Top 5 Christmas Cartoons

I think you mean "animated" and not strickly "cartoon", in which case you forgot the neo-classic The Nightmare Before Christmas, which has a really good message for kids, even if it's not particularly Christmasy. And don't tell me it's got to be "classics", because you included a Veggie Tales show.

1) Grinch
2) Rudolph (and the Isle of Misfit Toys - since they sometimes cut that whole plot out now-adays)
3) Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
4) Little Drummer Boy
5) Frosty the Snowman


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in no real order.

a charlie brown christmas
how the grinchstole christmas
santa claus is comin' to town
rudolph and the island of misfit toys
frosty the snowman

and don't forget a muppet christmas carol. don't you dare forget it.

No particular order. Just the ones I think of off the top of my head.

How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Nightmare Before Christmas
Frosty The Snowman
Rudolph The Rednose Reindeer

Plus, you -cannot- forget A Christmas Story. My god, my family never ceases to catch it on TV -every- year. And not just once, but at least near 10 times before Christmas is over with.

In no particular order

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
Frosty the Snowman
Santa Claus is coming to town
How the Grinch stole Christmas
Mickey's Christmas Carol

Ben Grimm forever!

My favorites are my favorites. They are like my children in that I can't pick a favorite or rank them. I love them all as much as the others but for different reasons. All still touch my heart and make me laugh and smile.

* "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (When his heart grows. . . gets me every time . . . and his sweet dog is so cute.)

* "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (Just so sweet and joyful and really clever the way it sensibly explains all of Santa's charactistics -- the red suit, the flying reindeer, etc. And Booger Meister is a hoot.)

* "Charlie Brown Christmas" (I love Chuck, especially when he picks the runt Christmas tree.)

* "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Eat, Papa, eat! She thinks I'm CUUUUUUTE! Hermey and his blonde flip. Yukon throwing his pick up in the air, picking it up, then licking it. The way these three become a great team and good friends. Happy times!)

Aw, shoot. I think "Rudolph" might be my secret favorite. Shhhh! Don't tell nobody.

I have never, ever liked "Frosty, the Snowman". I've always thought it was just stupid. It drove me crazy that he hollared "Happy birthday!" every time somebody put that old silk hat on his nappy head. I think there's something wrong with me that I love the ones I listed above but absolutely hate "Frosty".

And I've never seen "Little Drummer Boy". I don't know why. I just got the Christmas Classics DVD set with "Rudolph", "SC Is Comin'...", "Little Drummer Boy", and -- ugh -- "Frosty" and "Frosty Returns", which is like Chlamydia Returns to me. Anybody wanna trade a "Frosty" DVD for "The Grinch" or "Charlie Brown"? I'll pay postage.

Anyhow, I'll watch it soon and maybe will edit this post to add the "Little Drummer Boy". A friend of mine, a tough NYC cop says it gets to him every time. We'll see. The others got me years ago, when I was a naive, impressionable little kid, before I became a cynical Scrooge.

Happy holidays, ever'body!

I'm the type of guy that says, "The puddin' is delicious." -- LL Cool J

Everyone has listed many great titles but I remember more that I haven't seen listed here...

1) A Family Circus Christmas - the dead grandpa guiding one of the boys to the hall closet for the tree star was spooky and touching.

2) Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey

3) Also, a title I can't recall about a bear that went looking for Christmas so he ended up buying a train (or bus) ticket to a town named Christmas down south.

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Only the penitent man will pass *Indiana jones
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