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Christmas Movie Night

Compiled by Kyra Semelhago (guest) and Ananya Palyekar

Christmas with the Kranks (2004) (Comedy) It’s a Wonderful Life! (1947) (Fantasy/ Drama)
Cast: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis I Director: Joe Roth Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed I Director: Frank Capra
Adapted from a best-selling Grisham novel, the film When a distraught and indebted George Bailey is about
dives into the life of Luther Krank- your average dad- to commit suicide on Christmas eve, he runs into
next-door, except he’s tired of the commerciality Clarence Oddbody- a bumbling guardian angel who
of Christmas. All set to skip the holiday and shows him what life would be like if he never existed.
take a luxury vacation with his wife, Luther’s Considered one of the greatest films of all time,
plans are upended when his daughter this perennial holiday classic is bound to tug
decides to come home for the at your heartstrings with its down-to-
holiday season. earth charm and quiet
sentimentality.

Last Christmas (2019) (Romantic Comedy)
Cast: Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding I Director: Paul Feig
“Last Christmas, I gave you my heart” takes a quirky
turn in the life of an aspiring young singer, who is fresh
out of a near-death experience involving a heart
transplant. Struggling to make ends meet, she
meets a mysterious man during the holiday
season who brings out the best in her.
But is he too good to
be true?

Let It Snow (2019) (Romance/ Drama)
Cast: Isabela Moner, Kiernan Shipka I Director: Luke Snellin
Miracle on 34 th Street (1947) (Comedy-Drama) ‘Let It Snow’ shows us how a group of teenagers try to
Cast: Maureen O’Hara, John Payne I Director: George Seaton navigate high school romances, friendships disagreements,
It’s light, it’s charming, it’s delightfully funny and completely and the consequences that follow when all their worlds
captivating. It’s all that, and something more too. When a collide after a snowstorm in their small town on
kind old man who claims to be Santa Claus is Christmas Day. Their crossed paths make for an
institutionalized as insane, a little girl and a budding entertaining setup of accidents, incidents, and
lawyer decide to free him- by arguing in court saying everything in between; sprinkled with a
he’s the real thing. This Academy Award winning couple of melancholic moments, but
picture is a staple of the holiday season, and will topped off with the jubilant ardour
charm you with its 1940s setting and felt during the Christmas
effortlessly adorable characters. season.

Dash & Lily (2020) (Rom-Com)
Cast: Austin Abrams, Midori Francis I Created by: Joe Tracz
The Polar Express (2004) (Animation/Family) Dash detests Christmas and Lily can’t imagine life without it.
Cast: Tom Hanks, Nona Gaye I Director: Robert Zemeckis Nevertheless, they form an alliance and friendship through
‘The Polar Express’ is a story that aims to make people the medium of written text by exchanging notes all over
believe in the magic of Christmas. The protagonist of the New York City through a glossy red diary. Based on the
film is a young boy who stumbles across an enchanted book by authors David Levithan and Rachel Cohn, these
train that’s headed for the North Pole. He is not two teens teach us the meaning of what it is to find
particularly a believer, but after witnessing the events your person, and just how beautiful that journey can
that unfold before his very eyes, he has a change be. This short series has a pleasing aesthetic, a
of heart. This animated classic is sure to groovy soundtrack, and everything you

make you regain your childlike wonder want in a feel-good
and love for jolly old Saint Christmas rom-com.
Nick.