episode 20
christmas special
Get a cozy fire going. The Sullys are coming to town!
This is the podcast gift that keeps on giving all year ’round!
The best holiday traditions are the movies we watch every year. Brothers Matt and Chris Sully, with special guest Vanessa Sully, list their favorite Christmas-time movies!
Also in this episode:
The Rankin/bass legacy
The Sully brothers go head-to-head in holiday movie trivia!
the standards
We feel these movies deserve an annual rewatch, and have become part of the standard holiday movie collection. As such, we’ve excluded them from our favorites movies lists, but of course you should watch these too.
our favorites
Across various subgenres of holiday movies, Matt, Chris, and Vanessa select their top 3, with a bonus ‘hidden gem.’
animated
Arthur christmas, the polar express, mickey’s christmas carol
Chris Sully
Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, santa clause is coming to town
Shrek the Halls, Mickey’s Christmas Carol, A Charlie Brown Christmas
family
how the grinch stole christmas (2000), edward scissorhands, elf
Chris Sully
gremlins, jingle all the way, home alone
how the grinch stole christmas (2000), the santa clause, white christmas
comedy
scrooged, home alone, trading places
Chris Sully
elf, the santa clause, edward scissorhands
scrooged, love actually, home alone
adult
gremlins, krampus, lethal weapon
Chris Sully
scrooged, the night before, bad santa
trading places, go, the family stone
hidden gem
the long kiss goodnight
Chris Sully
krampus
200 cigarettes
streaming locations (dec 2020)
Arthur Christmas (US: Starz, DirecTV; Canada: Netflix, Crave Stars)
The Polar express (US: Fubo TV, DirecTV; Canada: Crave +)
Mickey’s christmas carol (US and Canada: Disney +)
Shrek the Halls (Canada: Netflix)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (US and Canada: Apple TV +)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (US: DirecTV, Netflix, TNT; Canada: Amazon Prime )
Edward Scissorhands (US: Starz, DirecTV, Sling; Canada: Disney +)
Elf (US: Fubo, Amazon Starz)
Gremlins (US: Fubo, Sling; Canada: Crave +/Starz)
Jingle All the Way (US: Fubo, DirecTV, Sling, TNT, TBS; Canada: Crave +/Starz)
home alone (US: Disney + ; Canada: Disney +, Crave +/Starz)
the santa clause (US and Canada: Disney +)
white christmas (US: Netflix, Fubo, Netflix)
trading places (Canada: Tubi)
love actually (US: DirecTV; Canada: Amazon Prime, Crave +/Starz)
krampus (US: Fubo, FXNow, DirecTV)
lethal weapon (US: HBOMax; Canada: Crave +/Starz)
the night before (US: Fubo, FXNow, DirecTV)
bad santa (Canada: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Crave +/Starz)
go (US: Starz, DirecTV; Canada: CTV)
the family stone (US: HBO/Max, DirecTV; Canada: Crave +/Starz)
episode 20
christmas special
Get a cozy fire going. The Sullys are coming to town!
This is the podcast gift that keeps on giving all year ’round!
The best holiday traditions are the movies we watch every year. Brothers Matt and Chris Sully, with special guest Vanessa Sully, list their favorite Christmas-time movies!
Also in this episode:
The Rankin/bass legacy
The Sully brothers go head-to-head in holiday movie trivia!
the standards
We feel these movies deserve an annual rewatch, and have become part of the standard holiday movie collection. As such, we’ve excluded them from our favorites movies lists, but of course you should watch these too.
our favorites
Across various subgenres of holiday movies, Matt, Chris, and Vanessa select their top 3, with a bonus ‘hidden gem.’
animated
Arthur christmas, the polar express, mickey’s christmas carol
Chris Sully
Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, santa clause is coming to town
Shrek the Halls, Mickey’s Christmas Carol, A Charlie Brown Christmas
family
how the grinch stole christmas (2000), edward scissorhands, elf
Chris Sully
gremlins, jingle all the way, home alone
how the grinch stole christmas (2000), the santa clause, white christmas
comedy
scrooged, home alone, trading places
Chris Sully
elf, the santa clause, edward scissorhands
scrooged, love actually, home alone
adult
gremlins, krampus, lethal weapon
Chris Sully
scrooged, the night before, bad santa
trading places, go, the family stone
hidden gem
the long kiss goodnight
