The Ultimate Christmas Video Collection

December 19, 2006 9:28 PM

101 Classic Christmas Videos The winter solstice is nearing, and Rudolph's on his way. So whether you're celebrating Festivus, or just being a blockhead, why not kick back with a nice glass of egg nog and a holiday classic?
posted by dhammond (15 comments total)

That 1979 Bugs Bunny special just sucked. Were Hanna and Barbera filling in for Jones and Stalling that year?
posted by sourwookie at 9:57 PM on December 19, 2006

The fact that two Rankin/Bass productions made the essential five validates this list for me.
posted by stavrogin at 10:28 PM on December 19, 2006

Whoa! full videos! The Year Without Santa Claus - which incudes The Heat Miser!

Thanks dhammond! Thank you.
posted by vacapinta at 10:52 PM on December 19, 2006

Yay! Santa Claus Conquers the Martians! That movie taught me to feel creepy, depressed, confused and sexy at the same time. Exceptionally bizarre flick that one. Two claws up!
posted by squirrel at 12:07 AM on December 20, 2006 [1 favorite]

Hey, I can't find Heatmiser... I thought it was in Santa Claus is Coming to Town.
posted by squirrel at 12:17 AM on December 20, 2006

Heat Miser is from The Year Without a Santa Claus
posted by GavinR at 1:33 AM on December 20, 2006

Heat Miser was the first thing I looked for too. I was hoping they had the Dick Van Dyke Show's Christmas episode, which was fave of mine growing up. Although I haven't seen it in 20 years, so I'm not sure how it stands up.

I can't believe they have the worst Christmas show ever - Star Wars Christmas special - that was when I abandoned the Star Wars franchise and moved on to buying records.
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 5:08 AM on December 20, 2006

Did you see the live action version of The Year Without a Santa Claus on network television last week?

I did, and I was pretty excited. I had recently been fantasizing about a movie version with Will Ferrell, Jack Black, or Nathan Lane as the Miser brothers. The television movie used Michael McKean and Harvey Fierstein. McKean was solid. Fierstein's voice is just gone.

They removed all of the songs except for the Heat Miser/Snow Miser songs. It tried for a bit of social commentary. But it really was not very good. I was disappointed. And now my hopes for a movie version have been dashed.
posted by flarbuse at 5:30 AM on December 20, 2006

awesome. i only wish they had them in high quality so i could shoot em over to the TV and settle in for a lot of holiday cheer.
posted by teishu at 8:06 AM on December 20, 2006

wow, What a great collection. Thanks dhammond. I love the Grinch. That rascal Ali G with an awful laugh track. Some are darkly fascinating, like the painfully thin Karen Carpenter vid and some nice nostalgia stuff like olde tyme Davey and Goliath.
posted by nickyskye at 8:17 AM on December 20, 2006

Christmas can't happen without stop-motion Rudolph! Love it.

Thanks dhammond!
posted by Merlyn at 8:57 AM on December 20, 2006

It's interesting that everyone raves about the Heat Miser/Snow Miser as their favorite R-B special. I've NEVER seen it. I don't think it's aired regularly in my lifetime. And it's wierd because all those other specials are like second nature.
posted by evilcolonel at 9:06 AM on December 20, 2006

This is a great site. I also enjoy the Hall and Oates version of Jingle Bell Rock.
posted by concrete at 9:50 AM on December 20, 2006

This is great. Thanks.
posted by luckypozzo at 10:13 AM on December 20, 2006

christmas has come early top post
posted by baker dave at 11:52 AM on December 20, 2006