We are going full-on Hallmark Channel in this Christmas movie Geek Out episode! We look into what makes a movie a Christmas movie, what we consider the “classics,” and which ones you should never watch, plus we write our own movie to pitch to Hallmark. God Bless us Everyone!
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Links
Origins of Christmas in July
Hallmark’s Christmas in July programming schedule
Christmas movie tropes on TVTropes
Lindy West’s hilarious recap of Love Actually
Recommendations
Classics
It’s A Wonderful Life
White Christmas
Miracle on 34th Street
A Christmas Story
Claymation/animated specials:
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Frosty the Snowman
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Jack Frost
The Year Without a Santa Claus
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Modern Classics
Elf
The Santa Clause
The Christmas Chronicles
The Preacher’s Wife
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Home Alone
Should Be Classics
The Holiday
One Magic Christmas
Die Hard
Prancer
The Family Stone
Shouldn’t Be Classics
Love, Actually
Non-Christmas but “Christmassy” Classics
Little Women
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Lord of the Rings
Toy Story
Mary Poppins
Star Wars
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