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We watch The Polar Express for the train parts (and the hot chocolate scene, our favorite) but do enough fast-forwarding though the scary-ish middle that we finish this 90-minute movie in 45. (It’s not exactly a holiday movie, except that it ends on Christmas Day.) Silas didn’t care, but the older three loved it. We found Samantha: An American Girl Holiday when browsing Christmas movies we could stream with Amazon Prime, and it was so much better than I expected. This DVD version is by the New York City Ballet. Our oldest three love watching–and dancing to– The Nutcracker. We can watch 95% of the film with no scared children, but we do keep one hand on the remote during the climax with the Nazis.Įlf delights three of our kids, but one child hates the ending and is really uncomfortable with Buddy’s over-the-top comedy. I don’t know why The Sound of Music is a holiday movie, but we all love watching it this time of year. We all like A Charlie Brown Christmas (although the kids are awfully mean to each other!) My kids prefer the flip side, It’s Christmas Time Again, Charlie Brown, and the mini-documentary on the making of the classic is also worth watching.) We haven’t seen it yet, but based on our love for The Snowman and the excellent reviews, we just ordered a copy for Silas’s stocking. I just found out about The Snowman & the Snowdog, a Snowman sequel that just came out last year. This 27 minute film is completely charming (and features an introduction by David Bowie that’s fun for the grown-ups). It’s hard to find, but it’s worth tracking down a copy. Our absolute favorite is The Snowman, based on the gorgeous Raymond Briggs picture book. Here are the movies we can enjoy together–without tears or nightmares. I suspect we’re not the only ones who struggle with finding Christmas movies that actually work for our family. Silas thinks the Grinch is a monster and Jack is baffled by the slapstick comedy in A Christmas Story.
There’s no way we’re watching A Christmas Carol ( ghosts!) or Rudolph ( the abominable snowman!). That takes many of the “classic” Christmas movies off the table. I’m not sure if this is because of what we’ve done right as parents, what we’ve done wrong, or because that’s just the way they are.
My kids are super-sensitive to what they see on the screen: none of them, from the oldest to the youngest, are comfortable with much in the way of conflict or plot tension.
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