Unless someone breaks the tie between Mama Mia and Eustace Scrubb, Mama Mia (in a very Arizona election style situation) might have to decide the winner in her own tiebreaker.
MFC Question 9: What is a favorite movie to watch around Christmas time that isn't a Christmas movie.
I work at the Men's Shelter of a Union Gospel Mission, working with interns, men who have been through the recovery program and are now giving a year of service to the Mission.
For the last three years I've shown The Case for Christ, the story of how Lee Strobel, a reporter who set out to disprove Christianity and instead became a Christian. It's very well done by Christian film standards and every year visibly moves the men. (Especially the moments where he struggles with alcohol and his marriage.)
Hmm…tough one. I’m going with The Hundred Foot Journey, which has good food (French and Indian!), great characters, humor, and a generally cozy feel that’s perfect for decompressing after Christmas to. Just make sure you bring snacks, or you’ll have to pause the movie halfway through to eat something because it will make you hungry. 😁
And we have another tie. This time it's a little awkward because Mama Mia gets to choose who wins between Eustace Scrubb and herself. I wonder what she'll pick?
In my younger days it was the OG Star Wars trilogy. Once we had kids, I couldn't watch those during the daytime anymore lest the little guys be traumatized by severed limbs and murderous father figures. So Star Wars became late night for dad kinds of movies. But someday, now that most of them are old enough, I'd like to watch The Empire Strikes Back again around the holidays, so I'll go with that in the hopes it will one day be true again.
I'm always casually marathoning the Harry Potter series every December. It's just always on TV. So I'll go with that. The series as a whole doesn't even have that many Christmasy scenes, but I always associate it with the holiday season. If I had to pick one, I'll just say GOF since the tournament is fun and there are a lot of festive scenes.
My wife and I both think about it from time to time, but we both avoid trying out the first one so that if we were to like it, we won't be saddled with having to read them all, which would be inevitable. I've already got soooo many books to read.
Haha yeah the series gets pretty dark relatively early. I think it checks out given the very unsubtle historical references. When your main baddie and his cronies are trying to exterminate a subset of the population, it’s gonna be dark.
Ok (cracking my knuckles). There are several, and I realize I don't have much time to formulate my final answer. Little Women has all the classic, historical significance, character development, and lovely warm scenes we crave around Christmastime. It even has a Christmas scene, but I don't think that disqualifies it from consideration. Hans Brinker! It's all about the setting--scene after scene of icy, "winter wonderland" beauty. Ice skating brings back all the feels from my childhood. And it's just an amazing story. Last but not least, Frozen. It demands Christmastime viewing, if only for the opening ice block-sawing scene--endearing! I dare you to watch that scene without a smile. And let us not forget Anna's frozen skirt scene (that's legit...I've experienced that growing up in Northwest Wisconsin, though not with a skirt), Wandering Oaken's Trading Post & Sauna, and dashing through the snow in Christoph's sleigh (pulled by a reindeer--come on)! All these things scream, "Watch me around Christmastime even though I'm not a Christmas movie!"
Ok and I never even mentioned Coat of Many Colors....our traditional Thanksgiving flick which so easily sets up for Circle of Love as the first Christmas movie...but I digress. As much as I want to go with Frozen, I'll have to go with Little Women, final answer. Hans Brinker and Frozen are really New Year/January films for me. :D
And the winner by decision is...Eustace Scrubb. Congratulations, Eustace. You get to choose tomorrow's question.
Unless someone breaks the tie between Mama Mia and Eustace Scrubb, Mama Mia (in a very Arizona election style situation) might have to decide the winner in her own tiebreaker.
I'll vote again for The Case for Christ, using a mail-in ballot which may (ahem) or may not be for a legit address.
Heck, if you're using mail-in ballots why not send in eight?
Touché!
MFC Question 9: What is a favorite movie to watch around Christmas time that isn't a Christmas movie.
I work at the Men's Shelter of a Union Gospel Mission, working with interns, men who have been through the recovery program and are now giving a year of service to the Mission.
For the last three years I've shown The Case for Christ, the story of how Lee Strobel, a reporter who set out to disprove Christianity and instead became a Christian. It's very well done by Christian film standards and every year visibly moves the men. (Especially the moments where he struggles with alcohol and his marriage.)
Final answer.
Hmm…tough one. I’m going with The Hundred Foot Journey, which has good food (French and Indian!), great characters, humor, and a generally cozy feel that’s perfect for decompressing after Christmas to. Just make sure you bring snacks, or you’ll have to pause the movie halfway through to eat something because it will make you hungry. 😁
Ding! Ding! Ding!
And we have another tie. This time it's a little awkward because Mama Mia gets to choose who wins between Eustace Scrubb and herself. I wonder what she'll pick?
Votes only count in the official comment. Jess has 4 but she only had 3 when I rang the bell. Sorry, dems the rules.
In my younger days it was the OG Star Wars trilogy. Once we had kids, I couldn't watch those during the daytime anymore lest the little guys be traumatized by severed limbs and murderous father figures. So Star Wars became late night for dad kinds of movies. But someday, now that most of them are old enough, I'd like to watch The Empire Strikes Back again around the holidays, so I'll go with that in the hopes it will one day be true again.
The Empire Strikes Back
I'm always casually marathoning the Harry Potter series every December. It's just always on TV. So I'll go with that. The series as a whole doesn't even have that many Christmasy scenes, but I always associate it with the holiday season. If I had to pick one, I'll just say GOF since the tournament is fun and there are a lot of festive scenes.
Confession: I've still never seen or read a Harry Potter anything.
😐
I know it’s stereotypical of me as a millennial to recommend Harry Potter, but you should definitely at least read the books.
My wife and I both think about it from time to time, but we both avoid trying out the first one so that if we were to like it, we won't be saddled with having to read them all, which would be inevitable. I've already got soooo many books to read.
Haha yeah the series gets pretty dark relatively early. I think it checks out given the very unsubtle historical references. When your main baddie and his cronies are trying to exterminate a subset of the population, it’s gonna be dark.
Ok (cracking my knuckles). There are several, and I realize I don't have much time to formulate my final answer. Little Women has all the classic, historical significance, character development, and lovely warm scenes we crave around Christmastime. It even has a Christmas scene, but I don't think that disqualifies it from consideration. Hans Brinker! It's all about the setting--scene after scene of icy, "winter wonderland" beauty. Ice skating brings back all the feels from my childhood. And it's just an amazing story. Last but not least, Frozen. It demands Christmastime viewing, if only for the opening ice block-sawing scene--endearing! I dare you to watch that scene without a smile. And let us not forget Anna's frozen skirt scene (that's legit...I've experienced that growing up in Northwest Wisconsin, though not with a skirt), Wandering Oaken's Trading Post & Sauna, and dashing through the snow in Christoph's sleigh (pulled by a reindeer--come on)! All these things scream, "Watch me around Christmastime even though I'm not a Christmas movie!"
Sooooo which is your final answer?
Ok and I never even mentioned Coat of Many Colors....our traditional Thanksgiving flick which so easily sets up for Circle of Love as the first Christmas movie...but I digress. As much as I want to go with Frozen, I'll have to go with Little Women, final answer. Hans Brinker and Frozen are really New Year/January films for me. :D
I've never seen Hans Brinker (or read it, though we've had the book forever) so now I think we must do something about it.
Sure, but I'm never watching Frozen again.
Hear hear! :D (Sorry, Jess.)
commence sad violin melody...
Poor, wretched man....
>aghast< Yes; do something about it! It's a perfect January read-aloud, followed by movie night.
Little Women, final answer!
We have two traditional movie marathons at Christmas time.
My husband’s is the entire Die Hard series. Mine is the Lord of the Rings series and last year we added the Hobbit series to that.
So, I’ll go with The Hobbit/LOTR series for my final answer.
Wait a minute. *throws flag* That's six movies.
If I must, I will go with LOTR Return of the King 😇😁
😂 but, but, but they’re all one looooong story.
Nice try.
*Cue Roz voice* "I'm watching you, Montgomery, aaaalways watching."
😋😂