Like Thanksgiving Dinner, holiday movies the whole family will watch together are few and fixed in concrete. A loop of maybe a dozen films that run from IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE to ELF. But since even green bean casserole needs the occasional swap out (actually, it needs to go permanently), and as recent efforts at cracking the Christmas Movie Code either try too hard or go all Hallmarky on you, here’s a modest mini-sampler from our site to your home viewing station. Movie mavens can simply type CHRISTMAS in the MAKSQUIBS Search Box (Main Site/Top Left Corner -- SmartPhoners scroll down to find the Main Site LINK) to bring up scores of Posts that at least mention Christmas - about half will be Christmas movies. But here’s a starter pack of four to get you past the usual algorithmic suggestions. All fully explained when you Click on the Film Post LINKS.
For A CHRISTMAS CAROL look to MR. MAGOO/’62. https://maksquibs.blogspot.com/2012/05/mr-magoos-christmas-carol-1962.html
For an epilogue that's loaded with Christmas cheer, COMFORT AND JOY/’84 https://maksquibs.blogspot.com/2019/08/comfort-and-joy-1984.html
For buried treasure in Golden Age Hollywood (script by Preston Sturges): REMEMBER THE NIGHT/’40. Why isn’t this beauty on everyone’s list? https://maksquibs.blogspot.com/2019/12/remember-night-1940.html
For Continental Family Crisis, A CHRISTMAS TALE/’08. https://maksquibs.blogspot.com/2011/04/un-conte-de-noel-christmas-tale-2008.html
ATTENTION MUST BE PAID: Add your fave in the COMMENTS. But try and keep to films you think are perennially overlooked.
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