{"id":2822,"date":"2018-12-25T16:30:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T08:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/?p=2822"},"modified":"2018-12-24T13:05:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T05:05:49","slug":"my-favourite-christmas-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/?p=2822","title":{"rendered":";my favourite christmas movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-893 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bookworm-things.jpg\" alt=\"bookworm things\" width=\"500\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bookworm-things.jpg 500w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bookworm-things-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Christmas! I may not celebrate it personally, but I love parts of the holiday. Mostly the presents but also some of the movies.<\/p>\n<p>But mostly the presents.<\/p>\n<h4>More information and the full #Project14Lists can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/?p=2799\">here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2823 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/project14lists-day-2.jpg\" alt=\"#project14lists day 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/project14lists-day-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/project14lists-day-2-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are a few Christmas movies that I do love, however, and wouldn&#8217;t mind rewatching every year. I&#8217;ve got to see if I can find them so I can watch them with the daughter this year&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Santa Claus.<\/em><br \/>\nLook, this was a staple in the house when it came out because Tim Allen, and it was funny and wholesome, and I still cannot get over the fact that David Krumholtz was Bernard because I adore him.<\/li>\n<li><em>The Santa Claus 2.<\/em><br \/>\nSee above about Tim Allen, and also it was fun to see Charlie a little more grown up but still believing in Santa because that&#8217;s so rare?<\/li>\n<li><em>The Santa Claus 3.<\/em><br \/>\nOkay, this one is not as fun as the other two but I couldn&#8217;t not add it in.<\/li>\n<li><em>Miracle On 34th Street.<\/em><br \/>\nI&#8217;m talking about the 1994 version because I adore Mara Wilson. I haven&#8217;t seen this one in YEARS but I remember loving it as a kid and I want to watch it again.<\/li>\n<li><em>Snow.<\/em><br \/>\nTom Cavanaugh as Santa Claus. Uh, yes, please.<\/li>\n<li><em>Snow 2.<\/em><br \/>\nSee above. Also the reindeer are characters in their own right, almost, and it&#8217;s AMAZING.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2824 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/movies-list.jpg\" alt=\"movies list\" width=\"540\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/movies-list.jpg 540w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/movies-list-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure there are a lot of other movies I haven&#8217;t mentioned that are also fun &#8211; like the <em>Home Alone<\/em> series! &#8211; but these are the ones I know for sure I&#8217;m going to be watching with my daughter as she grows up. They are fun and wholesome, and magical. And I don&#8217;t care that we live in the tropics, I&#8217;ll be making hot chocolate for us to curl up with when we watch them.<\/p>\n<p>What are your favourite Christmas traditions and movies?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1143\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-300x148.jpg\" alt=\"ara\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-768x379.jpg 768w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-1024x505.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-1200x592.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Christmas! I may not celebrate it personally, but I love parts of the holiday. Mostly the presents but also some of the movies. But mostly the presents. More information and the full #Project14Lists can be found here. There are a few Christmas movies that I do love, however, and wouldn&#8217;t mind rewatching every year. I&#8217;ve got to see if I can find them so I can watch them with the daughter this year&#8230; The Santa Claus. Look, this was a staple in the house when it came out because Tim Allen, and it was funny and wholesome, and I still cannot get over the fact that David Krumholtz was Bernard because I adore him. The Santa Claus 2. See above about Tim Allen, and also it was fun to see Charlie a little more grown up but still believing in Santa because that&#8217;s so rare? The Santa Claus 3. Okay, this one is not as fun as the other two but I couldn&#8217;t not add it in. Miracle On 34th Street. I&#8217;m talking about the 1994 version because I adore Mara Wilson. I haven&#8217;t seen this one in YEARS but I remember loving it as a kid and I want to watch it again. Snow. Tom Cavanaugh as Santa Claus. Uh, yes, please. Snow 2. See above. Also the reindeer are characters in their own right, almost, and it&#8217;s AMAZING. I&#8217;m sure there are a lot of other movies I haven&#8217;t mentioned that are also fun &#8211; like the Home Alone series! &#8211; but these are the ones I know for sure I&#8217;m going to be watching with my daughter as she grows up. They are fun and wholesome, and magical. And I don&#8217;t care that we live in the tropics, I&#8217;ll be making hot chocolate for us to curl up with when we watch them. What are your favourite Christmas traditions and movies?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[491,63],"tags":[492,495,59],"class_list":["post-2822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project14lists","category-discussion-post","tag-project14lists","tag-my-favourite-christmas-movies","tag-writings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2822"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2846,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2822\/revisions\/2846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}