I’ve got my favorite Christmas movies that we watch every year. But sometimes a I need a new one. Back in the day before video and DVD, we had to watch whatever the networks chose to run, and whenever they broadcast. When video players came on the market it was a better option — but you still had to set a timer to record the movie to watch later.  We get more choices now. Here’s a list to welcome the season:

1. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946, Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed):

2.  Miracle on 34th Street (Maureen O’Hara, Natalie Wood, Edmund Gwenn):

3.  White Christmas (Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen):

4.  The Shop Around The Corner (Jimmy Stewart, Margaret Sullavan):

5.  Home Alone:

6.  National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Chevy Chase):

7.  The Santa Clause (Tim Allen):

7.  Elf (2003, Wil Ferrell):

8.  The Polar Express:

9.  The Bishop’s Wife (Cary Grant, David Niven):

10.  Holiday Inn (Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale):

11.  A Christmas Carol 1951, 1984:

12.  The Muppet Christmas Carol (Michael Caine):

13.  Scrooged (Bill Murray):

14.  Christmas in Connecticut (1945, Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan):

15.  The Lemon Drop Kid ( 1951,Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell):

16.  We’re No Angels (1955, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Joan Bennett):

17.  Joyeus Noel (2006):

18.  How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Jim Carey):

19.  How the Grinch Stole Christmas — Cartoon version:

20.  A Charlie Brown Christmas:

21.  Blind Side (Tim McGraw, Sandra Bullock):

22.  By the Light of the Silvery Moon (Doris Day):

 

23.  A Holiday Affair ( 1949,Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh):

24.  It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947, Don DeFore, Ann Harding):

25.  Remember The Night (1940, Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck):