons christmas vacation(I laugh so hard every year!)
the santa clause with tim allen
Im really big on goofy kidsish christmas movies, i have a really hard time watching the sappy ones..

One movie that dh and I watch at random times is
Westside story(my dh is known to just bust out in I feel pretty at random times)
post #7 of 24
10/26/08 at 11:22pm
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Originally Posted by annettemarie View Post
Meet Me in St. Louis at Christmas.
This is a fantastic movie. I need to remember to include for the upcoming holidays!

We alaways have watched The Wizard of Oz around Christmas. I don't know why, but it's tradition...
post #8 of 24
10/27/08 at 12:30am
Dh and I have to watch Love Actually every Christmas - the kids don't get to watch it though!
post #9 of 24
10/27/08 at 12:36am
hmm... Just a regular occurance

A League of Their Own
The Princess Bride
MirrorMask

For holidays

A Christmas Story
It's the great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
A Charlie Brown Christmas (DD loves the tree story line)
Simpson's Roasting on an Open Fire (best Christmas episode... Ever)
post #10 of 24
10/27/08 at 8:40am
We watch horror movies all month long in October.

We always watch "The Christmas Story" at least 50 gazillion times in December, even though I'm not sure any of us actually like it. It's just tradition.
post #11 of 24
10/27/08 at 9:26am
At Halloween the kids like to watch the magic school bus episode on Bats. They also enjoy the Pooh Halloween video and the Sesame Street Halloween Party video.

We love Christmas movies in our house. We own Santa Clause, Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story, and the newer Miracle on 34th Street. I'd love to get Love Actually as well, but we don't have this one yet. We also check out Rudolph and the animated Grinch from the library. We like the Magic School Bus holiday episode on recycling too.
post #12 of 24
10/27/08 at 9:47am
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I also should have added "Hocus Pocus" for Halloween time. :
Us too. {i think i like it much more than the kids }
post #13 of 24
10/27/08 at 5:51pm
Trading Places (my hubby loves this movie)
Home Alone
Nat'l Lampoon Christmas Vacation
Miracle on 34th Street (original version)
post #14 of 24
10/27/08 at 6:45pm
My family watches "It's a Wonderful Life" every Christmas.
post #15 of 24
10/27/08 at 10:27pm
"Elf" is our Christmas movie!
post #16 of 24
10/27/08 at 10:48pm
Ds and I have made a tradition out of watching the Rankin-Bass Christmas movies together all through the month of December. A couple of our favorites are The Year Without a Santa Claus and Nestor, the Long Eared Christmas Donkey.
post #17 of 24
10/27/08 at 11:05pm
4th of July: 1776

sometime in December: How the Grinch Stole Christmas; The Santa Clause (the original)

between Christmas and New Year's: It's a Wonderful Life (When Harry Met Sally is my favorite New Year's Eve movie, but of course I never get to watch it.)

Others that we watch at random times, once a year or so:

The Sound of Music
Singin' in the Rain
E.T.
Back to the Future (again, the original)
Apollo 13
post #18 of 24
10/28/08 at 12:03am
We always watch *Family Man* sometime the week before Christmas and *It's A Wonderful Life* Christmas afternoon. Tradition!

We also love to watch *Little Miss Sunshine*, *Liar, Liar*, *Heartbreakers*, right now my guys are on a *That 70's Show* kick.

~Traci
post #19 of 24
10/30/08 at 1:20am
At Halloween, the kids and I always watch:

Hocus Pocus
Under Wraps (Disney movie, wasn't on this year! )
Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Halloweentown

Christmas:

The original Miracle on 34th St
Dunston Checks In
Charlie Brown
Frosty the Snowman
The Santa Claus
Home Alone 1 and 2

and dh and I watch Rudolph, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, and all the goodies from when we were kids Our kids don't seem to care about those
post #20 of 24
10/31/08 at 12:49am
The Nightmare on Elm St. series
Halloween
Labyrinth
The Princess Bride
Orange County
Cheech & Chong's Up In Smoke
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Dazed and Confused
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Shock Treatment
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