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Holiday & Winter Movies
AS THE DAYS GROW SHORTER AND WE SPEND MORE OF OUR EVENINGS AT HOME, IT'S THE PERFECT TIME TO REVISIT SOME SEASONAL FARE… FROM HOLIDAY CLASSICS TO A FEW WE ENJOY FOR THEIR MEMORABLE WINTER SCENES ALONE!
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If you’ve ever wanted to be a grinch yourself and run away from the annual holiday madness, Christmas with the Kranks is the goofy (and sometimes cringeworthy) comedy for you! Stars, Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis, are empty-nesters who anger their neighbours by planning to skip Christmas in favour of a cruise. We particularly enjoy Dan Aykroyd as the neighbourhood Christmas vigilante.
A Christmas Story If you’ve seen this holiday classic before you’ll know not to be fooled when we triple-dog-dare ya to stick your tongue on that frozen flagpole or anything else metal for that matter! Some of us laughed out loud the first time we saw this movie and it has been a yearly tradition in our families ever since. Some of the movie was filmed in Canada— including the schoolyard used for the previously mentioned scene—and it was recognized with two Canadian Genie Awards in 1984… Best Director and Best Screenplay.
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A Charlie Brown Christmas With help from the Peanuts Gang, Charlie Brown has been seeking the true meaning of Christmas since 1965 when the TV special was first aired. As much as we loved this show as children, it wasn’t until we discovered the score by jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi that we truly appreciated the full brilliance of this animated treasure.
2 How the Grinch Stole Christmas We are going for the 1966 classic here, narrated by Boris Karloff. While it is actually an animated TV short—only 26 minutes long—it is true to the Dr. Seuss original book and the holidays would not be the same without it!
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5 Becoming Santa documents the journey of Jack Sanderson as he attends Santa School and eventually transforms himself into a pretty fine version of Santa Claus, if you ask us. There is a tinge of melancholy to this behind-the-scenes look at Santa culture and history, and includes interviews with men and women who work to keep the red suit legend embodied and alive for children.
