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What's your favorite Christmas movie, and why? (lemmy.today)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by whimsical_absence@lemmy.today to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me, it's jingle all the way. It's got everything. A drunk reindeer. A terrorist mailman. Arnold punching a deer. Arnold punching Sinbad. Arnold punching Santa. Arnold in general.

Edit: sure are a lot of die hard fans of Die Hard.

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[–] weariedfae@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Grinch (2000). Jim Carrey's tortured performance slays me.

Followed by White Christmas (1954) because I love Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The makeup tortured him so much they had to hire CIA operatives to teach him how to resist torture.

[–] weariedfae@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes. We know. It comes up every time it's mentioned.

And Bing Crosby was a POS who beat his kids.