Die Hard: Action Meets Christmas Tradition (Day #25)

Title: Die Hard

Release: July 1988

Director: John McTiernan

Writer(s): Roderick Thorp (novel), Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza (screenplay)

Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason

*Warning, this review may contain spoilers.

Welcome to the …

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It’s a Wonderful Life: A Christmas Classic for 70+ Years (Day #24)

Title: It’s a Wonderful Life

Release: 1946

Director: Frank Capra

Writer(s): Philip Van Doren Stern (story), Francis Goodrich / Albert Hackett / Frank Capra (screenplay)

Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers

*Warning, this review may

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Miracle On 34th Street: Over 70 Years of Santa and Miracles (Day #23)

Title: Miracle on 34th Street

Directed: George Seaton

Release:  May 2nd, 1947

Starring: Maureen O’Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Gene Lockhart,

Natalie Wood, Porter Hall, William Frawley, Jerome Cowan, Philip Tonge

*Warning, this review may contain spoilers

If I didn’t …

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The Original Grinch Still Steals My Heart (Day #21)

Title: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Release: 1966

Director: Chuck Jones

Writer(s): Dr. Seuss (story)

Starring: Boris Karloff, June Foray, Dal McKennon, Thurl Ravenscroft

*Warning, this review may contain spoilers.

Having had the pleasure of growing up in a strong …

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Tokyo Godfathers: The Best Christmas Movie To Come Out of the East (Day #19)

Title: Tokyo Godfathers

Release: August 30th, 2003

Director: Satoshi Kon

Writer(s): Keiko Nobumoto, Satoshi Kon

Starring: Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto

*Warning, this review may contain spoilers.

Finally, the main entrant that I fought for, as this is a …

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Dated but Wonderful (Day #14)

Title: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Release: December 1964

Starring: Burl Ives, Larry D. Mann, Billie Mae Richards

*Warning, this review may contain spoilers

You know that weird stop-motion Christmas movie you used to watch as a kid? The one with …

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The Santa Clause, Our Resident Tool Man Becoming Magical (Day #10)

Title: The Santa Clause

Release: November 11th, 1994

Director: John Pasquin

Writer(s): Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudrick

Starring: Tim Allen, Jodge Rainhold, Wandy Crewson, David Krumholtz, Peter Boyle

*Warning, this review may contain spoilers

What would you do if given the …

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Can Frosty the Snowman’s Legacy Continue? (Day #9)

Title: Frosty the Snowman

Release: 1969

Starring: Jimmy Durante, Billy De Wolfe, Jackie Vernon, Paul Frees, June Foray

*Warning, this review may contain spoilers.

50 years later and Frosty is still skiing television airwaves, filling your ears with music, but …

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Love Actually – Teaching Lessons in Yuletide Romance (Day #8)

Title: Love Actually

Release: November 14th, 2003

Director: Richard Curtis

Writer(s): Richard Curtis

Starring: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson,

Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, Bill Nighy, Rowan Atkinson

*Warning, this review may contain spoilers.

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The Polar Express: Your One-Way Trip to Excitement (Day #6)

Title: The Polar Express

Release: 2004

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Writer(s): Chris Van Allsburg (book), Robert Zemeckis, William Broyles Jr. (screenplay)

Starring: Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks, Peter Scolari, Nona Gaye, Leslie Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen 

*This article may

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