https://movieweb.com Stay up to date with all of our most recent articles featuring topics from the Christmas genre. Mon, 25 Dec 2023 16:01:17 GMT en-US hourly 60 For many of us, The Nightmare Before Christmas has become as much of a holiday tradition as the stop-motion animation classics that inspired it. Jack, Sally, Zero, and the rest of Halloween Town have enchanted our imaginations (and filled our collectibles shelves) ever since the movie arrived in theaters in October 1993. And with it now so readily available to watch on Disney+, it appears that tradition isn't going away any time soon.

]]> Tue, 26 Dec 2023 01:11:52 GMT https://movieweb.com/nightmare-before-christmas-movie-trivia-facts/ "I usually play solitaire by myself," the lonely Christmas tree salesman says to a stranger in his trailer; red and green lights blink warmly around him while just outside, the city freezes. "Can I watch?" the strange woman asks. He takes one of the painkillers he has placed in each day of his Advent calendar, shuffles the deck, and proceeds to play the game alone with her beside him, and perhaps they're both a little comforted by being alone together. This scene from Christmas, Again perfectly captures the act of watching a particularly sad or dark film: we visit the lonely characters in their own world, playing solitaire with themselves, but we're somehow comforted by the chance to spend some time with them, especially if we ourselves are sad, and even more especially if it's Christmastime.

]]> Mon, 25 Dec 2023 22:48:54 GMT https://movieweb.com/dark-christmas-sad-movies-best/ Christmas wouldn't be the same without Santa Claus. Inspired by a number of mythological and religious figures, from the Christian Saint Nicholas to the European spirit Father Christmas to the Norse god Odin himself, Santa has become the icon of the holiday season. He represents the joy, compassion, and magic of the Christmas season. Our modern view of the classic character (a rotund man in a red-furred coat driving a sleigh pulled by reindeer) originated in the late 18th and early 19th centuries through the work of various authors and illustrators, and that image has become synonymous with Christmas itself.

]]> Mon, 25 Dec 2023 16:01:17 GMT https://movieweb.com/comic-book-santa-claus-big-screen/ Christmas movies are the most abundant holiday films, with Christmas classics dating back nearly a hundred years. It is a time of year that is easily transmitted to a cinematic landscape. Christmas is a colorful, enchanting, festive holiday that feels like it was meant to be portrayed cinematically.

]]> Mon, 25 Dec 2023 15:11:17 GMT https://movieweb.com/visually-beautiful-christmas-movies/ Originally published in December of 1843, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol has become a Christmas mainstay for many families. The tale of the greedy Ebenezer Scrooge and his haunted Christmas Eve night celebrates a long tradition of Christmas ghost stories, and its moral foundation of compassion and goodwill towards others has inspired countless generations. The story's immense popularity has inspired a number of adaptations in nearly every medium, with comics, modern literary retellings, stage plays, and cinematic ventures attempting to capture the Christmas terror of the original novel.

]]> Mon, 25 Dec 2023 15:01:18 GMT https://movieweb.com/a-christmas-carol-ebenezer-scrooge-best-performances/ “Better than Die Hard.” Speak these words at any Christmas party, and someone will be barefoot as Alabama and ready to discuss this further before you can pour another scoop of eggnog, but you add, “And Lethal Weapon,” and now you have a two-front holiday war to the soundtrack of Silver Bells. The battle for the title of best anti-Christmas movie is typically waged between the two ‘80s cop movies.

]]> Mon, 25 Dec 2023 14:01:17 GMT https://movieweb.com/night-of-the-comet-1980s-zombie-christmas-die-hard-lethal-weapon/ What's a festive spirit without background music everywhere you go? Christmas music is loved by so many people that it seemingly plays for three to four months out of the year. Is that irritating? Well, it depends on who you ask, but even those who find the constant radio play of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" absolutely cloying will admit that this type of music can work wonderfully in a feature film.

]]> Sun, 24 Dec 2023 16:15:19 GMT https://movieweb.com/christmas-movie-soundtracks/ Maybe it's something about getting older that makes some of us dread the holidays rather than find them exciting. Sometimes things may not have gone as planned, budgets may be tight, you may hate how commercialized it's all become, or the thought of spending time with extended family members seems more like torture than fun.

]]> Sun, 24 Dec 2023 15:16:18 GMT https://movieweb.com/christmas-movies-watch-grinch/ For many in the Western world, a big part of the Christmas season is the annual airing of the Rankin/Bass holiday specials. Many of them share a famous formula. They usually adapt characters from a popular Christmas song. Even if it's not explicitly based on one, a popular song is usually bound to show up in some form. Often, a colorful character serves as the story's narrator, usually with a celebrity providing the voice. Occasionally, a famous holiday mascot has its origin explained. Even a few classic characters get to celebrate the holidays.

]]> Sun, 24 Dec 2023 15:00:18 GMT https://movieweb.com/greatest-rankin-bass-christmas-specials/ 'Tis the season for Christmas trees, Hannukah menorahs and buying gifts, and that's all well and good for most people — but what about the rest of us? Those of us tired of the commercialism of Christmas, who are annoyed by tinsel, or have a pile of grievances in need of airing? For the rest of us, there is, of course, Festivus.

]]> Sat, 23 Dec 2023 16:23:58 GMT https://movieweb.com/festivus-for-the-rest-of-us-seinfeld-funniest-holiday-episode/