Aluminny69
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A Christmas Story is in a class by itself! ( like the Uconn women.) No other movie comes close. There is a channel that shows that movie 24 hours straight on Christmas
3. Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1994) - David Suchet as Poirot
Its a wonderful life!
Absolutely my favorite! The scene in the dining room destroys me every time! Unfortunate about Kevin Spacey, but I would hate to see that cancel out the stellar performances of Judy Davis, Dennis Leary, Glynis Johns etc.Even though the presence of Spacey is creepier than ever... View attachment 26994
Surprisingly, for me at least, I really like Bad Santa. It makes me laugh out loud. I especially love when they are looking for the house with "Jesus and his family" (searching for a nativity scene).Die Hard and Bad Santa.
Christmas TV episode:I had posted above 6 TV episodes featuring Christmas, four of which are mysteries.
Off the top of my head, I cannot think of any Albert Campion, Inspector Morse or Inspector Alleyn episode where Christmas plays a role.
Ditto Miss marple. That is Joan Hickson as Miss Marple. I cannot watch other Miss Marples. Angela Lansbury is eggregiously bad as Miss marple in The Mirrror Crack'd.
Margaret Rutherford was worse.
There is a Maigret episode (1961) called A Crime for Christmas. BBC does not have the tape. In those days it was customary to write over the old tapes for new programs.
Neither Michael Gambon (1992-93) nor Rowan Atkinson (2016-17) acted in any Maigret episode featuring Christmas.
I am not particularly fond of the Adam Dagliesh mysteries because the DVDs are awful.
Not sure if Christmas plays a role in those stories.
Downton Abbey has two good specials featuring Christmas.
Series 2 Christmas special (2011) set in December 1919.
Series 6 Christmas special (2015) set in December 1925. This is also the concluding episode of the series.
You can get woodles of Christmas in the TV series Dickensian bringing to life characters from many Charles Dickens novels together in one Victorian London neighbourhood, as Inspector Bucket investigates the murder of Ebenezer Scrooge's partner Jacob Marley. I (and my son) enjoyed it immensely.
My favorite MASH Christmas episode is Death Takes a Holiday (Season 9, 1980). Perhaps someone will discuss the MASH Christmas episodes here. It is beyond my ability to perform this task adequately.
It is on next Sunday at 8 pm EST on NBC
Great movie !