Hello everyone!! It’s that season again, to get all settled in with a bowl of peppermint popcorn and some tea, and watch holiday movies! (well, maybe not everyone needs the peppermint popcorn but I sort of do)
I always feel there are so many from my childhood that I want to share with Wyatt. He is not a kid who has many television shows he likes, or is even super interested in movies most of the time, but when Christmas rolls around, he will snuggle up between Billy and I and watch them with us. I of course have a giant list and I am not sure we will get to them all, but I am making sure to hit some of our favorites off the bat.
We started with Christmas Eve on Sesame Street. I was surprised when I mentioned this earlier that it wasn’t widely heard of. I adored this movie as a child, so much so that my favorite Christmas song that year was Feliz Navidad and I even asked for the er..record.. for Christmas. My parents also surprised me with a version of the movie on record, and I would fall asleep to it, in my little yellow Holly Hobby bedroom. As an adult, I can’t make it through this movie without tears. I just remember all my Christmases as a child, with my parents and my brother, being little and the magic of it all, and I just feel so much love in my heart, thinking of it and my mom and my dad, watching this movie and singing along with my mom. My husband says my mom has an encyclopedic knowledge of songs and jingles and rhymes and he is not wrong, she totally does. I am sure she could sing along today, if I mentioned them to her. I know I could, and did. This song in particular, tugs at my heart and makes me teary.
Sesame Street was just such an amazing show, it really was. I don’t know what it is like today, but as a child growing up with it, I loved it. (and Oscar and Grover were my favorites!)
That was Friday. On Saturday we revved things up and went modern and new with the new Amazon Prime movie, The Red One. And we loved it! Wyatt watched it with us until he fell asleep about midway through, and Billy and I kept watching because we were hooked. I have to admit, I love The Rock Dwayne Johnson and also Chris Evans. so.. that worked for me. It was just a fun movie, a bit cheesy, but overall, it was really just pure entertainment. Every actor in it gave a good performance, from the two I already mentioned to Kiernan Shipka as the evil villain to J.K. Simmons as a rather athletic and buff Santa. I also really loved Bonnie Hunt as Mrs. Claus. I thought it was very imaginative and Billy even said he hopes that they do more with M.O.R.A. and make more movies. (and although I love Chris Evans, I could also see Sam Rockwell, one of my all time favorite actors, playing his role. I actually almost felt like Chris Evans was playing Sam Rockwell playing Jack)
After all that flash and pizazz, we switched it up again on Sunday, an appropriate day to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas. Billy and I had such feels watching this one. Billy said he remembers thinking that Charlie Brown was new to us, when it had already been around at least a decade before we watched it. This movie is just so charming in its simplicity and message; to remember the reason for the season, and for peace on Earth and goodwill to men. Not the flashy glitz of bright pink aluminum trees! Or in our day and age, all the technological and digital presents, the social media aestheticism for those picture perfect holidays (and homes!) piled high with gifts.
We have enjoyed such great classics already and I know we have a few more left to watch. I also added two movies to our lineup we don’t usually watch, one that might be fairly unconventional as a Christmas movie, and another that I was recently reminded of by a fellow blogger.
Before I go, I also wanted to share that I was asked to give a quote about my favorite movie to an article published in an article on Rent. It is a super cool article, with lots of suggestions that pair some of your favorite Christmas movies to interior design styles.
I was named an expert in a Rent. article.
Read the full article here: Design Styles to Try, Based on Your Favorite Holiday Movie
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Love, love, love Charlie Brown Christmas! It’s a virtual tie for me between that and It’s a Wonderful Life as my favorite holiday movie.
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It is such a good one. Even after all these years it stands the test of time! Even Wyatt likes it (mostly lol).
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I think it will finally be time for Charlie Brown Christmas today. I’m having a very tired day (both body and motivation related) and it will work wonderfully. I’ll probably have a little cry like usual.
I remember watching a documentary on Disney a while ago and it was mentioned how emotional people got watching Snow White, the first animated feature film, and how it surprised them that an animated movie could do that.
Charlie Brown never fails to get me emotional.
Cat
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I hope you were able to get some restorative rest in, and enjoyed the movie. It is such a great movie.
I think when well done cartoons came absolutely make someone emotional. I love the movie Coco and it makes me cry every single time.
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I love Charlie Brown to the max! Sigh! Three cheers on your “Rent” accolade!
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Lol thank you!
And it really is such a great little movie. So many good messages packed into a cartoon aimed at kids.
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You’re not the only one who tears up watching Christmas Eve on Sesame Street. It was part of my childhood, and I’ve made it a part of my kids too. We were lucky to meet Carroll Spinney (aka Big Bird and Oscar) and got our batter VHS signed by him. His face lit up when he saw the movie. That meeting is as precious as the movie. Another family favorite (which again I watched growing up) is The Muppet Family Christmas which features Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, and The Muppet Show characters. We have to watch it on YouTube as it’s virtually impossible to find it on DVD.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
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There is something so special about it, isn’t there? Just endearing and heartwarming, the love and the community – and for both of us, the memories of our childhoods as well.
That is so awesome! And I love that it made him smile as well!
I don’t know if I remember that one!! Does it have John Denver in it?
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I hadn’t heard of the Sesame Street Christmas movie, either. Now, I will need to find it! I love the Charlie Brown Christmas show. It is probably my favorite next to the Grinch (the original though I like the Jim Carrey one, too). It brings tears to my eyes when Linus takes the stage. Actually, just about everything Christmas-y brings tears to my eyes because they take me back to my childhood and all my people who have gone on. I still miss those days. Congrats on the blurb in Rent! That’s another movie I’ve never watched, but I did read the book (does that count)!
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It’s on YouTube! And yes! That part with Linus always makes me teary too. And I agree – Christmas as you get older just hits different doesn’t it? I have cried so much this holiday season, remembering my family members who aren’t here and just my childhood and my parents aging..and now I am welling up so I am going to just stop. Lol.
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I added Red One to the list — thanks!
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I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
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We plan to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas on Christmas Eve!
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Aw that is a good day to do it!
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Love your quote at rent.com! We aren’t really big Christmas movie watchers but Charlie Brown Christmas is always a must.
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