Christmas on Cameron Little's Websitehttps://camlittle.com/tags/christmas/Recent christmas on Cameron Little's WebsiteChristmas on Cameron Little's Websitehttps://camlittle.com/profile.jpg?s=144https://camlittle.com/tags/christmas/144en-uscameron@camlittle.com (Cameron Little)cameron@camlittle.com (Cameron Little)Tue, 26 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000Christmas Movies 2023https://camlittle.com/posts/2023-12-26-christmas-movies-2023/Tue, 26 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://camlittle.com/posts/2023-12-26-christmas-movies-2023/<p>My wife and I (and her parents) tend to watch a lot of Christmas movies this time of year. Here are my rankings of those we got to this year:</p> <h3 id="time-datetime2023-12-131213time---the-claus-familyhttpsenwikipediaorgwikithe_claus_family"><a class="heading-link" href="#time-datetime2023-12-131213time---the-claus-familyhttpsenwikipediaorgwikithe_claus_family"></a><time datetime="2023-12-13">12/13</time> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Claus_Family">The Claus Family</a></h3> <p>Especially considering the <em>two</em> sequels, not very good. Pretty unconvincing and to-be-expected storylines, both about Santa Claus and saving the biscuit factory. The humor wasn&rsquo;t great either, but this was probably made worse by watching a dub.</p>My wife and I (and her parents) tend to watch a lot of Christmas movies this time of year. Here are my rankings of those we got to this year:

- The Claus Family

Especially considering the two sequels, not very good. Pretty unconvincing and to-be-expected storylines, both about Santa Claus and saving the biscuit factory. The humor wasn’t great either, but this was probably made worse by watching a dub.

★☆☆☆☆

- Family Switch

Family Freaky Friday, but not as good. Tenuous connection to Christmas. Lots of writing that had the appearance of jokes.

★☆☆☆☆

- Love Hard

Pretty good Christmas romantic comedy. The writing and acting were quite good in general, and the characters had more dimension than most rom-coms, especially Josh.

★★★★☆

- Holiday in the Vineyards

Pretty standard Hallmark-style Christmas romantic comedy, meaning not much comedy and a stretched connection to Christmas (who has a real estate deadline on Christmas Eve?). The son of a fancy wine company has to sneak around a small town to get inside info on buying the vineyard. Falls in love with a sexy local wine lady, and has to reveal his lies. Some gratuitous shirtless abs, and way too public sexy dancing.

★★☆☆☆

- Christmas with You

A slight deviation from the standard format, an aging pop star surprises a fan for the holidays, falls in love with the dad, and writes a hit Christmas song with him. Not terrible, but not one I need to watch again.

★★★☆☆

- Candy Cane Lane

This one was a wild ride. A neighborhood’s Christmas decoration contest escalates dramatically. This one was laugh-out-loud funny and I found the animation for the figurines quite effective.

★★★★★

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