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Matthew Nash
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Matthew Nash hails from Portland, Ore., and stumbled into writing for newspapers when his high school allowed him to write movie reviews. Nash is married to a kindergarten teacher. They have one child together who is named after two superheroes.
Matt's blog: What is the best Christmas/ holiday movie?
Published on Fri, Dec 23, 2011Read More Nash
Here are some of the staff’s favorite Christmas movies. Write in the replies some of yours and if you agree with ours.
“It’s a Wonderful Life” — I don’t know how many umpteen times I’ve seen it but I watch it every year.
— Pat Coate, special sections editor
“A Smoky Mountain Christmas” — It’s about Dolly Parton as a big singer who gets in touch with the real meaning of Christmas. I think I cried every time I watched it.
— Mandy Harris, production designer
“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” — I like the lyrics to the song “You’re a mean one Mr. Grinch.”
— Joan Worley, copy editor
“A Muppet Christmas Carol” — I love the music. My son and me grew up watching and loving the Muppets. It was the best of both worlds with the Muppets and Michael Caine who is so great. My second favorite is “Scrooged” with Bill Murray.
— Sue Ellen Riesau, publisher
“A Christmas Story” It’s such a classic, feel good movie.
— Debi Lahmeyer, ad representative
“A Christmas Story” — I like when Ralphie beats up the guy with yellow eyes and when Ralphie puts on the bunny suit.”
“The Star Wars Christmas Special” — From what I recall, a large portion of this includes Chewbacca, the large hairy alien, and his family grunting and groaning for most of the show, which was downright painful at times. But, this also was the first appearance of Boba Fett, the bounty hunter who took Han Solo to Jabba the Hut. So by default, this has to be my favorite Christmas movie.
— Matthew Nash, reporter
“It’s a Wonderful Life” — I don’t know how many umpteen times I’ve seen it but I watch it every year.
— Pat Coate, special sections editor
“A Smoky Mountain Christmas” — It’s about Dolly Parton as a big singer who gets in touch with the real meaning of Christmas. I think I cried every time I watched it.
— Mandy Harris, production designer
“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” — I like the lyrics to the song “You’re a mean one Mr. Grinch.”
— Joan Worley, copy editor
“A Muppet Christmas Carol” — I love the music. My son and me grew up watching and loving the Muppets. It was the best of both worlds with the Muppets and Michael Caine who is so great. My second favorite is “Scrooged” with Bill Murray.
— Sue Ellen Riesau, publisher
“A Christmas Story” It’s such a classic, feel good movie.
— Debi Lahmeyer, ad representative
“A Christmas Story” — I like when Ralphie beats up the guy with yellow eyes and when Ralphie puts on the bunny suit.”
— John Huston, ad representative
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“The Star Wars Christmas Special” — From what I recall, a large portion of this includes Chewbacca, the large hairy alien, and his family grunting and groaning for most of the show, which was downright painful at times. But, this also was the first appearance of Boba Fett, the bounty hunter who took Han Solo to Jabba the Hut. So by default, this has to be my favorite Christmas movie.
— Matthew Nash, reporter
Princess Leia sings a lot more in "The Star Wars Christmas Special" than she did in the original trilogy.
As fun as he looks, Lumpy, is not the highlight of "The Star Wars Christmas Special."
So gather around the computer screen and celebrate Life Day with the special here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=323909610753051544
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