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Dec 22
Holiday Movies We Watch (Most) Every Christmas Season – “Christmas with the Kranks” [2004] (22/31)

Fed up with the commercial aspects of Christmas, particularly all the money spent, and alone for the holiday for the first time in decades, as their daughter has just joined the Peace Corps, grumpy Luther Krank and his sweet wife, Nora, decide to skip Christmas this year and forgo the gifts, the tree, the decorations, the cards, the parties and to spend the dollars saved on a 10-day Caribbean cruise.

Dec 21
Holiday Movies We Watch (Most) Every Christmas Season – “8-Bit Christmas” [2021] (21/31)

From New Line Cinema and HBO Max comes "8-Bit Christmas," a humorous and heartfelt look back at the adventures of childhood. Set in suburban Chicago in the late 1980s, the story centers on ten-year-old Jake Doyle's herculean quest to get the latest and greatest video game system for Christmas.

Dec 20
Holiday Movies We Watch (Most) Every Christmas Season – “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” [1998] (20/31)

Jake Wilkinson has one thing on his mind – get home for Christmas dinner or forfeit the vintage Porsche his father promised him. Just days before his deadline, Jake awakens in the California desert – stranded and penniless, wearing a Santa suit and white beard!

Dec 19
Holiday Movies We Watch (Most) Every Christmas Season – “The Polar Express” [2004] (19/31)

This is the story of a young hero boy on Christmas Eve who boards on a powerful magical train that's headed to the North Pole and Santa Claus's home.