2022 Holiday Movies Thread

I'm pretty particular about my Christmas movies. I struggle through some but feel like a grinch for not enjoying them so I don't post here.

Watched the "Guardians of the Galaxy" one...and...wow, did not hate it! I thought they did a great job of capturing the holiday, providing some catchy funny tunes, and poking fun at themselves like usual!

DH found "Something from Tiffany's" on Prime under "Kids", not holiday? Anyway, it was delightful. Full of carbs + NY at Christmas. It ranks up there for us this season!

eta: somehow missed Booty's post about this before I posted.  HAH!  2 Pea's recommend.

This was quite excellent! Thank you for suggesting.

Christmas Class Reunion was pretty good.

Two thumbs up.

Holiday Sitter was great.

We watched “A Fabled Holiday” a few nights ago. I mainly wanted to see and hear Lindsey Stirling. Her part was far too short. The movie is not going to be a yearly favorite, but it was fun to watch once.

We enjoyed watching “Snow Bride,” but we enjoyed “A Perfect Christmas List” even more. We ended up buying that one. We also liked “Double Holiday” and “The Christmas Contract.”

Last night we watched “Naughty or Nice” and thought it was cute and fun.

If we really like a movie, we usually buy it, so we can watch it again in the coming years, too.

We don’t have access to all of the movies recommended in this thread, and I’m not sure if all the movies I’ve mentioned in this post are among the ones recommended. The ones we are able to watch are on Amazon, Netflix, and FriendlyTV (not sure if I spelled it right). We also have Disney+ but haven’t watched many Christmas movies on that channel, although we did see “The Santa Clauses” series, which we enjoyed. I liked how they included Befana (not sure I spelled her name right).

We have a huge movie collection, but this year we haven’t watched our usual favorites of the past (White Christmas, Holiday Inn, Miracle on 34th StreetHome Alone series,The Santa Clause movies, Arthur’s Christmas, and others that we still love but haven’t had time to watch). We’ve been too busy watching newer offerings.

I am really struggling with my Christmas mood. I just can't watch some of the usual holiday movies. We've started a few and then shut them off and watched the holiday versions of "Great British Bake Off". I think the most recent was "Dashing Home for Christmas" or something? A workaholic chick with brown hair misses her Uber because some blonde dude's suitcases were in the way. /boggle Then they share his ride to the airport and she's detained by TSA and then leaves her wallet there before boarding her flight. Both of them were irritating, so off it went after their flight was cancelled. The chemistry between Del Griffith and Neal Page was hotter than that trash.

I've been having the same issue with my usual holiday reads. I finally got stuck in "Season of Love" by Helena Greer and am just about to finish it. Definitely recommend!

Favorites from last year were Crashing through the snow, unexpected Christmas and five Star Christmas


An oldie but goodie that can be watched on YouTube is a Christmas list with Mimi Rogers. It was a ABC Family movie from the 90’s.

I just rewatched Christmas Chronicles the first one last night and it was good. I need to watch the second. We started the Santa Clauses and are enjoying it. Need to check out the Hollywood one to as we have HBO right now .

I enjoyed the Holiday Sitter I was afraid it would be silly but was really cute. The reunion was much better than I expected to but not making it to my favorites as I get pickier and pickier as there are just so many movies these days.

Thank you to the pea who suggested Well Suited for Christmas.

That was great. I recorded it on Frndly but it was a Lifetime movie.

I watched A Hollywood Christmas today and I have to say it was utterly delightful. I really enjoyed playing to its own genre and thought they did a good job interspersing the "real" story with the film one.

I haven’t been following the DD thread. I am so sorry your mom is in the hospital, but I totally understand the movies are a helpful distraction.

Two years ago, my DH had back surgery just before Christmas (the day after our 45th wedding anniversary). His blood pressure dropped dangerously low following the surgery, and he was transferred to another hospital on Christmas Day. I followed the ambulance from the one hospital to the other. I came home from the hospital to see that my kids had decorated the house and set up a tiny 3 foot Christmas tree. I cried to see the simple but beautiful decorations. It meant so much to me. It’s amazing what simple little things can get us through difficult times, especially when someone we love is in the hospital at a time everyone else seems to be celebrating.

I don’t know the details, but I know this must be a challenging time for you. I sincerely hope your mom will recover, and quickly.

I loved this movie. I liked both leads, too. It was really well done, I thought.

I'm making latkes over my Christmas holidays, I have such a craving now.

I watched half of A Storm for Christmas (the Norwegian Netflix show) and I'm enjoying it. 6 episodes, only about 30-40 minutes long each, so it's very bingeable.

Watched Hanukkah on Rye tonight and ate latkes for dinner.
Both: two thumbs up. Hallmark did the best they could with that one.
My daughter is newly Jewish (long story but my mom's side of the family is Jewish and she only learned of it a couple of years ago and is super into it) so she really liked it.

I also want to recommend an older movie that's on frndly now called Christmas on my Mind.
Andrew Walker is all I have to say about it really but it's cute.
I watched it last year and watched it again tonight while working a puzzle.

Watched that Snowed Inn Christmas with Andrew Walker that was recommended and it did not disappoint but I will have to say that if I was offered a suite with him I would not turn it down for separate rooms. No thank you. Happy to share.

I'm not sure if I like that Kristoffer Polaha so I don't think I'll be able to watch Rocky Mountain Christmas that was recommended. The look on his face in the preview pic on frndly just says it all.


Anyway. Been watching TV. Not doing much else as I am done. Empty. Little left.
Last day of work was today so hoping to fill the batteries tomorrow during the storm. It will drop from 34 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon.

My mom is finally home from the hospital. Went home today. She's doing well. They have her on oral antibiotics and will schedule a surgery in about a month. It's been exhausting in so many ways.

The peas have been so amazing I can't even get my head around it. Thank you all so much for all the kind words and everything else.