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December 1, 2002

Christmas 2002 Selections

We asked the Home Theater & Sound staffers to list their 10 favorite holiday titles. Here they are, in order of preference. Yes, A Christmas Story beat out It’s a Wonderful Life by one vote!

  • A Christmas Story (Warner Home Video)
  • It’s a Wonderful Life (Republic/Artisan Home Entertainment)
  • Miracle on 34th Street (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
  • Holiday Inn (Universal)
  • White Christmas (Paramount)
  • A Christmas Carol (1951) (VCI Home Video)
  • Scrooged (Columbia Tristar Home Video)
  • The Bishop’s Wife (MGM Home Entertainment)
  • The Muppet Christmas Carol (Walt Disney Home Video)
  • National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Warner Home Video)

In addition, we asked each writer which deluxe DVD set he would like to find under his tree or in his mailbox. Here are the choices:

  • Josh Barber: Cowboy Bebop -- The Perfect Sessions (Pioneer Studios)
  • Rad Bennett: The Civil War (Warner Home Video)
  • Anthony Di Marco: The X-Files (Seasons 1-6) (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment )
  • Jeff Fritz: The Sopranos (Seasons 1-3) (HBO Home Video)
  • Wes Marshall: The Complete Monterrey Pop Festival (Criterion)
  • Marc Mickelson: The Godfather DVD Collection (Paramount)
  • Wes Phillips: Akira Kurosawa: Four Samurai Classics (Criterion)
  • Doug Schneider: Twin Peaks: Season One (Special Edition) (Artisan Home Entertainment)
 


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