#holiday films

A Charlie Brown Christmas (dir. Bill Melendez, 1965)

I just don’t understand Christmas, I guess. I like getting presents and sending Christmas cards and decorating trees and all that, but I’m still not happy. I always end up feeling depressed.

It’s A Wonderful Life (dir. Frank Capra, 1946)

Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touches so many other lives. When he isn’t around he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?

Miracle On 34th Street (dir. George Seaton, 1947)

I believe… I believe… It’s silly, but I believe.

White Christmas (dir. Michael Curtiz, 1954)

With every Christmas card I write, "May your days be merry and bright, and may all your Christmases be white.”

Meet Me In St. Louis (dir. Vincente Minnelli, 1944)

But the main thing is that we’re all going to be together, just like we’ve always been. That’s what really counts. We could be happy anywhere as long as we’re together.

Christmas In Connecticut (dir. Peter Godfrey. 1945)

The Shop Around The Corner (dir. Ernst Lubitsch, 1940)

There might be a lot we don’t know about each other. You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.

Home Alone (dir. Chris Columbus, 1990)

We live on the most boring street in the whole United States of America, where nothing even remotely dangerous will ever happen. Period.

A Christmas Carol (dir. Edwin L. Marin, 1938)

I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirit of all three shall be in my heart. I shall never forget the lessons that they teach. Tell me that this will change my future. Tell me that this is not my end.

Joyeux Noël (dir. Christian Carion, 2005)

The outcome of this war won’t be decided tonight. I don’t think anyone would criticize us for laying down our rifles on Christmas Eve.

Love Actually (dir. Richard Curtis, 2003)

General opinion’s starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don’t see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often, it’s not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it’s always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends… If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love actually is all around.