Christmas & Holiday Movies & TV Episodes
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- StarsTom HanksChris ConnellyAisha HarrisFilmmakers, actors and journalists comment on Christmas movies, Christmas television specials, including variety specials, and Christmas episodes of series television. In addition to commenting on specific projects, what makes them so special or memorable, and why audiences, Christian or not, clamor to watch Christmas fare in general, they talk about common themes that pervade them, such as nostalgia, the so-called "Christmas spirit" and losing then rediscovering it, redemption, the magical or fantastical elements, and the aspect of family, biological or other. They also talk about: specific other elements that may not be inherent in such fare, such as love, or sadness and loneliness; the portrayal of Santa Claus; the various versions of what is arguably the most filmed Christmas story, namely Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"; the relatively small number of film projects dedicated to other seasonal holidays around the same time, such as Hanukkah or Kwanzaa; the specific nature of episodic television; and the difference between a "Christmas" movie and a "Christmas adjacent" movie, which brings up one of the most debated issues on the topic: is Die Hard (1988) a Christmas movie or not?
- DirectorJames GunnStarsLuke KleinSean GunnMichael RookerStar-Lord, Drax, Rocket, Mantis, and Groot engage in some spirited shenanigans in an all-new original special created for Disney+.
- DirectorRon UnderwoodStarsJohn GoodmanChris KattanEthan SupleeThoroughly disgruntled, Santa (Goodman) opts to take a year off from delivering presents, until a young man helps him rediscover the meaning of the holidays.
- DirectorJohn PasquinStarsTim AllenJudge ReinholdWendy CrewsonWhen a man inadvertently makes Santa fall off his roof on Christmas Eve, he finds himself magically recruited to take his place.
- DirectorPeter GodfreyStarsBarbara StanwyckDennis MorganSydney GreenstreetA food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.
- DirectorRenny HarlinStarsBruce WillisWilliam AthertonBonnie BedeliaJohn McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.