A big thank you to everyone who took part in the Favourite Holiday Movie Contest. First to the over 70 members who submitted 24 favourite holiday movies for consideration and then to the almost 200 member who voted. The favourite movie overall… Home Alone!
We had multiple submissions of this movie and the first prize winner was drawn at random from those submissions. As well, we entered everyone who submitted a movie into two random draws for 2nd and 3rd prizes. The 3 winners of the Cineplex Gift cards are:
Winner 1: JENNIE CHAN, Point Grey – $50 Cineplex Card
Winner 2: KATHRYN BEST, Eric Hamber – $25 Cineplex Card
Winner 3: RENALD SANS, Kitsilano – $25 Cineplex Card
Each winner will be contacted via email regarding their prize.
Happy Holidays! Enjoy the season’s movies. Here’s what our members say make these holiday classics favourites!
- A Christmas Story – hilarious, irreverent and heart-warming all at the same time. Plus – there is good advice thrown in: don’t lick steel poles in freezing weather!
- Bad Santa – not your typical feel-good Christmas story. It is the perfect antidote to all the overly sweet Christmas movies. It makes you laugh; it surprises you, and it reminds you that the holidays don’t have to be perfect to be meaningful.
- Die Hard – not only is it set during Christmas, but the movie also uses festive music, motifs, and puns. It has several icon one-liners and its core plot resolves around family reconciliation and is wrapped in action pack fun.
- Elf – reminds people that no matter who you are, people in your life always need a little bit of joy, a little bit of love, and a lot of laughs. It is the perfect balance of sentimental and fun without being corny.
- Everything Everywhere All At Once – reminds us to appreciate our own potential and the extraordinary people close to us!
- Four Christmases – gets you in the holiday spirit and makes you laugh
- Gremlins – childhood fun and horror mixed together
- Grinch – Jim Carrey (‘nuff said)
- The Holiday – a sweet movie, a great story and gets you in the holiday mood! Plus who doesn’t love a holiday themed rom-com!
- Home Alone – classic story about family and what it means to feel joy around the holidays. The comedy is also stand out. P.S. reminds you of the importance of good classroom management. Kevin would never get lost if his parents were teachers
- It’s a Wonderful Life – the enduring message of the beauty of life and reminds you live your life meaningfully.
- Klaus – cute and family friendly
- Last Holiday – reminds us to appreciate life and to live our lives to the fullest!
- Lord of Rings trilogy – Tolkien’s stories have gathered people to his characters for years – plus it makes for excellent marathon viewing!
- Love Actually –the soundtrack is gold! It is about all the feelings – love, unrequited love, sadness, loneliness, joy, jealousy, transition. It is about coming together during the holidays and that everyone has different experiences.
- Miracle on 34th Street – the core message of the movie is to have hope, to believe in something bigger than you are and have some magic in life (even if you wind up making the magic yourself).
- Muppet Christmas Carol – clever humour, outstanding musical numbers and acting performances, and – of course – muppets! Plus Michael Caine plays Scrooge with such intensity … while surrounded by puppets.
- National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation – hilarious, relatable, and goes heavy on the nostalgia. It is perfect family disfunction layered with heart warming togetherness. This film depicts relatable family chaos with over-the-top slapstick, iconic quotable lines, and a heartwarming core about the true meaning of Christmas.
- One Magic Christmas – an update to It’s a Wonderful Life that is set in recession era small town 1980s. It is a good antidote to the cynicism that sometimes gets to all of us this time of year.
- Polar Express – captures the mystical and mysterious aspects of the mood of Christmas. Reminds us that we can all choose to believe in the magic.
- Rudolph Red Nosed Reindeer / Island of Misfit Toys – speaks to the feeling that our students are all from the Island of Misfit Toys, which is what makes them so special and dear to us.
- Santa Clause – a sweet and silly Christmas movie that has a timeless feel.
- Sound of Music – Love love LOVE the music! It is warm, uplifting, and full of memorable songs. It has themes of hope, family, love, and togetherness that really fit the season.
- White Christmas – Bing Crosby, singing, dancing; what more do you need!
