Now that Christmas is over, so are the nonstop holiday movies. It’s one of the things I miss most about December — the ability to find a Christmas-themed movie on virtually any channel at any time of the day.
For some reason, I love these sappy movies — many of which are found on Lifetime, Hallmark and the Family Channel — need I say more about the level of sap? My mom also likes these movies so maybe it’s genetic.
The plots and endings are ridiculously predictable but I just can’t help myself. I’ll record a dozen or more of these movies and watch them up through New Year’s (today’s count: I have three left).
Maybe it’s just because these movies represent all that’s beautiful about the Christmas season — peace, joy and goodwill toward men. We don’t always encounter that in real life so it’s fun to get sucked into a pretend world where it always snows on Christmas, the gifts are beautifully wrapped and couples never forget to kiss under the mistletoe.
Hmmm, I’m already looking forward to next year’s round of holiday films.