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Nov 28, 2020 · In fact, Hallmark Channel began airing Christmas movies weekly beginning in the spring as a way to appease the demand of its yuletide-loving audience in need of a salve for the realities of the ...
- Gregg Mcbride
- Christmas Movies as Reflection
- Movie Watching as Ritual Practice
- Movies Create An Idealized World
- “All’s Right with The World”
This is particularly true with Christmas movies. In his 2016 book “Christmas as Religion,” the religious studies scholar Christopher Deacystates that Christmas movies act as a “barometer of how we might want to live and how we might see and measure ourselves.” These movies offer a variety of portraits of everyday life while affirming ethical values...
As holiday movies bring viewers into a fictional world, people are able to work through their own fears and desires about self-worth and relationships. Such movies can provide solace, reaffirmation and sometimes even courage to continue working through difficult situations. The movies offer hope in believing it all might turn out alright in the end...
Take the case of the 1942 musical “Holiday Inn.” It was one of the first movies -- after the silent era’s various versionsof Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” -- where the plot used Christmas as a backdrop, telling the story of a group of entertainers who have gathered at a country inn. In reality, it was a deeply secular film about romantic int...
Though Christmas is a Christian holiday, most holiday films are not religious in the traditional sense. There is hardly ever a mention of Jesus or the biblical setting of his birth. As media studies scholar John Mundy writesin a 2008 essay, “Christmas and the Movies,” “Hollywood movies continue to construct Christmas as an alternative reality.” The...
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Dec 13, 2019 · Movies like “ Jingle all the Way ,” “ Deck the Halls ”, and “ How the Grinch Stole Christmas ” center around the idea that the true meaning of Christmas is not in rampant consumerism ...
Dec 16, 2021 · At the end of the day, that movie is about a dad trying to have the perfect Christmas with his family. The same goes for The Holiday, which follows the journey of two women falling in love, but is more about being the best version of ourselves. And, who can forget It’s a Wonderful Life, a film that screams having your hope in humanity restored.
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Dec 17, 2019 · Movies like “ Jingle all the Way ,” “ Deck the Halls ” and “ How the Grinch Stole Christmas ” center around the idea that the true meaning of Christmas is not in rampant consumerism ...
Dec 20, 2019 · Dr. Seuss’s famously grouchy Grinch thinks he can ruin Christmas by taking all the gifts away. But as the people gather together, giftless, they join hands and sing while the narrator tells ...
Dec 15, 2021 · What should Christmas look like? In truth, there is no one right answer. In a holiday movie season increasingly filled with new competition, many of the genre’s biggest players (like Hallmark ...
