An Avalanche of Holiday Movies to Bury Your Cares Away

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In a time of uncertainty, the holiday movie offers a world of good cheer, maybe a few good songs, and a reliably predictable happy ending. But what makes a good holiday movie? Hallmark, Lifetime, Netflix and other outlets are offering viewers hundreds of titles – nearly all romantic comedies that have resurrected careers of stars from the 90s and which invariably feature snow, hot cocoa and two people who don’t get along but eventually fall in love. And then there are classics like “It’s A Wonderful Life” and “Meet Me in St. Louis.” We’ll talk about why holiday movies are so popular, hear from you about your favorites, and answer the question: “Is Die Hard a holiday movie?” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.3	From Gake UED in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. Coming up on forum, Holiday Movies.
0:51.3	In a time of uncertainty, the made-for for TV holiday movie offers a world of good cheer,
0:57.2	maybe a few good songs, and a reliably happy ending.
1:01.5	And Hallmark, Lifetime, and Netflix and other major outlets are now offering viewers literally
1:07.5	hundreds of titles.
1:09.6	This hour, we look at why holiday movies are so popular.
1:12.8	Hear from you about your favorites.
1:15.2	And answer the question is Die Hard a holiday movie?
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