As the holiday season moves along, the usual Christmas cheer has been muted by dreary weather, the persistent onslaught of Covid 19, and post-election tensions. What better way to ward
The Ultimate Christmas Present
This Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) from 2000 is the ultimate fantasy for everyone who wants to be able to have a snow day on command. In it, 13-year-old Allie (Hallee Hirsh) finds Santa Claus s weather machine and makes it snow in Los Angeles, which is fun, until she s unable to stop it. This movie is notable for being the first DCOM appearance for Disney Channel royalty, Brenda Song. The cast also includes Lizzie McGuire s mom, Hallie Todd, Bill Fagerbakke, former pro basketball player John Salley, and Peter Scolari. Something for everyone!
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Full-Court Miracle
An actual Hanukkah movie! There are so few of those, which is maybe why this one is remembered so fondly by Jewish millennials. It s about Philadelphia Hebrew Academy s basketball team and their unlikely rise thanks to their new coach Lamont Carr. If you need a lesson about Judah Maccabee and the story of Hanukkah, this movie explains it in depth.