Christmas DVDs

“The Search for Santa Paws” is an lovable Christmas DVD for kids, teenagers and adults of all ages. The film is a prequel to the 2009 film Santa Buddies, which I’ve by no means seen and it didn’t feel like I was missing anything. It reminds me of Annie meets Christmas. The story is about Santa Claus visiting New York City however after an accident he gets amnesia. Then there is a group of orphans who assist out and a husband/wife couple who open a beautiful toy store. There’s a lot to this film and it flows so nicely. I put this film on and my children slowly started paying increasingly attention, they are hooked! I was really amazed that they like this movie since it isn’t animated however they saw Santa and his cute greatest buddy friend Paws and couldn’t cease watching.
The movie tells a tale of believing in Santa and the Christmas Spirit, serving and helping  others, and making friends. It truly is a magical film that I know we shall be looking forward to years to come, in addition to probably throughout the year if my children have something to do with it! It is especially a terrific DVD to get you in the Christmas mood. I also wish to add that you don’t have to be a dog lover to enjoy this film either!

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Let this wonderful love story take you to a different view about love and Christmas season at the same time. With the four main casts of this wonderful movie about how love provided a different yet great journey for the four of them. (Get The Holiday Sountrack CD)

Iris, (played by Kate Winslet) was in love with a man who is meant to marry another woman is having a difficult time on how she could cope with it. She wants to forget how mad she is in love with the guy and would want everything just to go away from him. In another part of the world was Amanda, (played by Cameron Diaz), who happens to have a great life yet worst relationship with her guy. She found out that he was cheating on her despite of the life she gave to him. She just wanted to have a vacation away from everything she had. And in an instant, these women both found their selves searching for a great place in a home exchange website where they can spend their vacation away from the nastiness other people was giving.  Iris was living in an English countryside and Amanda was living 6000 miles apart from her in California. This chance wherein they can switch houses for the holiday gave them the chance to discover many things rather than the things they had back to their houses. Amanda accidentally met Iris’ brother (played by Jude Law) one night when he knocked at Iris’ house not knowing that his sister was not there and surprisingly found Amanda. They fell in love in a really strange and fast way. Amanda was decided already to go back to her place before she met Graham (Jude Law) and then suddenly, changed her mind because she found herself charmed by Graham’s looks. Back to California where Iris was located at that time, found out that Amanda had a great life, wonderful house and great job that everybody would ever want. She met the composer, Miles (Jack Black), one day when he went to Amanda’s place. At first, there was an instant connection but in their case, compared to Amanda and Graham, they took the journey of love in a slow yet memorable way. Iris found out that there is so much about both of them which are common and they should share with each other.

This movie happened on one Christmas Holiday on which everyone wants to have someone to be with them to spend the Christmas together. The four casts ended up together and what made this movie a great one was the possibility it had shown despite the distance of people from each other. This movie showed that love is possible even you are miles and miles apart. A great Christmas comedy movie that can capture your heart this Christmas.

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160 years ago (1843), Charles Dickens (1812-1870) wrote one of his most beloved short stories of all time, “A Christmas Carol”. After the born of film early in the twentieth century, several different directors have attempted to capture this famous story written by Charles Dickens, and various actors have portrayed and played the role of the story’s protagonist, Ebenezer Scrooge.

Such was the case in 1999 when director David Hugh Jones directed a new updated version of these classic story “A Christmas Carol” for television, which stared the venerable Shakespearean-trained actor Patrick Stewart who is well known for his portrayal of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the 7-year TV-series “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and 4 “Star Trek” feature films. He has always used his Shakespearean training to create a very realistic performance in the screen and his portrayal of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge was no different.

Though some movie viewers have commented that the 1999 version of “A Christmas Carol” is joyless and that they haven’t enjoyed while watching because the reality is that that the movie was created more closely resembles the environment of Charles Dickens’ original story. Hence, Patrick Stewart created a very realistic embodiment of what Charles Dickens envisioned for Ebenezer Scrooge who is a joyless miser and has completely forgotten what it means to live and to love. Also, these same viewers neglect the amount of detail present in this rendition of the film that has often been absent in previous big-screen film versions, such as young Ebenezer’s (Kenny Doughty) work for his first employer Mr. Albert Fezziwig (Ian McNeice) and the old women (played by Liz Smith and Elizabeth Spriggs) who were fighting over a deceased man’s belongings.

Other memorable performances in the film include Jacob Marley (Bernard Lloyd), Ebenezer’s sister Fran (Rosie Wiggins), Tiny Tim Cratchit (Ben Tibber), Ebenezer’s nephew Fred (Dominic West), Mrs. Fezziwig (Annette Badland), Bob Cratchit (Richard E. Grant), Mrs. Cratchit (Saskia Reeves), the Ghost of Christmas Past (Joel Grey), the Ghost of Christmas Present (Desmond Barrit), The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Tim Potter) and Belle (Laura Fraser). Of the many actors who have portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge over the past century (Reginald Owen in 1938, Alastair Sim in 1951, Albert Finney in 1970 and George C. Scott in 1984 to name a few), I am glad to see Patrick Stewart numbered among them.

Overall, We rated the 1999 version of “A Christmas Carol” with 5 out of 5 stars and highly recommend it. Sadly, since the film was produced for television, it was not filmed in widescreen format (which is my only complaint about the film), but that does not take away from this film’s splendid portrayal of Charles Dickens’ classic short story.

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The Movie started from a Fiji flight cancellation, Brad (Vince Vaughn) and Kate (Reese Witherspoon) are forced to act out a Christmas tradition: visiting their families during christmas. Although Brad and Kate have been dating for more than three years and are currently living together, neither one of them has ever met each other’s parents.

Brad’s mishap includes a satellite dish plus Kate’s upsetting several babies and even an overly evangelical performance of the Christmas nativity scene, then the  four-stop visit tour to each of their divorced parents’ houses which is exaggerated to say the least.

In typical fashion during visits, the parents are eager to share baby and childhood pictures with their child’s significant memories. This causes some complications for Brad and Kate when they each discover that neither one of them has been completely honest in sharing each other about their childhoods. Some of the epiphanies are more or less embarrassing than the others, which ultimately the arguments drive away Brad and Kate’s perfectly pre-rehearsed happiness during the first portion of “Four Christmases.”

There is little chemistry between Vaughn and Witherspoon in the movie. This may have been intentional, to show the slow deterioration of their loving relationship. Nonetheless, Vaughn is guilty of his trademark outbursts of hilarity. Vince is the master of unknowing misunderstanding and thus resulting mis-communication. As in “The Movie Break Up,” his and his co-habitating co-star’s connection breaks down in the face of his never-ending hilarious speaking to oneself.

Witherspoon plays also a fairly comedic, although Vaughn overshadows her performance (literally). Kate does, however, offer most of the substance of the movie by ruing past Christmases that was spent away from family and contemplating the future of Brad’s and her relationship.

The all-star cast holds the film together. Kate’s parents are played by Jon Voight and Mary Steenburgen, while Brad’s parents are played by Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek. In a way, both fathers and mothers play the same role in this Christmas Movie. The mothers are very welcoming to their child’s better half, while also being overtly sexually open and thus entertaining for viewing audiences. The fathers, on the other hand, offer the most advice and life lessons, causing Brad and Kate to realize the importance of having a family.

The siblings are also worthy of mention. Kate’s sister, Kristin Chenoweth, brings out Kate’s motherly tendencies while simultaneously embarrassing her with sisterly teasing. Brad’s brothers, played by Tim McGraw and Jon Favreau, execute their cage fighting routine on Brad when he arrives to have the exchange gifts. In his role as Pastor Phil (Dwight Yoakam), Kate’s mother’s boyfriend, is undoubtedly an amusement.

The couple’s Four Christmases are a lesson in the reality and difficulty of relationships. However, with a year-later scene tacked on the end, the audience questions how much Brad and Kate actually learned from their previous Christmas holiday together. Listen the sample and grab the CD Movie Soundtrack of “Four Christmases”.

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Home Alone: The Complete Collection (Home Alone 1, Home Alone 2, Home Alone 3 and Home Alone 4)

Home Alone is one of my favorite funny movies to watch during Christmas season because the four movies happened during Christmas time. In this box you get all four Home Alone Movies in widescreen. Here’s a rundown of my thoughts on each movie:

#1: Home Alone: Wonderful Christmas comedy showing the true spirit of Christmas, with some robbers along the way! Great movie. Well acted and a simple storyline.

#2: Home Alone 2: Lost In New York – An amazing sequel that brings back pretty much all the original cast from the first Home Alone movie. Definitely another good movie to watch and its provide great entertainment. The perfect sequel.

#3: Home Alone 3: Different characters, different actors, but still a great movie to watch. The villains this time are smart and had valuable item in their possession. The new “Home Alone” main character is in for a blast holiday! Plot becomes more complex and still a provide great entertainment. Another great movie to watch.

#4: Home Alone 4: Taking Back The House – Kevin is back, but with a different actor playing his role. This movie is decent and worth watching but it’s not the best among the Home Alone Movie Series. But, with this Home Alone Movie Collection, you can have the first three Home Alone Movies which I think is great and in a discount price.

My personal favorite of the series is the third one. Grab now this Home Alone Movie Series for they are great movies to watch and a perfect gift this Christmas.

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You could spend all the day watching this fantastic movie that Tom hanks have played for. Polar express is a perfect Christmas movie which can be viewed by the whole family. It is based on a story of a boy, Steven (played by Daryl Sabara) who reached the age when he started to doubt about Santa Claus. He had a journey one night of Christmas Eve to North Pole and discovered many things he could do and see. That night of Christmas Eve, he happens to wait for the sound of Santa’s sleigh or something that can make him believe that he is true until he heard a sound coming from a train. Surprised by how a train landed to their street, Tom Hanks (the train’s mysterious conductor), who had told him that the train is heading to the North Pole and every kids are all welcome to ride. The boy was still undecided to ride until the last minute when he saw that every kid is going inside the magical train.

What makes this wonderful film was Tom Hanks played different roles here including the role of Santa Claus. He played each and every role with surprising acts that made this movie something to think about. Every time he appears, there is a question in the boy’s mind. Along the way where the Polar Express went through, there were many obstacles and complications wherein every kids inside had encountered. They had a problem reaching North Pole just before Christmas. Some children lost their tickets while in the road which are all covered with ice that made the train hard to pass through. those tickets are supposed to be the one they will use in order for them to enter North Pole at the same time, receive their Christmas Gift from Santa Claus.

When they in North Pole, Steven was chosen by Santa Claus to receive the “The first gift of Christmas”. He asked Santa Claus a beautiful-sounding silver bell and Santa Claus gave it to him before he took off to bring every kids in the world their gifts. Steven put the bell in his pocket and led back to the train to go home. But he discovered that his coat is broken and he unfortunately lost his bell. He went home sadly but waived a happy goodbye to his friends whom he met on the train. But the next day, his sister found a gift under the tree and it was for him, it was from Santa Claus. The bell was not actually lost, it was accidentally placed on Santa’s sleigh and Santa made a way to give it back to Steven.

The bell stands for something you believe about Christmas. If you believe it is true, you would hear a wonderful sound coming from the bell. And that was what this movie had shown. You have to believe in order for you to appreciate things even the small ones. Let it surprise you more if you decide to watch this fantastic movie. This movie is indeed a great one! Click here for more amazing Christmas Movies and Check out these Polar Express DVD.

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A Movie from Walt Disney Pictures that comes with a magical re-telling of the beloved tale of Charles Dickens’ — The Disney Christmas Carol, a high-flying, adventure and heartwarming story for the whole family, starring Jim Carrey. The story narrate that when the three ghosts take penny-pinching Scrooge on an eye-opening journey, he discovers the true meaning of Christmas and that he realize of his mistake and must act on it before it’s too late. The movie complete with spirited bonus features with exhilarating and touching Disney classic that will be part of our holiday Christmas tradition, adding sparkle and heart in celebrating the season.

The film started with Ebenezer Scrooge (acted by Jim Carrey) seeing his dead partner’s corpse, pronouncing him dead, rips off the funeral workers (setting his “scrooge” ways into action), then leaves the morgue, which starts a fly-by of the city and it’s villagers while Scrooge is walking to work. Upon reaching to his office, the movie then fast forwards to 7 years into the future, and starts the classic story that we all know about. We meet Cratchit (Gary Oldman), who is extremely creepy looking guy, and we meet two of the charity collectors who Scrooge decides to bring down a few notches. Then we meet Scrooge’s nephew Fred (Colin Firth) who invite Scrooge to a family dinner, but Scrooge quickly points out how much Christmas is worthless to his life, and don’t ever expect and dare him to arrive at dinner. But at the end of this work shift (Dec 24th), Cratchit asks to have all of Christmas off, which sets Scrooge off into another one of his trademark fits, but is eventually allowed to spend the day with his family, only if he comes into work early on the 26th.

Scrooge gets home, and upon arriving to his front door, saw a ghosts face on his door knocker. He gets startled, and falls down his front steps in what looks to be a painful way. The thing to take note at this movie, is that Scrooge is constantly falling/getting beat up, and it never seems to affect a man who must be 60-70 years old. While resting in his bedroom, he starts to hear his door shake and rattle, and then the ghost of Jacob Marley appears.  They talk about the three ghosts visiting him tonight, and Marley lets him know the times they will be coming.

Marley’s ghost leaves, and the story continues. The Ghost of Christmas Past (Jim Carrey), which is a ghost body with a candle’s flame for a face/head, shows Scrooge sad childhood past. The Ghost of Christmas Present (Jim Carrey), who shows Scrooge how much fun people can have being either poor, or without his miserable company. These two ghosts in the movie, even visually weird looking, are pretty precise on to how the original book was written.

The Ghost of Christmas Future. The ghost is the Grim Reaper where Scrooge is somehow shrunken, talking with a squeaky “I’ve been shrunk” voice, and falls through street drains and runs through pipes in an attempt to get away from the ghost. This scene goes on way too long, and you’ll eventually find yourself asking when the ghost will finally catch him to continue the story.

After all of the visions for the night, Scrooge wakes up, feels proud to be alive, and runs through town celebrating his new life and new found love for everyone. There’s a few touching moments here as Scrooge rights his wrongs.

As a whole, the entire movie is one of those feel good Christmas stories, where you can watch it with your family, and maybe learn a life lesson or two throughout.

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One of 2004′s commercially most successful Christmas films is Joe Roth’s adaptation of the successful novel Skipping Christmas by author John Grisham. Christmas With The Kranks grossed nearly 73 million US dollars.

The story of Christmas With The Kranks is not too bad, which of course is due to the novel. It revolves around the Krank couple who instead of spending the holidays like everybody else has planned a Caribbean cruise. But who would have thought that the Kranks’ neighbors don’t like this idea at all. And when their daughter also announces her visit over Christmas the chaos is perfect. Overall the plot is typical for the holiday season and is focusing on all the cliches that come with it.

Especially in the first half of the film there are lots of them. It is a pleasure to watch the Kranks trying to get out of the hustle and bustle. Just think of the scene where they try to hide from carol singers. This movie is guaranteed to make even Christmas critics laugh.

The last half hour of the movie finally gives us some holiday spirit and (of course) more chaos. The daughter has announced her visit over Christmas and the house must glow with all the Christmas lights as quickly as possible. Only the last 10 minutes get somewhat annoying. As with every Christmas comedy there has to be some kitsch. While I personally have nothing against the usual Christmas kitsch in this movie it feels somewhat out of place. Unlike Bad Santa or Christmas Vacation the trash does not end ironically. Christmas With The Kranks goes even so far as to let Santa Claus fly over the city and of course everybody loves one another no matter how many arguments they had before. It’s the usual kitsch but somehow out of place.

In terms of production one can really be satisfied, everything is like you would expect from a comedy with no major blunders. And the soundtrack relies on the typical X-Mas Classics which create the right atmosphere easily.

But the largest part of the success of this movie can be attributed to the actors. Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis are simply the best choice. Allen is in his typical, wonderfully silly but never exaggerated style naturally earns the most laughs. Curtis as the mother shows some courage to be ugly.
These are some other familiar faces such as Dan Akroyd and Cheech Marin.

Conclusion: Christmas With The Kranks is a witty and beautiful holiday comedy which, although unlikely to provide surprises, wins my heart with some nice gags and a great cast. Only the finale is too corny for my taste.
Overall this is a fairly entertaining film even if you don’t like Christmas movies. For fans of Christmas DVDs watching it is mandatory!

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Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas

All of us know the classic story of Dr. Seuss about the Grinch, a green meanie, who wants to stop Christmas from coming to his local neighbor’s, the Who’s. This film version of Ron Howard’s who’s main actor rubber faceman Jim Carrey simply act the role of the story and adds a bit more to it (to fill the extra hour and twenty minutes of running time compared to the original cartoon version’s of only 25 minutes).

I always wondered why did the Grinch don’t like the Who’s so much and what made him dislike Christmas? These questions are well answered with some well imagined backstory of the Grinch as a child who actually grew up among the Who’s, but being ridiculed and was made fun of for his strange look and unique behavior. It seems that the Green one became interested in a young girl that another boy also liked who eventually later became the Mayor of Whoville. The film evens goes on to have Cindy Lou Who to question her family’s values of what really Christmas is all about …buying stuff? …presents? ..is that’s all it’s about?…then she wonders what’s more. It is she who realizes the good in the Green Grinch and crusades for him to be the new head chairmeister of one’s of the Who celebrations.

I’m not sure what other people were really expecting about the movie compared to the cartoon version, but this is pretty much what I thought the movie should and would be like. The movie location and costumes are amazing. And Jim Carrey portray the chacracter very well…Well, I personally believe that Jim Carrey is great in everything he does and doesn’t recieve enough credibilty by critics and certain moviegoers mainly because of where he came from (like Ace Ventura and Pet Detective). Anyways, I will still of course watch the cartoon version, but this DVD version will also find plenty of time in my DVD player as well!

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This is a heartwarming movie that depicts the love of a father to his son. Jack (father), played by Michael Keaton, just wanted to make it up to his son up to the last minute until he had accident and died. The events happened all before Christmas. His son waited for him to go home but he did not. His son just wanted to spend time with him, laugh with him and have bonding moments with him since he was too busy with his career as a singer. But it became unfeasible when he accidentally died. After a year, his father came back but not with a human body but a snow man body instead.  His son made that snow man while thinking all about his lost father. He played the harmonica which his father gave him before he died and that harmonica made the snow man came to life and magically made it his father. They had great times together. Even though his father was in a snow man body, he treated him the same as before. And so to his father. He tried to be a father all the time his son needs him to be, fought back every person who wants to hurt his son and tried to watch his son most important hockey game as quickly as possible even though the heat of the sun would him down.

Jack Frost is a movie about the love of a father and a son to each other that had gone through magic and life after death. Nothing in the world could be compared to a love of a father to his child which was really seen well in this movie. With this movie, Jack (Michael Keaton) portrayed the father figure very well despite of being a Frost man. With every father-and-son scene in the story, true love was well-defined that made this movie a two thumbs-up movie!

This movie would make you realize that it is not the effects, sounds, views that only make a movie a great one. But it is the story itself. It revealed something which is definitely true about family bonding. And if you are wondering what is the movie all about, then I guess it is the right time for you to watch it yourself. You will then realize that this movie is great. This movie is indeed a heartwarming one!

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Today I want to review a one of the Christmas DVDs that is very special to me: The Nightmare Before Christmas. I saw this movie in a small theater on Christmas Day of 1994 and it blew me away. Since then I watch it almost every Christmas (and sometimes on Halloween too).

Here’s the plot: Jack the Pumpkin King gets bored with Halloween and decides to take over Christmas from Santa Claus. He makes the appointed rounds himself delivering horrible toys to less than happy kids. The problem is that the real world isn’t used to Jack’s lifestyle and it’s not going to plan for Jack at all.

For all of you that have already seen The Nightmare Before Christmas I found a nice article with some background information:

The Nightmare Before Christmas was the first full-length stop motion animation film ever produced. To give you some idea why that might be – Santa Claus had more than 50 different moving parts, Sally had 10 different interchangeable faces each with 11 different expressions and Jack had more than 400 separate interchangeable heads each handcrafted with a different facial expression. If that weren’t enough, at the height of production, it took the animators an entire week to produce only 70 seconds of film time.

Tim Burton has said he was first inspired to write the original poem the film is based on when he saw a Halloween merchandise display being removed and replaced by a Christmas setup. The juxtaposition of the dark skeletons, ghouls and goblins mixed with the bright cheery Santa and his reindeer enticed his imagination and set the wheels in motion.

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• The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – bored and unhappy with the life of being The Pumpkin King Jack Skellington of Halloween Town, Jack sets out to find something exciting. Jack discovers.

• The Nightmare Before Christmas 2-Disc Collector’s Edition. – the nightmare before christmas Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my husband’s favorite movies so when I saw that it was out in a new 2 Disc Collectors’s Edition, I grab it quickly.

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A Christmas Tale

This quirky tragicomedy stars Catherine Deneuve as the matriarch of the troubled Vouillard family. When she becomes sick and needs a bone marrow transplant she forces the whole family to come together for Christmas. The problem is: all of the children hate each other. A Christmas Tale is the story of a highly dysfuntional family. With two and a half hours this film is pretty long but it never gets boring. But you have to like subtitles. There is no dubbed version of this French holiday drama.

Tom and Jerry: Paws for a Holiday/A Nutcracker Tale

A Nutcracker Tale is pure Tom and Jerry madness. Jerry the mouse tries to stage a holiday-themed extravaganza to the music of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite. Thsi really looks great. I myself almost cracked up when Tom climbed through that hole in the sky:

Paws For A Holiday itself collects some of the best holiday-themed Tom And Jerry cartoons.

What’s New Scooby-Doo?, Vol. 4: Merry Scary Holiday/Scooby-Doo: Winter Wonderdog

After cat and mouse comes now one of the most famous cartoon dogs. Merry Scary Holiday has all you beloved Christmas traditions run amok. A headless Frosty the Snowman, Toyland wreaking havoc and a parody on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Winter Wonderdog takes place at a spooky ski lodge. We meet the ghost of Christmas and have another encounter with the nutcracker…but certainly different than the one with Tom and Jerry.

The Year Without a Santa Claus/Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish

Another two disc compilation this week. We already talked about The Year Without A Santa Claus before so let’s concentrate on Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish.  This is a sequel to the infamous Macaulay Culkin Richie Rich movie. It’s about another kid being mean to Richie and he wishes that he’d never been born. His wish is granted and we find ourselves in a situation quite like one of the greatest Christmas DVDs of all time. As you may already guess this movie is nothing special. The actors are unbelievable and I cannot imagine another reason for re-releasing this piece of trash in a bundle with a masterpiece other than milking the cash cow once again.

Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas/A Flintstones Christmas Carol

Another cartoon double feature. Both films do their own take on Charles Dickens‘ Christmas Carol. The Looney Tunes do a faithful adaptation of this holiday classic. And they deliver: Daffy Duck is one of the most greedy and severe Scrooges I’ve ever seen. The Flinstones take the classic tale as a backdrop. Fred has the role of Scrooge for the Bedrock Community Players and thus neglects all his other duties. A wonderful addition to your Scrooge collection.

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It’s always sunny in Philadelphia: It’s a very sunny Christmas

A special Christmas episode of the It’s always sunny in Philadelphia sitcom. For those of you who don’t know the series: it is very raunchy. Maybe you have seen this NSFW clip where Danny DeVito emerges naked out of a leather couch.

But this Christmas special is not only about nudity and sex (although there’s a good part of it). There’s an impressive claymation sequence that reminds me of the Rankin/Bass films like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

An Old-Fashioned Christmas

Everybody who grew up in the Sixties can remember the Bell Telephone Hour, a weekly music show that featured the best in classical and Broadway music. Most popular were the yearly Christmas specials with artists like Florence Henderson, Gianna d’Angelo, Phyllis Curtin, Lisa Della Casa, Anita Gillette and Mildred Miller. Here’s the famous Christmas song Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire performed by the show’s host Florence Henderson.

A Christmas Journey To Freedom

This production is an interesting experiment in tying together the history of the famour Underground Railroad and motives of Christian faith. The true-life story revolves  around the slave Joe (acclaimed vocalist Wintley Phipps) who gets saved from slavery by Harriet Tubman, a Moses-life figure who helped hundreds escape to Canada while risking her own life. Besides telling the story of this larger than life heroine the DVD contains insights by historian Dr. Allen Callahan and many Christmas songs like O Holy Night and Sweet Little Jesus Boy.

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker – featuring the San Francisco Ballet [Blu-ray]

This new production of the classic ballet, choreographed by Helgi Tomasson, is a timeless holiday classic. From the lovely Waltz of the Flowers to the amazing Snowflake Waltz, each scene is breathtaking in its own right. They all bring to life the famous and popular characters with great originality.

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The Christmas season is the best moment of the year to sit back, relax, grab a bag of popcorn and watch a good movie. It’s also the most beautiful time of the year, so it would feel good to watch a great movie whether silly. There is always something about our favourite Christmas movies why we never mind watching them over and over again. Here are 3 of the best Christmas movies of all time.

It’s a Wonderful Life

Many say that this film is an inspiring Christmas movie. The story, where James Stewart features George Bailey, is the one of a man who is going through bad times to the point of wishing he had never been born. When his gardian angel is sent on earth, and fulfill his wish for a short period of time. He is given the opportunity to look and see how things would have been if he really was not born. The movie is all about hope. It gives us a good realization that no matter how small we thought we can be in this wide world, still we have something to offer, we have something to share with anybody else. What we would like to consider as a very small deed may mean a lot bigger to someone else.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

This movie, adapted from Dr. Seuss’ book, is unquestionably a hit to both kids as well as adults alike. This Christmas movie is about a grinch who is rejected as a child because of his physical manifestation. As he grows up, he takes on revenge against the people in the town of Whoseville and plans to steal all the Christmas decorations and presents away from them. But when a young girl who knows him from the inside and understands his sentiments teaches him the real meaning of Christmas, he backs out on his evil plans and finally the people of Whoseville welcome him again.

A Christmas Carol

Not only this Christmas movie surpassed time but it also remains a favourite for a lot of people. Based on the novel of Charles Dickens, the story is about an old merchant, Ebenezer Scrooge, whose only concern in life is nothing but to make more and more money. Scrooge rejected everybody who gets in the way of his desire to make money, even his loved ones. In his old age, he dreams that he is visited by Christmas ghosts that will show him his wrong ways and hope he would change his mind and walk the good path in his remaining days on earth. The lesson of how to be always there for your fellowmen and doing the right ways is taught by this wonderful Christmas movie.

Violence and action are not necessary in making these films classic. Only a beautiful and worthwhile story will let everybody know how marvellous the Christmas season can truly be.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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News website examiner released a very funny list containing the Top 10 Geek Christmas DVDs.

I especially like number 8 on this list: He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special!

Here’s how the Geek Examiner summarizes the story:

Orko accidentally crash lands Man-At-Arms’ Sky Spy Satellite on Earth right before Christmas. While there, he meets two children who tell him stories about what the holiday season means to them. The three return to Eternia via the satellite and once there begin to spread stories of the holiday spirit to the entire Eternian Royal Palace. All this talk of “good will towards men” attracts the attention of Hordak and Skeletor. They decide to kidnap the Earth Children in order to impress the super-evil-entity known as Horde Prime. Oh, no! How will He-Man and She-Ra save the spirit of Christmas on Eternia!?

Doesn’t this sound great? An instant Christmas classic I suppose. The other movies on this list are not that geeky in my opinion but must-see pieces nevertheless: A Charlie Brown Christmas, Elf, A Christmas Story and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

And guess what the number one Geeky Christmas DVD is. I’ve written about if before. I also posted a video.

It’s the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special. I noticed I didn’t even give you a summary in my last article about this gem. So here’s the one from the Geek Examiner:

Chewbacca is on his way home to see his family and to celebrate Life Day (the Wookie version of Christmas) accompanied by his friend, Han Solo. After departing Tatooine in the Millennium Falcon, the two smugglers are chased by a squadron of Imperial Star Destroyers. Han frantically sets the controls of the Falcon and sends the ship off into hyperspace! They escape capture, for now. The remainder of the special features a series of musical numbers, songs, and comedy routines performed by some well known celebrities of the day. These included Diahann Carroll, Art Carney, Harvey Korman, Bea Arthur and the Jefferson Starship. In one of the segments, an animated cartoon featuring the debut of the bounty hunter Boba Fett is shown. To many Star Wars fans, this is the special’s only saving grace. In the end, Chewie is eventually reunited with his family and friends including Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, R2-D2 and C-3P0! Leia even sings a song, “A Day to Celebrate” to a packed crowd of Wookies wearing red robes!? Weird. Despite all the corniness, this rare Christmas special is still quite entertaining but only recommended for true Star Wars fans.