Season’s Screenings — A Tour of Classic Christmas Movies

<p>Watching a holiday movie is a great way to get into the spirit of the season and has become an annual tradition for many families. But what exactly makes a Christmas movie, a Christmas movie, what are some of the best ones ever made, and what makes these gems so classic?</p><p>Here to answer these questions and take us on a tour of the highlights of the holiday movie canon is Jeremy Arnold, a film historian and the author of <a href="https://amzn.to/481HP3V"><i>Christmas in the Movies: 35 Classics to Celebrate the Season</i></a>. Today on the show, we talk about what defines a Christmas movie, why we enjoy them so much, and why so many classics in the genre were released during the 1940s. Jeremy offers his take on the best version of <i>A Chirstmas Carol</i>, whether <i>Holiday Inn</i> or <i>White Christmas</i> is a better movie, why he thinks <i>Die Hard</i> is, in fact, a Christmas movie, what accounts for the staying power of <i>Elf,</i> and much more. At the end of the show, Jeremy offers several suggestions for lesser-known Christmas movies to check out when you’re tired of watching <i>A Christmas Story</i> for the fiftieth time.</p><h2><strong>Movies Mentioned in the Show</strong></h2><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc3ei1tseeM" target="_blank"><i>Santa Claus</i> (1898)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY3ZgSHgdSM" target="_blank"><i>Scrooge</i> (1901)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFfv-diVAv8" target="_blank"><i>Scrooge</i> (1935)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojrHq4PkNjY" target="_blank"><i>Miracle on Main Street</i> (1939)</a></li><li><a href="https://vimeo.com/658768200" target="_blank"><i>Remember the Night </i>(1940)</a></li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3v2TGzQ" target="_blank"><i>The Shop Around the Corner</i> (1940)</a></li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3RmUzLa" target="_blank"><i>Holiday Inn </i>(1942)</a></li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3NlPMbK" target="_blank"><i>The Man Who Came to Dinner </i>(1942)</a></li><li