Each December, I notice a shortage of Christmas movies available on Cable’s “On Demand” feature. Today was the last straw – I wanted to watch a Christmas movie while I worked on Christmas gifts. Snowflakes were floating down and decorating the trees outside.
A perfect day to get comfy and watch one of the classics. The regular TV channels offered movies I’ve never heard of, and same goes for the actors. Our Premium Channel had one: Scrooged. Both of us love that movie, so I selected it. That was when I discovered the Cable Co. wanted $3.99 for the privilege of watching an old (1988) movie.
I could have watched Scrooged in July for free. (“Free” being a relative term, used loosely in this post). In August I could have watched “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” – also an old (1989) movie. Who the Hell watches Christmas movies in the summer? Maybe all the people who got gypped last Christmas.
If that annoys you, then the selections that are available will piss you off.
- “Born on the 4th of July“
- “The Exorcist” [also II and III ]
- “Halloween“
But all is not lost. There are really good Christmas movies disguised as regular movies. If you have not seen these, you should check them out! (The “**” means not appropriate for children)
- “Trapped in Paradise”
- “The Ref”
- “Home Alone” [I and II]
- “Bad Santa” **
- “The Family Stone”
- “Love Actually”
- “While You Were Sleeping”
- “Ben Hur”
- “Die Hard” [I and II]
- “The Holiday”
- “Lethal Weapon“
So, I ended up watching The Ref this afternoon. And all was good. 🙂
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