My favorite Christmas movie to watch is Holiday Inn
starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. It isn't particularly Christmas-y though it is themed around holidays. It is funny as heck and has great music (White Christmas; Easter Parade; Happy Holidays; Be Careful, It's my Heart; and the same big band song throughout for different numbers).
It is a predecessor of the lame movie White Christmas. Fred Astaire dances while lighting firecrackers. The lead men fall in and out of love very easy. There is a pretty politically incorrect number about Abe Lincoln and there is inappropriate comic relief with Mamie and her kids.
A great synopsis of it is here but I recommend you just rent it or watch it when it is on TV. It doesn't get played as often as the aforementioned lame movie (though I should admit that Missy and I sing "Sisters" quite often).
Here she comes, Miss Hit and Run...
Wait - I should mention that I also adore It's a Wonderful Life and most other Frank Capra movies. Have you seen the SNL lost ending of It's a Wonderful Life? Phil Hartman as Uncle Billy just cracks me up. Well what are we waiting for? Let's go get him!
Merry Christmas.
Not many people know the allure of Holiday Inn! :) I watch it every season - at Easter and every Christmas! I am so lame that I own it on both DVD and videotape! Yes, this is one of my favorite Fred Astaire movies...I adore the songs and the clothes!
Posted by: Carolyn | December 30, 2007 at 10:50 AM
Lord help the mister, that comes between me and my sister (bat huge fake flower here), Lord help the sister, that comes between me and my man!
Love you, sis!
Posted by: Missy Moo | December 26, 2007 at 10:15 PM
Holiday Inn is one of the classics I watch each year and we enjoyed it again this week.
A late happy Christmas to you! My laptop was repaired late last night and I'm up and running again--thank goodness.
Posted by: June | December 26, 2007 at 05:03 AM
Merry Christmas :)
Posted by: Felicia | December 25, 2007 at 12:09 PM
Hey! He's not even a cripple!
Posted by: Yanoff | December 23, 2007 at 08:08 PM