Gremlins: The ultimate Christmas movie

It's at this time of year lets face it we all end up watching Christmas television! And the Christmas movies are often the same ones each year, so for me, a certain film is a tradition at Christmas, just like watching the Coca Cola advert "Holidays are coming", so for me Christmas is not complete without Gremlins being on, and I'm strictly talking about the first film.

I understand obviously it's a comedy/horror and who would think thats very Christmas-y, the total look of the film seems all about Christmas to me, I dont know if it's on this Christmas, I so hope it is. For the movie illiterate Gremlins.

Anyone else have any opinions on this film being an excellent Christmas movie?

I remember watching this as a small child..and seeing the gremlin go around in the blender. It gave me nightmares..
But now its one of my favourite scenes

clearly, the ultimate x-mas movie is "a christmas story"

I think they run that for 24 straight hrs
yup. I was just flippin the channel, and the announcer said "and now, 24 ours of a christmas story"

Depends wich gremlins? Number one is good, number two meanwhile sooooo much better, number two is great.

Gremlins rock!! Cant believe Rold Dhal (probably spelt incorrectly) wrote it!

That film used to scare the pants off me when i was younger. But I always wanted Gismo as a pet!!

Even if it's not technically speaking a Christmas movie like Gremlins is, Christmas for me is not complete without ...uhm...The Sound of Music. Sorry, but it's tradition.

I spent my Christmas Eve in the hospital with my girlfriend recovering from her C section, playing monopoly (and winning at that )
Gremlins is a great movie, but maybe not so much so themed for the holidays?
And Brit Joe is right, the second one is much better :P

NO way the first one is so good! its original!!

And how can you not say its not festive! its set at christmas! and the gremlins sing christmas carols!

The Great Escape is the film that makes christmas for me.
In fact, I watched it twice this year

zulu for me...

thats even weirder than mine, thank you

I use to love that film.

It's not Christmas until you watch "The Ref."

The original Home Alone is great for Crimbo. It has snow and mild peril! what more do you want? National Lampoon?

Gremlins is right up there and of course all the daft offshoots like critters and the munchies

Gremlins Rocks! I always wanted Gismo to be my pet!

Other Xmas films - great escape and flight of the navigator. Oh, and four weddings or something British is always cool too

Cant say i have watched gremlins at chistmas, but it is a brilliant film !

I watched Gone with the Wind(went for a walk after an hour of it and missed the whole of the civil war ) and Harvey(about an imaginary rabbit gentlman)

And of course the snow man

personal vote: ren & stimpy's christmas special!! i watch it at least once a day from Thanksgiving to New Years

Ohh or of Course Scrooged <he says after getting reminded of it last night when it was on tv>

Always a fave of mine.

i like die hard two.it's got snow, vauge references to xmass, guns and explosions


what more could you ask for???

I will add

SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE!

That is the ultimate xmas movie, no contest!!!

Now are we talking Santa Claus or The Santa Claus (with tim allen) ?

first things first, the tim allen movie is spelt clause not claus
secondly, i said specifically said Santa Claus: The movie...

for me it's always films about greek mths, jason and te argonauts etc, tho old ones with stop motion monsters, i was so annoyed when i didn't see any this christmas. them and any muppets film (tho i spose muppet christmas carol is most christmassy)

Max, two words....
Get Sky!

MUPPETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My vote goes to "It's A Wonderful Life"

and I'm a film student so you should RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!

That or Audition, nothing says "it's the holiday season" like 'kirikirikirikiri' and severed limbs.

oooh oh oh oh ohhh! has anyone seen Gremlins 2? The lady gremlin with the lipstick has to be the most scarey thing ever to be invented.

i love gremlins and wanted a gismo pet
But... over christmas id have to say the ultimate movie is the short extra on the Madagascar dvd : "The Madagascar Penguins in: A Christmas Mission" everyone should see it!!!!!!!!!

lol yeah thats a fuinny bit, its a transexual gremlin, a regular gremlin drank a bottle of liquid with the female symble on it it found in the lab and turned out like that...I think its been years since I watched it.

I like the spider bit, pretty ambitious for a puppet.