I love the bizarreness of Muppet Xmas Carol too. I'm a big Bill Murray fan, but didn't think much of Scrooged. I wouldn't cross the street to see Jim Carey in anything, I think the guy is talentless and obnoxious, and certainly no Robin Williams when it comes to stream of consciousness stuff. But there are MUCH worse versions of the Dickens classic than those two...the one with Whoppi Goldberg comes to mind, for instance.

For truly awful Xmas fare, I'd definitely nominate "Miracle on 34th St" and "The Bells of St Marys" and pretty much every single "Walton's Christmas" sort of TV show sort of crap.

My favorite Xmas films continue to be: Tim Burton's "Nightmare Before Xmas"; Bob Clark's "A Christmas Story"; "Muppet Xmas Carol", and the Bloom County "A Wish for Wings that Work".

I'm not a fan of "It's a Wonderful Life" though I think Jimmy Stewart was good enough in the film. Though it wasn't exactly his best work, it is still to recommended as an historical artifact, because J. Edgar Hoover condemned it as "subversive".

In the "oldies" canon of Xmas fare, I much prefer Judy Garland in "Meet Me in St. Louis". My favorite Xmas song (and I only have a few I even like!) comes from that film--Judy singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". Just the right combo of bittersweet to that holiday song.

I also enjoy watching "The Bishop's Wife" every now and then, just to see Cary Grant and David Niven in the same movie.

On my worst list:

Aforementioned Grinch w/Jim Carey; Charlie Brown Xmas; Home Alone; Christmas with the Kranks...

More recently, I enjoyed "Love Actually". I thought "Bad Santa" was a disappointment, but I'll likely get this year's "Ice Harvest" from Netflix eventually. I'm not a Billy Bob fan, but I like John Cusack.