A Love Called Christmas Movies

It’s December, and we can already hear the Christmas bells ringing in the distance. Santa Claus is already in the shopping malls, the squares are decorated with items that remind us of snow and winter, even though in Brazil, the average temperature for the end of the year is sunny.

The jokes about pavê or ‘cumê’ are already being rehearsed by the most inconvenient uncles, we are ready to put on our best clothes, sit on the living room couch and wait for hours for the clock to strike midnight. Ah, the smell of Christmas…

With all this ambiance, my favorite part of the end of year festivities also happens: all the streaming platforms are full of cliché movies, with average acting, the same script with different names, positive messages and a glow that only a Christmas movie can bring us.

If throughout the year I already enjoy and joke about being a fan of bad movies (in the eyes of film critics, of course!), in December we are given the license to have bad taste.

From kisses in the snow to journalists invading castles, or, who knows, time-traveling gentlemen, spoiled rich girls being sent to a place far from the big city, there is something about these movies that pleases me more than expected.

Maybe it is the atmosphere created around such a special date, or maybe it is simply the fact that since childhood, I have always found myself binge-watching Christmas movies in the afternoon session… something has made me loyal to this habit of always having space in my schedule for any dubious movie released in November or December.

What about Christmas 2022?

This year, we have a list that includes Lindsay Lohan (The Parent Trap) in “A Christmas Crush”, Justin Hartley (This is Us) in “The Santa Diaries” and Freddie Prinze Jr. (I Know What You Did Last Summer) in “Christmas with You” to binge-watch on Netflix.

For Christmas movies that feature LGBTQIA+ representation, we have “A Christmas Crush” on Netflix and “Someone Tell Me?”, starring Kristen Stewart, available on Amazon Prime.

It’s time to rewatch one of my favorite Christmas movies, one that touched me so deeply that since its release I have found myself OBLIGATED to watch it before December 25th.

I’m talking about “Klaus”, a movie released by Netflix in 2019, winner of 7 Annie Awards categories.

With captivating and funny characters, Klaus tells us a new and improved version of the emergence of the good old man who is now popular with most children around the world.

I can say that, despite being recent, this has become one of my favorite Christmas movies, and if you haven’t watched it yet, it’s definitely worth it!