Thanksgiving is always the official holiday kick-off here. As I shared before, it's when we put up our tree and start decorating the house. It is also when we all start wanting to watch holiday movies.
The first holiday movie we watch every year, is The Nightmare Before Christmas. This is my all time favorite, so I love that we can start watching it before Halloween arrives!
This year, my daughter requested a family movie night. She thought it would be fun if every night, until Christmas, we all sat together and watched a holiday favorite. I really liked this idea, especially because people are usually so busy and hectic during the weeks leading up to Christmas and New Year.
So.....Family Movie Time was born! We don't watch a full length movie every night, but rather a Christmas special. We have tons of them on DVD and this time of year, they are always on TV which makes it easy.
We started off with our favorites, like A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty and one of my favorites, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the original Grinch, not the abomination with Jim Carrey....shudder).
Last night, ABC Family kicked off their holiday movie countdown with another favorite of mine.... ELF! If you have never seen it, please stop depriving yourself of humor and laughter....go watch it now! No really...go, this blog will still be here when you're done.
Another family favorite of ours is the Polar Express. While I sometimes find the computer animation of the characters a little creepy, I love the story and the soundtrack of this movie. I think it covers a great topic, especially for the age of my children. Do you believe or are you a doubter? Hot chocolate is must have while watching this holiday favorite.
As the holiday quickly creeps up on our family, I look forward to a little unplugged time with the kids and Christmas classics like, Miracle on 34th Street, A Christmas Story, Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, Muppets Christmas Carol, Mickey's Christmas Carol and many, many more.
Next up on our traditions list? Holiday baking!
Do you have a favorite holiday movie or family tradition?
I really love the movie Elf! One of our family traditions is putting up the Christmas tree, then making homemade hot cocoa and drinking it in the living room with the tree lit up!
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