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THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT: God bless us, every one

By Corinne Nicholson

December 23, 2011

The presents have been bought, wrapped and placed under the tree. Now it's time for one of my favorite things about Christmas. The Christmas movie marathon. Some people finish their shopping on Christmas Eve, I try to watch as many Christmas movies and TV specials as possible. A few highlights this year include TCM airing “Meet Me in St. Louis” at a decent hour (6 p.m.), “It's a Wonderful Life” at 8 p.m. on NBC and of course 24 hours of “A Christmas Story” on TBS. So in honor of one of the best things about the season, here are some of my favorite lines from Christmas movies or specials. Can you guess which ones they are from?

  1. “Vermont should be beautiful this time of year, with all that snow.”

  2. “Guys, I'm eating junk and watching rubbish! You better come out and stop me!”

  3. “This fog's as thick as peanut butter!”

  4. “Fixed the newel post.”

  5. “Merry Christmas, movie house! Merry Christmas, Emporium! Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan!”

  6. “Fra-gee-lay. That must be Italian.”

  7. “Now I have a machine gun. Ho-ho-ho”

  8. “All day long, I listen to people give me excuses why they can't work... 'My back hurts,' 'my legs ache,' 'I'm only four!'”

  9. “You see, Mrs. Walker, this is quite an opportunity for me. For the past 50 years or so I've been getting more and more worried about Christmas. Seems we're all so busy trying to beat the other fellow in making things go faster and look shinier and cost less that Christmas and I are sort of getting lost in the shuffle.”

  10. “Maybe Christmas, he thought... doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps ... means a little bit more!”

  11. “Charlie, stay away from those things. They're reindeer, you don't know where they've been. They all look like they've got key lime disease.”

  12. “Tell me something, Billy. How come a cute little guy like this can turn into a thousand ugly monsters?”

  13. “I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love.”

  14. “The trouble with being the Prime Minister's sister is, it does put your life into rather harsh perspective. What did my brother do today? He stood up and fought for his country. And what did I do? I made a papier maché lobster head.”

  15. “SANTA! OH MY GOD! SANTA! HERE?! I KNOW HIM! I KNOW HIM!”

What are some of your favorite Christmas movies lines?

Comments

Michael Buckelew 1 year, 5 months ago

Maybe not my favorite, but here are a few that come to mind:

• "You'll shoot your eye out, kid."

• "Merry Christmas you filthy animal -- and a Happy New Year."

• "Ho ho ho, Vern!"

• "If that cat had nine lives it sure used 'em all."

• "My family's in Florida and I'm in New York."

• "What's this world coming to, Cratchit? You work all your life to get money, then people want you to give it away. "

• "Candy corn?" "Well, they all can't be winners!"

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Corinne Nicholson 1 year, 5 months ago

Here are the answers. Hope you had fun figuring them out. 1. White Christmas 2. Home Alone 3. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 4. Christmas Vacation 5. It's a Wonderful Life 6. A Christmas Story 7. Die Hard 8. Scrooged 9. Miracle on 34th Street 10. How the Grinch Stole Christmas 11. The Santa Clause 12. Gremlins 13. A Charlie Brown Christmas 14. Love Actually 15. Elf

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