If you read my last blog post, you will remember that last year I avoided Christmas like the plague. I don't know why, it was just too emotionally draining I guess. Well this year I have something to look forward to (July) and I'm determined to enjoy this holiday season, even if I am alone and miserable. Well not miserable, that's what this list is for :)
In anticipation of Christmas, I am officially starting Freya’s 25 Days of Christmas….a movie a day (without the terrible made for TV Lifetime and ABC Family crap):
A Miracle on 34th Street (1994)…This one makes an appearance on Thanksgiving Day…since I find myself with a list larger than 25…and the 26 Days of Christmas just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
1. December 1 A Muppet Christmas Carol. Starting the season off right. Greatest movie ever? Maybe. Greatest version of a Christmas Carol? Definitely.
2. December 2 Meet Me in St. Louis. Maybe not your typical holiday film, but Judy Garland singing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” is a great moment.
3. December 3 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. How I haven’t seen this yet, I don’t know…2011 is the year.
4. December 4 Joyeux Noel (2006). Merry Christmas for all you sheltered Americans… haven’t seen this yet, but it sounded good!
5. December 5 The Polar Express. Shout out to Grand Rapids, woot!
6. December 6 Holiday Affair. I just love curling up on the couch on Christmas Eve watching this on TCM…too bad TCM Romania doesn’t do the Christmas movie marathon.
7. December 7 Elf. Let’s face it, this will probably be an everyday occurrence. Also on this day will be Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer...mostly because I'm a terrible person and forgot to give him his own day. It's ok Santa, I'll just go ahead and put myself on the naughty list.
8. December 8 The Shop Around the Corner. Bonus: set in Budapest, and I just might love Budapest. So much better than You’ve Got Mail, just sayin’.
9. December 9 Little Women (1949). Grams cultured me well.
10. December 10 The Santa Clause. I’ve always been a sucker for Tim Allen, must have been those Detroit Lions crewneck sweatshirts he always rocked.
11. December 11 Remember the Night. Haven’t seen this one yet either, but TCM said it was good.
12. December 12 A Christmas Carol (Disney). My favorite thing about this version is the score…although the Muppet version holds its own. “There goes Mr. Humbug, there goes Mr. Grim…” Anyone, anyone?
13. December 13 One Magic Christmas. One word: Classic. Three words: Terrible Disney Classic. And by “terrible”, I mean awesome.
14. December 14 Babes in Toyland. Grams has this taped on a VHS, I had been resistant in the past but being away from home and missing your Grammy makes you do weird things.
15. December 15 The Grinch. I remember watching this in French, freshman year of high school…so not as funny.
16. December 16 It Happened on 5th Avenue. Again, TCM said it was good.
17. December 17 Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas. This might have come out when I was in high school, and I might have watched it on repeat for a week. I won’t subject you to Twice Upon a Christmas which might have come out when I was in college and I might have watched it on repeat for a month…but feel free to subject yourself.
18. December 18 A Miracle on 34th Street (1947)…Poor Kris Kringle.
19. December 19 Holiday Inn. Classic, need I say more?
20. December 20 Home Alone/Home Alone 2. They have to be watched together. I look forward to this night. Don’t concern yourself with 3 and 4 and however many more were made. They’re just no good without Kevin.
21. December 21 It’s a Wonderful Life. It’s inescapable.
22. December 22 White Christmas. Love love love me some Bing Crosby. The scene at the end where they open the barn doors to snow while singing White Christmas gets me every time.
23. December 23 How the Grinch Stole Christmas (cartoon)/ A Charlie Brown Christmas. These get combined because they’re short and I have too many movies on this list. And the combination of the two is just magical…I blame Grandma’s taped VHS copy that had these back-to-back, I just came to expect them to be together.
24. December 24 Christmas in Connecticut. Another TCM classic to curl up to. Cheesy “Merry Christmas” guffaw at the end is the best part.
25. December 25 A Christmas Story. Visions of unwrapping presents under the dim light of my Christmas tree while this movie plays ALL DAY dance in my head.
These movies are not ordered based on how good they are, so don't even try to give me crap for putting Elf after Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas.
Enjoy! I know I will!
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