Christmas Special 2020

December 16, 2020

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.
Poster for the movie "It's a Wonderful Life"
Poster for the movie "Die Hard"
Poster for the movie "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"
Poster for the movie "A Christmas Story"

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

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

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

Chris Sully

elf, the santa clause, edward scissorhands

scrooged, love actually, home alone

adult

gremlins, krampus, lethal weapon

Chris Sully

Chris Sully

scrooged, the night before, bad santa

trading places, go, the family stone

hidden gem

the long kiss goodnight

Chris Sully

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.
Poster for the movie "It's a Wonderful Life"
Poster for the movie "Die Hard"
Poster for the movie "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"
Poster for the movie "A Christmas Story"

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

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

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

Chris Sully

elf, the santa clause, edward scissorhands

scrooged, love actually, home alone

adult

gremlins, krampus, lethal weapon

Chris Sully

Chris Sully

scrooged, the night before, bad santa

trading places, go, the family stone

hidden gem

the long kiss goodnight

Chris Sully

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)

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