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Christmas movies
I was talking about Christmas movies with a friend. She always watches The Wizard of Oz at Christmas; something about the technicolor makes her associate it with Christmas. And not all the movies I connect with Christmas isn’t strictly speaking Christmassy, even if some are.
The movie I always and forever will connect with Christmas is The Tales of Beatrix Potter. It’s not a Christmas movie at all, it’s a ballet based on Beatrix Potter’s stories. For reasons unknown Swedish television aired it in the early afternoon December 23 for years, though they haven’t for about 20 years, and I haven’t seen it since then. But it was an essential part of Christmas all through my childhood, and this year I really crave to watch it again. Luckily it available on DVD, so I’m giving it to myself.
Here’s the trailer, which includes the incredibly scary part of Squirrel Nutkin and the owl. I used to hide under the TV when that scene came.
I also have a very strong feeling of Christmas when it comes to Singin’ In the Rain, which isn’t about Christmas at all. Perhaps it is the Technicolor which give sit the holiday vibe, as my friend thinks.
Another movie is the animated movie Gnomes. In Swedish these creatures are called “tomtar” or “tomtenissar”, and Father Christmas is called “Tomten”, so even if it may seem like a Christmas movie in other countries, it feels like it here. And it was always aired around Christmas too.
Disney’s From All of Us to All of You. It has been aired every single Christmas Eve (which is the day Swedes celebrate Christmas) in Sweden, at 3 in the afternoon, since 1960. When I was a child cartoons were almost never shown on television, except during Christmas. Even today this show, despite all the TV channels we have now (when I was a child there was only two), gets almost the whole of Sweden sitting down to watch it.
Mighty Mouse
Bamse a Swedish comics and cartoons about a bear who gets incredibly strong when he eats the special honey his grandmother makes. He is very kind and always stand up against bullies. He has two best friends. A rabbit called Lille Skutt who is scared of everything, but still usually manages to overcome his fears when he is needed. And the turtle Skalman who is an inventor knows everything, but always eats and drinks when his alarm clock says it’s time, which means he usually sleeps just when Bamse needs his help the most. I loved this comic! Especially the episodes when Bamse and his friends travel in time. I didn’t have Doctor Who as a kid, but I did have Bamse!
What are your Christmas movies?
The movie I always and forever will connect with Christmas is The Tales of Beatrix Potter. It’s not a Christmas movie at all, it’s a ballet based on Beatrix Potter’s stories. For reasons unknown Swedish television aired it in the early afternoon December 23 for years, though they haven’t for about 20 years, and I haven’t seen it since then. But it was an essential part of Christmas all through my childhood, and this year I really crave to watch it again. Luckily it available on DVD, so I’m giving it to myself.
Here’s the trailer, which includes the incredibly scary part of Squirrel Nutkin and the owl. I used to hide under the TV when that scene came.
I also have a very strong feeling of Christmas when it comes to Singin’ In the Rain, which isn’t about Christmas at all. Perhaps it is the Technicolor which give sit the holiday vibe, as my friend thinks.
Another movie is the animated movie Gnomes. In Swedish these creatures are called “tomtar” or “tomtenissar”, and Father Christmas is called “Tomten”, so even if it may seem like a Christmas movie in other countries, it feels like it here. And it was always aired around Christmas too.
Disney’s From All of Us to All of You. It has been aired every single Christmas Eve (which is the day Swedes celebrate Christmas) in Sweden, at 3 in the afternoon, since 1960. When I was a child cartoons were almost never shown on television, except during Christmas. Even today this show, despite all the TV channels we have now (when I was a child there was only two), gets almost the whole of Sweden sitting down to watch it.
Mighty Mouse
Bamse a Swedish comics and cartoons about a bear who gets incredibly strong when he eats the special honey his grandmother makes. He is very kind and always stand up against bullies. He has two best friends. A rabbit called Lille Skutt who is scared of everything, but still usually manages to overcome his fears when he is needed. And the turtle Skalman who is an inventor knows everything, but always eats and drinks when his alarm clock says it’s time, which means he usually sleeps just when Bamse needs his help the most. I loved this comic! Especially the episodes when Bamse and his friends travel in time. I didn’t have Doctor Who as a kid, but I did have Bamse!
What are your Christmas movies?
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My favorite Christmas movie must be Grinch (the Jim Carrie version is the only one I'm familiar with, and it works for me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ).
ETA: and Hogfather!!
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"Hogfather" is a decent adaptation of an excellent Terry Pratchett novel. I remember most of the movie as entertaining and nice, and then there's one scene that gives me ALL of the feelings about mythology and the way humans will MAKE meaning and hope and justice where there is none... they're a secular kind of spiritual feelings, I guess.
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I'll second Hogsfather. I'm not sure how much it would mean to someone unfamiliar with the Discworld universe, but it made me happy.
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