Christmas Movies

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December is the time to watch wonderfully mushy movies.

"It's a wonderful Life" is the iconic film that's been around since the black and white days. The message of Christmas shines through in 'The Christmas Carol',that timeless work by Charles Dickens, and it dosn't matter which version of the movie you watch, the story is so good, it gets you every time.

If you haven't seen how the Grinch stole Christmas, it's the season to get an education, man.

And then they are the many 'Santa Claus films', some of them get really weird, but all in all they are good fun to watch. Last year I bought 'Fred Claus', and though the theme of Santa's workshop being taken over wasn't new, there's an older film which has a similar theme. The difference is that while Fred is the disenchanted younger brother of Santa, the older version has a resentful son who turns from naughty to nice.

I recommend 'Nightmare before Christmas', a wonderful Tim Burton film.

The Home Alone series is a Christmassy chain of slapstick that can still make you laugh.

A hot cup of chocolate with crackers, or milk and cookies, or an egg nog, or cheese and red wine are the recommended snacks that go along with the flicks of the season.