Day 6: A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

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For day 6 of our 12 Days of Christmas, we’ll be looking at A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965).  Now I know this is not technically a movie but in my household we can not go a holiday season without this gracing our screens!  As Charles gets the feels about “Miracle on 34th Street”, I too get all the feels when this film comes to mind. The ever-down-trotten Charlie Brown is searching for the meaning of Christmas through all the commercialism and production that surrounds him.  His best “frenemy” Lucy suggests he direct the Christmas play.  Through all his efforts and his affection for a whimpy Christmas tree he still never …

Day 5: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

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Today for Day 5 of our 12 Days of Christmas Reviews we’ll be taking a look at Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964).  This is the classic stop motion TV special that originally aired on NBC.  If you are familiar with the song then you already have a pretty good idea what the movie is about, except for Hermey the elf obsessed with dentistry, he’s new. In this telling Rudolph is born to Donner, one of Santa’s reindeer.  It quickly becomes obvious that he is different, and despite his amazing flying ability he is rejected because of his red nose.  Meanwhile Hermey the elf is having trouble fitting in as well.  …

Day 4: Santa Claus (1959)

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Hello and welcome back for Day 4 of our 12 Days of Christmas review series! Days 1 through 3 have brought warm fuzzies to all of us here at ItsJustAwesome.com so far, as we’ve happily strolled down memory lane to talk about some of the most well-loved Christmas classics of all time. Today, I’m sorry to inform you, a dramatic shift is taking place. To say that today’s movie is NOT a classic is perhaps the greatest understatement in the history of recorded speech–it’s a movie that is so awful, there’s no way to even begin to describe what’s so awful about it. Santa Claus (1959), directed by Rene Cardona, is quite possibly the worst movie …