I'm
not a very sentimental person, so most of the traditional holiday movie
fare doesn't do it for me. I generally prefer films with a dark, snowy
backdrop and occasional Santa suit mishaps and plenty of bitterness or
big explosions to the kind where the true meaning of Christmas triumphs
over some dark force as the music swells. The Poop had this great, great post with comments on fringe holiday movies you can bust out and make part of the season. Films like Die Hard and Trading Places and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. And apparently, I must watch the Hebrew Hammer very soon.
Of
course my favorite movie for the season is one you can watch with kids,
and while it isn't as edgy holiday as the ones listed here, I feel like
it should get a special mention since the director just had a baby.
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