Talk:Christmas in the United States (1946–1964)

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Seriously?

This article covers Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, but not Miracle on 34th Street (1947, within the defined period)? Is that really addressing "the main aspects of the topic" (WP:GA? 3a)? Lampman (talk) 04:49, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I added a little bit on the film section, but there's a couple of other things:

The title should be "Christmas in post-War United States"; with the qualifier ""post-War", there is no need for an article. Not too sure about the capitalisation in "post-War" either.
The picture in the "Christmas clubs" section squeezes the reference columns underneath to unnecessary narrow width. Lampman (talk) 21:51, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's not necessary to list It's a Wonderful Life. It's not a Christmas film. It has a Christmas scene but so does "Little Women" (1949) and "Lady and the Tramp" (1955). Don't list the film rankings either. They're not important in this article. Rankings belong in a "List of Best Christmas Films" sort of thing. Please leave the section formatted as is for a bit and let's not get into an edit war over this. In your opinion, your two films should be listed at the top of the section but in my opinion my film should be at the top of the article. I wrote the article and it won GA status as is. Please discuss any potential changes here first. Thanks. ReverendLogos (talk) 05:43, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- So the fact that the film has "a man whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve gains the attention of his guardian angel," and "is a staple of Christmas television around the world" means it isn't a Christmas film? I mean, come on! I was originally released at Christmas time. Need I also point out its artistic connection with A Christmas Carol? Sillyfolkboy (talk) 08:56, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - The Guys an idiot and thinks he owns the page because he "made it" like that means absolutely anything on wikipedia. If he isn't an administrator or a patroller he has no power. A wonderful Life is without a doubt a christmas movie, and it along with miracle on 34th street is way more important then santa claus vs martians. A wonderful Life is almost always ranked #1 or #2 on top CHRISTMAS movie lists (competing with A Christmas Story). --Lasso jack (talk) 23:12, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - Maybe you'd like to direct your incivility to an adminstrator. How far do you think it will get you? So your two movies were highly rated. Big deal. Take it to their repective articles. Stop the incivilty and pranking with this article, Lasso jack, or your jack will be lassoed. ReverendLogos (talk) 23:19, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]