All right! Now, if you are like me and love to add Christmas movies to the general celebrating, but maybe get tired of the movies that focus SOLELY on Christmas - not that there's anything wrong with those! - then you might like some of these Christmas-adjacent movies. They're not Christmas movies in any real sense, but they include Christmas in awesome ways.
Also, I suggested this topic because I'm always looking for more Christmas-adjacent movies. (NOT Die Hard, people.) So, I'm looking forward to what my bordello-mates suggest - and please tell me yours!
In reverse order, my Top Five Christmas-adjacent movies.
What? I *told* you these aren't actual Christmas movies! Mean Girls is almost an honorable mention, but I have to include it because of the classic sexy-Santa-in-red-latex dance. Also, this is a brilliant movie that deserves a rewatch anyway.
The Christmas scenes in this movie capture all the wonderful nostalgia of the season. The original movie, The Shop Around the Corner, had a stronger Christmas focus and is totally worth watching, too.
Tony shopping for a gift for Pepper? Trying out a new suit to the tune of Jingle Bells? Yes, please! Also the Christmas setting provides glittering contrast to the story.
Seems like not many people saw - or appreciated - this one, but I love Geena Davis as a kickass spy who goes from sweet, amnesiac wife and mom to lethal superagent. All at Christmas time. Plus Samuel L. Jackson. More ironic Christmas cheer for the win!
Sometimes I feel like the only person who saw and LOVED this movie. I saw it in the theater twice, and have had it on VHS since then. It's one of my favorite romances, and the juxtaposition of the emotional pressure of Christmas and family make the love affair even more poignant. Plus, contains the line from Pamela (Segall) Adlon, "I'm a Jewish Elf."
Now, hit me with suggestions! What Christmas-adjacent movies should I be watching???
Oh, I love The Long Kiss Goodnight! I haven't seen it recently, though. I wonder if it holds up to my memories of it. {wanders off to stream it from somewhere}
ReplyDeleteI watched it again recently and, aside from a bit of OTT cheesiness, it held up for me!
DeleteThe Holiday is a great funny movie for the holidays. Jack Black is so funny in video store.
ReplyDeleteI love that one, too! But I consider it more solidly a Christmas/Holiday movie, rather than adjacent
DeleteMe three!!! I LOVED The Long Kiss Goodnight.....‘I’m a chef!’ Not 😆
ReplyDeletebut she's so good with knives! :D
DeleteThe photo is AMAZING! Love it (and good list of movies too)...
ReplyDeleteThank you! It's funny how you don't see Isabel at first - and then she's all SPOOKY CHRISTMAS CAT
DeleteLove Actually (although that might be a Christmas movie.
ReplyDeleteReindeer Games (although it might fall to close to your Die Hard clause (which is a Christmas movie to me))
I would count Love Actually as a legit Christmas Movie(TM). I don't know that I've seen Reindeer Games!
DeleteColor me Team Long Kiss Goodnight, as well. Also, we keep our machine which plays VHS tapes right next to our old receiver which can play 8-track tapes. Pretty sure they both work, still.
ReplyDeleteBut where is the cassette tape player?? I totally think that movie should've gotten more play - although it sounds like everyone here loves it!
DeleteWe have a boom box which can still play cassettes. Also, it's a boom box.
Delete~stands beneath window, holding boombox aloft and gazing up soulfully~
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