Holiday movies you strongly dislike

[j9ac9k]

I'm still waiting for the definitive Arbor Day movie ... maybe a horror film. I mean, who wouldn't be freaked out by killer trees?

[Jokerz79]

I'm still waiting for the definitive Arbor Day movie ... maybe a horror film. I mean, who wouldn't be freaked out by killer trees?

Or go the Slasher film route crazed logger killing environmentalist in the woods with a chainsaw.

[Gaastra]

Well, you always have charlie brown for arbor day.

[Vegeta]

I'm still waiting for the definitive Arbor Day movie ... maybe a horror film. I mean, who wouldn't be freaked out by killer trees?

Wasn't that the plot of "the Happening?"

You could always watch "Evil Dead 2" on Arbor Day.

[Jim Kelly]

I'll nominate STRANGE BREW for Victoria Day in Canada. It didn't come out in May--rather in August--but it's about beer. And Victoria Day is called the two-four weekend. Two-four because it's usually around the 24th of May, but also because you typically get a two-four and head up to the cabin for the long weekend. What's a two-four? It's a case of beer that holds 24 bottles of beer.

[Sutekh]

I'm still waiting for the definitive Arbor Day movie ... maybe a horror film. I mean, who wouldn't be freaked out by killer trees?

'Arbor Day' is what we used to call it in Vampire the Masquerade when someone went on a mad vampire-staking rampage.

"Did you see Cisco's Bar? Dead vamps everywhere. Lots of trees got planted. It's like someone went all Arbor Day in there!"

But I guess not everyone associates Arbor Day with vampires? :/

[Totoro Man]

I'm still waiting for the definitive Arbor Day movie ... maybe a horror film. I mean, who wouldn't be freaked out by killer trees?

there are a couple of Inuyasha episodes that would work for that. the ones with Ninmenka and Yomeiju seem like a good fit.

[Totoro Man]

What are you even going on about? I was saying that since Christmas is all made up stuff anyway, why nitpick all the depictions of a white, snowy Christmas even if most people don't get snow? I was actually endorsing getting into the fun of it - so I'm sorry for missing whatever point you think you're making.

LOL. my bad. since you didn't mention "fun", I interpreted your post as having a superiority complex for NOT believing in fantasies. which led me to think you're like so many other people I've met over the years that praise themselves for their no nonsense "realism" (as if only certain types of atheists could use common sense and be observant).

the other thing is this: after decades of hearing and reading people complain about how Christianity "stole" Christmas from "pagans"... I brought that in reflexively.

the Catholic church obviously co-opted the Winter Solstice and transformed its cultural meaning. [cultures have been actively borrowing from, transforming and usurping, or outright destroying each other since the very beginning.]

however, being able to observe the shortest, darkest day of the year and establishing a holiday in that general proximity is NOT unique. nearly every major culture in the world on every continent throughout history has something comparable whether they use a solar or lunar calendar. the darkest day of the year is considered a natural turning point. and Christmas, the product of a global scale religion, was situated to exploit that multi-cultural tradition.

even the most arbitrary and fake holiday is still anchored in real cultural traditions and human experiences. so, I would hesitate to call everything about the holiday pure "fantasy".

if you had actually said "who cares. have fun" I honestly wouldn't have bothered.

[j9ac9k]

Even if Christians "stole" Christmas from pagans (honestly, who cares unless one gets off on being iconoclastic?) commercialism developed its own version of Christmas apart from Christianity anyway - which I'm also fine with. Most things people associate with Christmas have little to do with some baby being born two thousand years ago that some people think was magic. Culture makes it all up along the way, as it always has. So yes - who cares? Have fun!

[useridgoeshere]

Most things people associate with Christmas have little to do with some baby being born two thousand years ago that some people think was magic. Culture makes it all up along the way, as it always has. So yes - who cares? Have fun!

Christmas might not have much to do with the details of the birth of Santa Claus any longer, but the man himself and the magic he brings are ever-present.

[Jim Kelly]

As much as I like the Dr. Seuss book and the Chuck Jones cartoon, I find the Christmas in HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS an odd fit. It seems to me the world of Dr. Seuss isn't our world, except via metaphor. I am hard pressed to believe the Whos down in Whoville exist in our version of reality. That they celebrate a CHRISTmas doesn't work. I can get behind a Santy Claus that just happens to look a bit like Santa Claus or St. Nicholas. Roast beast is not the same as roast beef or roast goose. Maybe Christmas should be Crispness for the Whos. But Who am I to second guess Dr. Seuss. I will not eat green eggs and ham.

[j9ac9k]

Christmas might not have much to do with the details of the birth of Santa Claus any longer, but the man himself and the magic he brings are ever-present.

I still remember being shocked when I found out in that stop-motion documentary of his life showed that he was a ginger prior to going white.

[babyblob]

I still remember being shocked when I found out in that stop-motion documentary of his life showed that he was a ginger prior to going white.

Rankin and Bass Never Shied away from the hard truths!

[Phoenixx9]

I still remember being shocked when I found out in that stop-motion documentary of his life showed that he was a ginger prior to going white.

Not only that, but he was thin when he was young.

[ChrisIII]

Anybody remember the Salkind's attempt to pretty much do SUPERMAN THE MOVIE with a big budget SANTA CLAUS movie? Also featured Dudley Moore, John Lithgow etc. and an extensive Mcdonalds promotion.