As the days get shorter and the nights get colder, one of the best parts of the festive season is sitting on the couch with a cup of hot cocoa, surrounded by friends and family alike, and all settling in for a true Christmas movie marathon. Classic Christmas movies always bring out the right feelings during this season. Take It’s a Wonderful Life for example, it is the perfect Christmas movie. The movie embraces love, humor, and compassion, all the positive elements people think about during Christmas. A fun fact is though It’s a Wonderful Life premiered in 1946, it was widely released in 1947, adding to the year’s unique almost year-long run of holiday-themed films. One question asked is why are the classics so nostalgic? Calliopeartsjournal.com states, ” Audiences re-watch films such as A Christmas Carol every Christmas season due to their simplicity.” Simplicity could be an answer for the reoccurrence of these movies, or it could be the tradition and nostalgia that just classic Christmas films bring to homes during this holiday time.
