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I own "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mr. Kruger's Christmas", and "Miracle on 34th Street." I can watch these any time I like, and they're about the only holiday shows that I enjoy re-watching. I don't have a hypnogourd, which is good - because if I were to see the stop-motion "Frosty" even one more time, I think I'd gouge my eyes out with a rotary phone.
I own "It's a Wonderful Life", "Mr. Kruger's Christmas", and "Miracle on 34th Street." I can watch these any time I like, and they're about the only holiday shows that I enjoy re-watching. I don't have a hypnogourd, which is good - because if I were to see the stop-motion "Frosty" even one more time, I think I'd gouge my eyes out with a rotary phone.
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Date: 2009-12-22 06:03 pm (UTC)For an all-time favorite... eh, by virtue of how many times I've seen it, A Muppet Family Christmas. But I'm kinda glad my parents abandoned the VHS and can't get it on Netflix, because the annual viewings were a little embarrassing when we resumed the tradition in 2000.
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Date: 2009-12-23 03:59 am (UTC)We treat the VHS gently, probably should switch to DVD....
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Date: 2009-12-22 07:00 pm (UTC)I can't say I enjoyed any of the ones you have listed due to the nature at which they were forced upon me.
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Date: 2009-12-22 07:50 pm (UTC)If I had my will, all those fools who colourise the carefully planned monochrome pictures, those creations of shade and contrast, would be daubed like a circus Joey with Woolworths emulsion paint and buried with a running noose of nitrocellulose about their necks. Because, you see, once a kuller version is available it gets used for all occasions because TV is kuller and kids want kuller and no-one watches blakanwhaht no more. And the companies clear the archives of blakanwhaht, and the art of painting in light is lost.
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Date: 2009-12-22 07:56 pm (UTC)"It's A Wonderful Life" has had a charmed life, gaining its popularity almost entirely from being shown at this time of year on TV. No shame in that. The main street of Bedford Falls is iconic, now. The plot is so well known it's even been used on "Tiny Toons".... and it carries a valuable message - that we all have a bearing on the world about us, we all have a starring role in the great feature "Life on Mother Eatrh" even if we only see part of the script....and don't appreciate how pivotal to the denoument we are/were.
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Date: 2009-12-22 08:45 pm (UTC)Black and white photography was an art form. In much the same way as the studios managed to shut down the film editing concerns, those colorized version should also have been prohibited. Thinks I.
Edit: Frosty (http://image.com.com/tv/images/processed/photo_viewer_tall/58/d7/58d73c94467ceb8b0136c24459c800e2_pvt.jpg)
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Date: 2009-12-22 10:53 pm (UTC)The folks what animated The Hobbit, The Return of the King, The Last Unicorn....
Could be worse, could be TerryToons.
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Date: 2009-12-24 07:41 am (UTC)Aside from those, I enjoy watching "The Muppet Christmas Carol" over the other versions I've seen (including the Disney version and the one with Alastair Sim).
Occasionally I like watching the Rankin-Bass stop-motion "Rudolph", "Here comes Santa Claus", and "The Year Without Santa Claus", they have a nice feel to them.
(movies I try to avoid include "Ebbie", "It's a Wonderful Life", and a couple others, mostly due to how many times they're repeated on TV around this time of year...)