Electric Sex, or, Christmas Specials

Only one thing in the world could've dragged me away from the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window...

...a set of festive questions from Theater Thursday:

1) Which holiday movie/special do you have to watch every single year?
As far as I am concerned the Special of Specials, the ur-Christmas movie, is A Christmas Story. Period, end of story. Darren McGavin as the profane father cracks me up.

In the heat of battle, my father wove a tapestry of obscenity that as far as we know, is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan.

and the lamp sequence... pure comedy goodness, from start to finish.

I would also love to get my hands on the George C. Scott version of A Christmas Carol.
2) Which holiday movie/special could you live without every year?
Let's see, there's that hideous cartoon about the mice who break the clock - that's right out. I've never seen Miracle on 42nd Street (or 34th street or whatever) and the claymation Little Drummer Boy is my least favorite of the many claymation holiday shows.

Oh yeah, and a barely remembered version of The Little Matchstick Girl: she's poor, she's cold and then she's dead. Ho ho ho.
3) Do you have any special traditions that you do while watching the holiday films? (i.e - decorating the tree, drinking eggnog, opening gifts)
Nope. But beer does make everything better, don't you agree?