BONUS! Geek Out: Christmas in July

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

Fandomentals blog

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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