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NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#26: Nov 22nd 2011 at 7:22:19 PM

[up] Ironically, the animated part of that one is the only bearable one.

edited 22nd Nov '11 7:24:25 PM by NapoleonDeCheese

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#27: Nov 22nd 2011 at 7:35:28 PM

I vote for Daffy Duck xmis carol

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#28: Nov 22nd 2011 at 7:39:15 PM

Also agreeing with Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer, although it falls under So Bad It's Good territory for me, thanks to its many Narm-tastic moments.

The two Frosty the Snowman sequels definitely count, though.

Eh.
Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
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#29: Nov 22nd 2011 at 8:25:18 PM

Known Unknown speaks blasphemy. Olive the Other Reindeer is a great special.

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Bananaquit Since: Jan, 2001
#30: Nov 22nd 2011 at 8:28:27 PM

Just about every time three ghosts of Christmas appear. Bonus points if it is completely bizare. I still get nightmares of re-watching "A Diva's Christmas Carol" ...

Oh God, I had blocked A Diva’s Christmas Carol out of my head, thanks for bringing it back! tongue There’s just way too many Christmas Carol knockoffs (especially in holiday-themed episodes of TV shows) and so many of them try for some half-assed “twist” (like Ebbie).

I did like Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, though. It’s probably the nostalgia talking.

And count me in as another one who can’t stand the Jim Carrey Grinch. That whole holiday season, where the commercials and posters for it were everywhere, I seriously contemplated blinding myself so I wouldn’t have to see Carrey’s horrific, mugging visage in lumpen green latex anymore.

FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
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#31: Nov 22nd 2011 at 8:38:39 PM

The thing about the Jim Carrey Grinch is that it always felt to me like it was trying too hard to be sly, ironic, and postmodern. The Grinch just doesn't work for me without the sincerity, both in the Grinch's grouchiness and his eventual Heel–Face Turn.

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ylle765 Since: Oct, 2011
#32: Nov 23rd 2011 at 2:55:08 AM

"I would say Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer, but I think that'd be too easy."

um...I actually kinda liked that one.

the CGI sequel to the original Rankin-Bass Rudolph special. Now THATS bad.

edited 23rd Nov '11 2:55:24 AM by ylle765

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sardns Since: Jan, 2010
#33: Nov 23rd 2011 at 8:07:01 AM

edited 23rd Nov '11 4:58:10 PM by sardns

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#34: Nov 23rd 2011 at 8:55:51 AM

I have to side with anyone who says Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer and Olive The Other Reindeer.

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CoilytheSpringSprite Since: Nov, 2011
#35: Nov 23rd 2011 at 10:16:47 AM

That Christmas movie with the main character voiced by Adam Sandler, the peak of unfunny-nesstongue.

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CaptainBones Since: Dec, 1969
#36: Nov 23rd 2011 at 11:45:01 AM

[up]8 Crazy Nights? Yeah, that was pretty awful.

I'm also agreeing with "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" for the sheer fact that I have seen it and it is just as repulsive as everyone says it is. I've heard the Fat Albert Christmas Special is pretty bad, but I haven't seen it to confirm this. Also, some of the later Rankin Bass specials. They really were scrapping the bottom of the barrel when they made "Pinocchio's Christmas".

qtjinla15 Since: Dec, 2010
#37: Nov 23rd 2011 at 11:55:49 AM

I enjoyed Eight Crazy Nights. Compare it to the 100th Christmas carol rip-off at least it was a comparably original scrooge character christmas special.

HappyComputerist Wananana~ from Doublecross Since: Dec, 2012
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#38: Nov 26th 2011 at 4:00:33 PM

Does Rover Dangerfield count? While not 100% a Christmas movie, it takes place during Christmas season and has Christmas themes in it. The worst thing about it had to be those ungodly terrible one liners. I'd also have to agree with anyone who says Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer and Olive the Other Reindeer. Haven't seen the Jim Carrey Grinch movie, but from the looks of it, it looks terrible. Grinch in Live-action? Seriously? I'm sure it's not as horrendous as that live-action Cat in The Hat movie that came out 3 years later though.

edited 26th Nov '11 4:04:15 PM by HappyComputerist

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20LogRoot10 Since: Aug, 2011
#39: Nov 26th 2011 at 4:17:03 PM

[up]It isn't(in fact, it's probably what got that monstrosity greenlit). It doesn't even try to take itself seriously, so it's Actually Pretty Funny if you go in with the right mindset(comparing it to the animated version is just apples and oranges).

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Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
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#40: Nov 26th 2011 at 4:59:59 PM

What's with all of the Olive hate? I thought most people liked that one.

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Brokenshell44 Brokenshell44 from South Since: Oct, 2010
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#41: Nov 26th 2011 at 5:23:47 PM

[up] I gotta defend Olive too, although looking back on it, every song other than the first one and the song where Olive is flying is terrible.

I know everyone's beaten this one to death, but I agree with Grandma Got Runover, especially because I hated the song to begin with. Eight crazy nights has also earned my ire, if for no other reason than I couldn't get through the first 20 minutes without my mind snapping. There was also a recent (by which I mean within the last 10 years or so) Frosty sequel involving the children of the kids from the original story that was really, really lame.

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#42: Nov 26th 2011 at 7:39:32 PM

[up] I believe you're thinking of The Legend of Frosty the Snowman. I've seen only a few minutes of it, but that was all I needed to see before deciding it wasn't worth my time.

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Sabertooth1000000000 Sabertooth from Land of the Livid Dead Since: Jul, 2010
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#43: Nov 27th 2011 at 2:37:24 PM

Haha, Grandma Got Run Over is airing right now. Been a while since I've seen this. I don't think I saw it once last year, oddly enough. I don't think it's that terrible.

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nairoxev Since: Nov, 2011
#44: Nov 28th 2011 at 3:40:57 AM

Grandma got run over by a deer is So Bad, It's Good to me. I mean, isn't the true meaning of Christmas to find Narm in Christmas specials?

Anyway, truly worst Christmas specials that are not Grandma got run over by a deer? Well, I don't know, I remember watching tons of awful Christmas specials over the years, but my mind is probably blocking the memories, I can't name any. So I will just name the Live Action Grinch movie. It keeps airing in CN during Christmas time, and god, it is boring, plus I hate Carey's guts.

edited 28th Nov '11 3:42:34 AM by nairoxev

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#45: Nov 28th 2011 at 8:35:08 AM

Alpha's Magical Christmas. Wherein Alpha... apparently abducts children with Zordon's help on Christmas Eve.

Webby Very Manly Muppet Since: Dec, 2010
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#46: Nov 28th 2011 at 5:07:25 PM

The live-action Grinch movie. In the original, the Whos already knew what Christmas was about and the Grinch didn't understand. In the live-action version, the Whos don't understand either, until Cindy Lou starts preaching.

So... up until that point, the holiday was shallow and pointless and the Grinch was right?

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NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#47: Nov 28th 2011 at 6:03:26 PM

[up] Both adaptations are products of their time. The cartoon comes from a more innocent time where Christmas used to be portrayed in a more idealist way, while the live action movie is marked by the spirit of a more self-examining and deconstruction-prone decade. That perspective marks completely different takes on the Who society, since it's supposed to mirror our own.

So I think, in a way, both are valid interpretations. One portrays what Christmas 'should be', while the other portrays it 'as it is'. In the movie, the Grinch actually had some valid points but his flawed perspective and own personal flaws corrupted his view of the whole, while the cartoon was more black and white in its morality (mind, it worked there).

Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
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#48: Nov 28th 2011 at 7:27:47 PM

Who would have guessed that Cindy Lou would grow up to become that crazy girl who was on Gossip Girl?

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terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
#49: Nov 29th 2011 at 6:28:32 AM

Olive The Other Reindeer was a very good Christmas special thank you very much. Thanks to a little meatiness from Homer

Also I count Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer as So Bad, It's Good

HappyComputerist Wananana~ from Doublecross Since: Dec, 2012
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#50: Nov 29th 2011 at 3:06:41 PM

I'd personally love to see the Nostalgia Critic review Olive the other Reindeer, Grandma got run over by a reindeer, and that Jim Carry Grinch movie.

Un-frickin-touchable.

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