Ruining Christmas Films with Politics

[@acrodave9287]

Christmas at Tufton Street where they watch every version ever made of 'A Christmas Carol' backwards so that they have a happy ending.

[@jshaers96]

Scrooge went 'woke' at the end...

[@l3eatalphal3eatalpha]

Blackadder's Christmas Carol. Did you visit the Gorbals? Ah, yes - lovely couple.

[@Richard_Turner]

Reform people dreaming of a white Christmas but that's a very different version 😂😂

[@FranzBieberkopf]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aaronaaronson7600]

Haha that's a good one 😂😂

[@davidwright7193]

Pru Lieth wrote that article in the Guardian. “How the best Christmases were in 1950’s South Africa”. She also claimed Danny Kruger cooks all his families food from scratch when he can’t find his own backside with both hands and a relief map on a sunny day.

[@gaynorkashmir7087]

Merry Christmas to Phil and family. Wishing everyone here a peace filled year ahead. X

[@tedmaul5842]

Of course Love Actually is popular with Tory voters, it's because it's sooooo middle class. It's also shite.

[@kevinsimpson-dw6vu]

Come on, I loathe Tories as much as the next man but nothing is more middle-class than the average socialist these days.

[@johnwhite2293]

Look middle class here, i would rather poke my eyes out than watch love actually, it is the grinch all the way, and National Lampoon‘s Christmas vacation and Arthur Christmas.

[@johncrwarner]

Muppet Christmas Carol is locked and about to be loaded LOL I am a Labour member but have voted LibDem and Green in the past.

[@phildarwell655]

Thank you, Phil, for all your content this year. Sanity in a world of horror, keep it up 👍

[@scotsam7590]

This was hilarious. A very Merry Christmas to you and your partner/wife! Thanks for posting the help lines too. From Scot & Sam

[@EchoBeach501]

A Christmas Carol is a blueprint for the future if Jacob Rees-Mogg were still an MP.

[@samwhite7197]

If only, every Christmas we could all vote for a few, carefully chosen of our not so great and good to have their own "Christmas Carol" experience.

[@TheOmegaXicor]

@@samwhite7197 I'd settle for them having a Ghost of Xmas Future experience (where they go into the future and everyone is nicking stuff from their house to sell and no-one cares that they're dead)

[@jameswalmsley9069]

Scrooge with Alistair Sims must watch at Christmas.

[@raymondelliott2280]

Absolutely in my opinion it’s the best version of that story.

[@dopplebockdunkle]

Agreed . It is a wonderful version of the story

[@LowPlainsDrifter60]

It's on YT so fill ya boots.

[@diarmuidkuhle8181]

For me George C. Scott is the best in that role. That version also has my favourite spirit of Christmas Present.

[@ianrogerburton1670]

I keep a big photo of Sims smiling in his Scrooge costume beside my P.C.

[@steveholmes11]

Merry Christmas and a big alternate vote for "It's a wonderful Life".

[@chrissouthgate4554]

Or "Zulu" & "Battle of the River Plata", happy Days! Merry Christmas All.

[@chriswarburtonbrown1566]

Surely the closest America ever came to an anti- capitalist hit movie.

[@patwhittingham9196]

Wonderful life is my favourite film. Little women comes next, although it’s not specifically Christmas, there is a lot of the Christmas message in it.

[@kevrussell5972]

Scrooge with Alistair Sim is my favourite Christmas film… maybe it’s because I’m 63 and watched it alot as a kid and I was brought up with my grandparents so they would always watch the older films that was on tv at the time… which were many

[@CoolSocialist]

*Happy Christmas everyone.*

[@ianrogerburton1670]

When I was a wee lad in the nineteenth century we had neither movies nor television but used to play parlour games instead - and be expected to be back at work the next day.

[@gerarddunmoore7609]

Happy Christmas Phil

[@eileenmoroney305]

Zulu: I know it's lee Anderson's favourite.

[@onotad]

Lethal weapon 1 is also set at Christmas time, ergo: A Christmas movie.

[@willieckaslike]

Happy Christmas Phil. Thanks for the work you do here !

[@Goatcha_M]

I'll say this much for Die Hard. It's more of a Christmas film than It's a Wonderful Life is. At least the entire film is set at Christmas and not just the last 15 minutes.

[@janesmart5307]

Thank you, Phil, for keeping me sane these last few years! Have a merry Christmas

[@xrayfish2020]

Merry Christmas to you, Phil and Mrs Phil too from London 🎄👍🎁🍷

[@markanderson1008]

Merrry Christmas Phil . The best film this is a wonderful life .

[@ianl1052]

One of my favourites. 007 OHMSS tops my list

[@azurestonedog]

Nadolig Llawen Phil, thanks for all your content

[@michaellawrence7570]

Happy Christmas to phil and everyone

[@edwardscales5503]

No love for gremlins! Thats a shame! merry christmas everybody!

[@Phuc_Yhou]

Gremlins easily beats all of those films and so does Trading Places.

[@joannasnee3871]

My favourite film to watch at Xmas ( though not technically a Xmas film) is Mary Poppins. Starts with Votes for Women, meanders into Hunt Sabotage, and ends with Stop the City! An excellent film at any time of the year.

[@mup_pet]

A list without The Pogues at Number 1, is not a list that needs to be taken seriously.

[@kaitnip]

Merry Christmas, Phil and Mrs!

[@donaldboyer8182]

I prefer the version of A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim..

[@wiebeposthuma4686]

Happy Holidays

[@Ant.Gib.]

Merry Christmas, Phil, and to all your viewers.

[@brianferguson7840]

Lifetime labour member but over 45 years of full membership I've very often disagreed profoundly with my party. It's the inability to follow sheep like that makes a person of true political acumen and awareness.

[@SirWhig-esq.]

Humbugs are delicious 🎉❤ (Muppets all the way! As well as Dark Crystal on Christmas)

[@successisurs]

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

'Later dudes'

[@grahamlive]

Great shout.

[@charliebryce3783]

Miss Piggy has got to be Liz Truss😀😀😀

[@rjy8960]

Merry Christmas, Phil and All!

[@paulmfennelly1047]

Thank you Phil. Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@billykershaw2781]

Fair play mate, couldn't give a stuff mesem about Crimbo films, but the helplines at the end was thoughtful...❤

[@kevinmarsh5034]

Thank you Phil and a very happy Christmas to you and your family.

[@erlinggaratun6726]

The most classic movie every Christmas in Norway is a Swedish cartoon about the son of a wealthy merchant who decides to steal a sack of post packages in his wealthy neighbourhood and share the loot out among the poor. He cannot lie to his mother, on christmas eve no less, and fesses up. His wrathful father takeshis communist spawn for a round of apologies in the neighbourhood - hilarity ensues. It is kalled *Karl Bertil Jönssons Julafton* - it's probably on youtube. It is only 20 minutes, and the music in the background is awesome

[@carlpeberdy9086]

A Christmas message from our Phil, fantastic!

[@CityOfTinyLines]

The Great Escape???? WTF????

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

😂 I'd venture The Princes Bride for the feel good vibes.

[@hyksos74]

I seem to remember that Star Wars was always on at Christmas too.

[@NovaScott]

Merry Christmas Phil and everyone watching!

[@awwasson]

Muppet’s Christmas Carol and Die Hard are the two films I watch every Christmas. Both fantastic films.

[@keithcannon5168]

"Paleface" has a lot in common with the Muppet movie - sums him up nicely

[@starsnstuff842]

Non of that list are my favourite. The No 1 for me is Scrooge with Alister Simm. One very good one that I discovered a few years ago is a bank robbery film by Hammer called Cash On Demand (1961) that takes place on a snowy 23 December,where the pompous and aloof bank manager (Peter Cushing) who treats his staff with distain and contempt has a scrooge like epiphany brought on indirectly by the robber con man played by Andre Morrel. Although the robber is a crook he has more empathy for the staff than the manager. This gem is on KZbin for free if you want see something a bit different that has some edge of the seat suspense.

[@Dromah72]

Thanks, never heard of it but anything with Peter Cushing is worth a watch.

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

That the Muppets and Die Hard made the list fills my heart with joy... No Gremlins? That the Pouges with Kirsty, Slade and Wizzard made the list makes me happy.

[@Jb-tl1yi]

no Bowie or Greg Lake though.

[@ramonalavigne8953]

Wonderful. I now have something in common with Reform voters. Thanks Phil.

[@derekmulready1523]

1953 movie. "Hobsons Choice" 🇮🇪🇪🇺

[@srfurley]

Directed by David Lean. I used to work part time as a projectionist at the David Lean Cinema in Croydon where we screened his films from time to time. Not exactly a Christmas film, but I think my favourite is Great Expectations. Next weekend I will travel by train between Bradford and Morecambe, passing through Carnforth where Brief Encounter was filmed. They show the film at the station, but it is not one of my favourites; really boring film.

[@almafrith778]

Merry Christmas! to you and yours. 🎄🎅🏼⛄❄️

[@SamLowryDZ-015]

Fav Xmas film - Terry Gilliam's Brazil - and an excellent 'happy ending'

[@aaronsmith9209]

I love the 2000 Grinch, the terrible aspects are what make it good to me. I still find it hilarious and maybe I still love it because I was 5 when it came out. That era of film was just fun (1995-2004). It was Carrey's film through and through. Underneath everything though it's a tragic film but also I think any of us who have ever felt outspoken or even marginalised in social settings, can relate to a character like the Grinch. Many people pretend to fit in but actually don't.

[@fredsharp2456]

Any Wallace & Grommet or Shawn the Sheep, Happy Xmas and a HNY.

[@andyhamilton7639]

You can't beat the Grinch at Christmas 😊

[@mikmohr]

Happy Christmas Phil. Keep up the great work in the new year.

[@66Perfekt]

In Sweden we have a film called "Karl Bertil Johnssons Christmas" that actually adress the insane consumerism that goes along with the holiday nowadays

[@hopper1aoa15]

Happy Christmas to one and all.

[@nothank-you9160]

All these people are mad: The Thing is clearly the best Christmas movie out there

[@johnbarleycorn_]

What? Where's "The Great Escape"? That was always on at Christmas!

[@DobbinRobinson]

Christmas movie: The Sound of Music Christmas song : Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht

[@jackreacher5667]

Naughty Naughty, noticed the little dig at Reform and Scrooge, The Muppets at Christmas reminds me of Starmer and Cabinet, (Cute, Clueless but Laughable) and my favourite Song is Greg Lakes "I believe in Father Christmas with the last verse being a lesson for all of us. As for the "Silly little pigs in Blankets, Err-mr -Who let the troll out, Bag of Wind,- Queen of the cut and paste, and Fredtwat - Barbie Girl seems to be appropriate. 🤣🤣

[@NickMusselle]

Merry Christmas Phil. keep up the good work.

[@ab1965]

Good one, Phil 😂 Merry Christmas 🎅🏽

[@jameshealey6535]

Happy Holidays everyone. The movie I am planning to watch again this evening is a christmas movie from last year, an utterly wonderful gem - The Holdovers

[@diztracked]

Merry Christmas Phil ⛄🎁

[@coolbanana165]

A Muppet Christmas Carol is my favorite too. Good message, funny, moving.

[@LuftWaffle89]

Merry Christmas Phil, and also, Muppets Christmas Carol is also my fav Christmas film and need to watch it every year

[@drouu]

whatever shenanigans Doctor Who is up to, naturally

[@kdog3908]

Merry Christmas Phil, everyone!

[@27july1954]

Muppet Christmas Carol. Masterpiece. As for the songs, real Carols for me, preferably sung by the choir of Kings Bollege Bambridge, as do all silly bunts.

[@ftumschk]

In the original sketch I believe it was Keble Bollege Oxford, but King's Bollege Bambridge works so much better :)

[@michaelbrennan-qr6ed]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[@lilyof-the-valley7324]

A very merry Christmas, Phil. 🎅🤶🌲

[@leolion9535]

Thank you Phil

[@Powerof7even]

I never thought about Christmas carol like that, so true.

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

With you on the Muppets. Chrissy Merrymass and thanks for all your hard work Phil.

[@Callofdootie]

Merry Christmas Phil.

[@danielking6950]

Freezing this chrismas, so good I cried 😢❤

[@MazzaEliLi7406]

Seasons Greetings Phil.

[@JohnEboy73]

Merry Christmas one and all!

[@stonehengemaca]

Black Adder's A Christmas Carol.

[@grahamlive]

I'm a huge Blackadder fan. My favourite show off all time. I can recite the scripts verbatim. I'm that much of a Blackadder geek. But even I think the Christmas Carol thing was pretty poor.

[@leewhite2195]

​@@grahamliveWatched it this year and it was a lot worse than I remember.

[@richnovi]

Merry Christmas Phil. Have a good one

[@HiveFleetOni]

Thank you for this, truly 😄

[@nowt1002]

Bernard and The Genie and Scrooge with Alistair Sim are the best Christmas films. Not a film but The Box of Delights is an annual watch in my house.

[@tonysadler5290]

You can't beat a good western at Christmas!

[@steveholmes381]

Favourite Christmas songs - Grandma got runover by a reindeer & Grandpa got runover by a beer truck, both available on You Tube

[@stephenlee5929]

My favourite is A Christmas Carol with Ross Kemp as Scrouge

[@BeatriceCowley-x4p]

Happy Christmas to you and those you love to all here.

[@teddybaker7231]

all the best to you phil, if you dont watch scrooge in B/w youre not a propper lefty ...good luck from spain

[@kleedhamhobby]

I had never even heard of "The Snowman" (born in the UK, but haven't lived there for 50 years). Looking it up, I assume the poll references would be to the British animated TV special, rather than to the 2017 feature film starring Michael Fassbender (which is apparently some sort of psychological mystery involving a scarf put on a snowman, or something). Personally, I'd pretty much always vote Labour if I still lived in the UK, and I'm quite positive about many of these films, but Love Actually might be my favourite.

[@JerryStarmer-mr8tw]

Freezing this Christmas is an absolute classic. 😂😂😂

[@SimonSmith-yd6tt]

Especially for the Reform Plc lot my choice of film is Porridge Christmas Special No Way Home. Seasons Greeting Everyone 🦌🎅

[@robertlocock5636]

Merry Christmas Phil :)

[@SimonHutson]

The Muppet Christmas Carol + Die Hard double bill every Christmas.

[@TheOmegaXicor]

I'm only 3 minutes in but my favourite is Xmas Carol with Patrick Stewart, I have it on tape and DVD and recorded on the tv box, I watch it every year, same as Hocus Pocus at Halloween.

[@iamthenomad2k]

Muppets Christmas Carol is the best

[@frankriley845]

Happy Xmas Phil

[@dianamay8600]

Brilliant thank you 🎉

[@brionleverich942]

I'm a classic 1966 How the Grinch Stole Christmas fan.

[@Mrwmrwmrwr]

Loved this!

[@grahamsmith2022]

"Happy Christmas "(War is over) John and Yoko,and 'The nightmare before Christmas '.👍👌

[@elijahfluw4347]

No, I didn't delete that comment myself. Google did, evil likes to censor anyone telling how it is.

[@curmudgeon1933]

Best Christmas song and video is Bob Dylans', 'Must be Santa'. A Christmas party I wouldn't mind attending. lol

[@theborderer1302]

Where is 'The Great Escape'?

[@robertlocock5636]

Think it's more about the films setting, not the time of year it's watched, otherwise the list would be the Great Escape, The battle of Britain, Dr Dolittle (original), The Wizard of OZ, The sound of Music, Wallace and Gromit:_____, and which ever Bond film is your favourite (The Living Daylights) 😉

[@ftumschk]

... it got away