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The Polar Express around these parts before; needless to say that book by Chris Van Allsburg probably shaped this expectation in me. The idea that a bell from Santa’s sleigh could only be heard by people who truly believed in the existence of Santa’s Workshop at the North Pole? That this was the item a young protagonist would ask for upon being granted the First Gift of Christmas? It made the holiday about something very different for me. It was about asserting my own belief in favor of magic in my life. It became less ephemeral and turned toward the tangible, something I could grasp and ...

By Howie Nave Christmas started early for this guy once the pandemic hit. I put my Christmas lights up over the 4th of July and for a short while started watching Christmas movies too to try and get that feel-good feeling happening. Okay, I also did it because I wanted to watch movies where no one was wearing a mask and hugging one another without fear of being exposed. I’ve always enjoyed movies for their pure escapism and who doesn’t want to escape what we’ve been through already ya know? I also like being wrapped around a movie completely. No small screen ...

How many times have you watched Love Actually this month? What is it about Home Alone that keeps us coming back for more? Is The Holiday really that bad, and is there such a thing as the perfect Christmas film? Well, if there’s a lesson to be learned from the cinematic ghosts of Christmas past, it’s that festive features come in all shapes and sizes. Morality tales, glossy soap operas, sugary fantasies, explosive actioners — you name it, we’ve seen them all. Some of them get better with every viewing, others have started to lose their sparkle. Let’s take a look inside the vault and...