The Greg And Matt Christmas Movie Chat Extravaganza 2020

The Greg And Matt Movie Chat

We’re here to talk about Christmas cheer - during the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - from the perspective of the Elves in Santa’s workshop! Join us as we deck the halls with our favorite snowmen, reindeer, and Saint Nick himself and sing a Christmas carol or two about who’s been naughty and nice this Holiday season. Grab your eggnog, gingerbread houses, Christmas wrapping, and join us under the mistletoe. This is not the Greg and Matt Movie Chat. This is the Very First Annual Greg and Matt Christmas Movie Chat Extravaganza!!!!

In which Greg and Matt rank their personal top ten Christmas movies and their top five Christmas TV specials. What are the modern classic Christmas Movies? What are the all-time classic Christmas Movies? Are there any criteria that cement a Christmas movie as a classic, or is it all just personal Nostalgia? Listen here and find out!

Movies Discussed in this Episode:

Honourable Mentions:

Anna and The Apocalypse

A Christmas Story

Scrooged

A Miracle of 34th Street

Krampus

Happy Christmas

Office Christmas Party

Christmas with the Kranks

A Harold and Kumar Christmas

Happiest Season

Edward Scissorhands

Batman Returns

Lethal Weapon

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Iron Man 3

*Bad Santa

*The Holiday

Why Him?

Twas the Night

Unaccompanied Minors

Eyes Wide Shut

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

The Hudsucker Proxy

Greg:

10. Just Friends
11. The Muppets Christmas Carol
12. The Santa Clause
13. Gremlins
14. How The Grinch Stole Christmas

Matt:

10. Fred Claus
11. The Polar Express
12. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Ron Howard)
13. Klaus (2019) - Apologize to Jason Schwartzman
14. Home Alone

Greg:

5. It’s a Wonderful Life
6. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
7. Home Alone
8. Elf

Matt:

5. The Santa Clause
6. It’s a Wonderful Life
7. Die Hard
8. Love, Actually

Greg:

1. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

Matt:

1. Elf

Favourite Christmas Specials:

Honourable Mentions:

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Olive the Other Reindeer

Merry Madagascar

Shrek the Halls

A Colbert Christmas

A Very Murray Christmas

Greg’s List:

5. Rick and Morty – Season 1, Episode 3 “Anatomy Park”
6. Futurama – Season 2, Episode 4 “Xmas Story”
7. Buffy The Vampire Slayer – Season 3, Episode 10 “Amends”
8. The Simpsons – Season 7, Episode 11 “Marge Be Not Proud”
9. Community – Season 3, Episode 10 “Regional Holiday Music”

Matt’s List:

5. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
6. Frosty the Snowman
7. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
8. The Year Without A Santa Claus
9. A Charlie Brown Christmas