Who doesn’t love a great Christmas movie! Here is a list of our favorites:
- The Polar Express
- Elf
- Grinch
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- A Christmas Story
- Home Alone
- Miracle on 34th Street
- Frosty the Snowman
- Charlie Brown Christmas
- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
- Muppet Christmas Carol
- A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott)
- What About Bob
For years we would read the Christmas story from the scriptures, then watched “It’s A Wonderful Life.” (I’ve told this story before on here, but I have to share it again.) One year we could not find the movie. We searched and found the case for the movie, but no movie was found. Then one of the kids said, “Let’s watch, ‘What About Bob’!” It’s a movie about a guy who thinks he needs a psychiatrist and has all of these issues. He becomes very attached to his shrink and follows him to his vacation home. The plot takes a turn near the end of the movie, and it’s quite funny to see how things turn out. It’s doesn’t have any ties to Christmas, but it became our traditional Christmas Eve movie for a while, until we got a new copy of “It’s a Wonderful Life!”
Updated December, 12, 2023-
Our favorite Christmas movie is “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Some of the things we love about it are: 1-The innocence of the time the movie takes place, which is around World War II. 2-An important part of the story is about sacrifice. George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) is the main character, and always puts other peoples needs first and foremost, in spite of the fact that he has big dreams of traveling the world and seeing new places. 3-The movie speaks truth. It tells us that God is real and aware of us and what is going on in our lives. And that He will help us, and bless us. 4-That angels are near and helping whether we see them or not. Some people don’t like that others see angels with wings, but I love it. It’s just symbolic and means they can move quickly to aid or help us. 5-This is such an important thing to know, is that we are all significant, we all matter. If we had never been born life would be different for all who love us.
I love that there are wonderful stories that teach us important things. I am grateful for this time of year when we get these reminders while being entertained too. Merry Christmas