You missed some great ones, Maggie! It wouldn't be Christmas for me without a Christmas-Eve viewing of "A Christmas Carol" (The 1951 version with Alastair Sim, in particular, and technically, it's called "Scrooge.").

Another one that I just discovered a few years ago and now have made a yearly tradition is "The Bishop's Wife."

A Christmas Story still cracks me up!

christmas carol is by far the best... any of them... ALbert Finney is our favorite scrooge

I planned to vote for "It's A Wonderful Life" but then I watched the trailer for "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" and changed my vote.
Clark to Eddie regarding Eddie's unannounced arrival: "Eddie, I wouldn't have been more surprised if I had woke up tomorrow morning with my head sewn to the carpet."

I like It's a Wonderful Life too. But National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is what I always watch first to get into the holiday spirit!

Me too - it hits way to close to my family! Or does everyone have a 'Cousin Eddie' in the family?

This has several of my favorites - "It's a Wonderful Life," and "A Christmas Story" (You'll shoot your eye out kid). Another of my favorites I watch every year is "A Muppet Christmas Carol," which I need to get on DVD. But my absolute favorite is "A Charlie Brown Christmas." I can't hear the Peanuts theme song without thinking of Christmases past. And Linus delivers better than Santa at the end.

Christmas Vacation is a family tradition with me. That movie and fondue on Christmas eve is a must. I find something new to laugh at in that movie every year. Brilliant!

I have to say the 1965 made-for-TV special "A Charlie Brown Christmas," because I grew up a Peanuts fan, and watching this special on CBS, where it first-aired for many years before going to ABC, that to me brings back great memories. I'll never forget the times I saw the mini-movie on Channel 4.