but each one a classic in it's own right

i'd have to say "Bad Santa", that movie was hilarious.and it had a moral to it's plot.

Definitely A Christmas Story....I'm surprised that no one mentioned the scene @ the end where [SPOILER]:
Spoiler: They go to the chinese restuarant since the turkey is eaten by the neighbors' dogs

Reminds me when my sister and brother-in-law had to go to McDonald's on thanksgiving day [on the way home] because the in-laws' food was so bad.

Plus, I hold some sentimental value for the movie since it was filmed in my hometown :)

Love your interpretatin of Die Hard as a christmas movie, barring that, gotta say Scrooged or Christmas vacation.

Has nobody mentioned Bernard and the Genie yet? What's wrong with you people?
That's my absolute favorate, but I like a lot of the standards too.
-A Christmas Carol (Alistar Sims)
-How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the original)
-A Christmas Story
-and several scenes from A Wonderfull Life, but not all of it at once.
-And Die Hard. But they always show the version with the really awfull editing out of the swearing.

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, then Bad Santa, then How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated)...