19. december - Christmasmovies

Good evening everybody. In these times we almost desperately look for the true christmasspirit, and it kinda feels like it was easier to achieve when we were younger, when we didn't had to worry so much.
There are many things that can provide some grains of christmas-spirit, and here we are talking about traditions again. Things one do, songs we sing and in this post: movies we watch.
Do YOU have any special movies you just MUST see around Christmas to get into the "mood"?
These ones are obligatory for me:
*Home Alone - even when you know what is going to happen, you get surprised and laugh until you cannot breath properly
*Three nuts for Cindarella (Tři oříšky pro Popelku) - this one is the one to start Christmas Eve with here in Norway. All the family gather in front of the television to watch it, and mimic the man dubbing the whole thing (he makes ALL the voices ^^ )

*Reisen til Julestjernen (The Travel to the Christmasstar) - This is actually a play that has been played in theatres across the country since 1924. It deals with a king and queen that looses their daughter who wants to find the Christmasstar. The queen also disappears as the king curses the star. The Count is a greedy and evil man, who ends up with ruling the kingdom. But one day a circus-company arrives in the kingdom, and one girl there, Sonja, promise the king that she will find the Christmasstar so the princess and the queen can return back home. The count is terrified by this, so he tries to silence her. This movie has it all; funny and memorable characters, beautiful music, snow, magic and christmasspirit in tons

 

Last but not least we have a little "movie"-tradition the day before Christmas Eve. There is an old sketch that has been shown this day for many year, and I reckon that also you who doesn't come from Norway and read this, recognise it....

No Christmas without it :)