We are going full-on Hallmark Channel in this Christmas movie Geek Out episode! We look into what makes a movie a Christmas movie, what we consider the “classics,” and which ones you should never watch, plus we write our own movie to pitch to Hallmark. God Bless us Everyone!

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Links

Origins of Christmas in July

Hallmark’s Christmas in July programming schedule

Christmas movie tropes on TVTropes

Fandomentals blog

Lindy West’s hilarious recap of Love Actually

Recommendations

Classics

It’s A Wonderful Life

White Christmas

Miracle on 34th Street

A Christmas Story

Claymation/animated specials:

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Frosty the Snowman

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Jack Frost

The Year Without a Santa Claus

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Modern Classics

Elf

The Santa Clause

The Christmas Chronicles

The Preacher’s Wife

Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

Home Alone

Should Be Classics

The Holiday

One Magic Christmas

Die Hard

Prancer

The Family Stone

Shouldn’t Be Classics

Love, Actually

Non-Christmas but “Christmassy” Classics

Little Women

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

The Lord of the Rings

Toy Story

Mary Poppins

Star Wars

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