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JOY TO THE WORLD AND

TERRIBLE CHRISTMAS FILMS FOR ALL

>» Christmas movies to marathon this season

Sonam Kaloti
Arts Editor

allmark movies are a blessing to the world.

Well, to some people more than others.
Anyone you ask will either be fully in love with
them or hate them so much they get nauseous and
proceed to ruin your day by complaining about
how they're all the same and super boring and blah
blah blah...

Well, they pretty much are all the same.
Similar actors playing similar roles with the same
plotline (not to mention wearing the same green
and red Christmas sweater on the movie cover).
Though, that doesn’t mean they’re not also
fantastic ways to get into the holiday spirit. For my
cousins and I, we take them as an opportunity to
drink the holiday spirit if you know what I mean
(points for Hallmark-related drinking games).

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There are plenty of other studios that bring
the best of terrible Christmas movies too, though,
and a wide variety of these are on Netflix and
Amazon Prime Video.

Homeless for the Holidays is not a classic.

It’s not iconic. However, you should still watch

it, simply because of the “wtf” factor. The main
character, Jack Baker (already amazing), gets
screwed over at his job and fired. Then, nearly
bankrupt during the holidays, he picks up work
at a fast-food burger restaurant. For a movie of
this type, you don't get very attached to the “good”
characters, but wow is it easy to hate the “bad”
ones. You can watch it on Amazon Prime Video.

The Princess Switch on Netflix (starring
Vanessa Hudgens) is kind of fun? Normal girl
goes on a trip and happens to run into girl who
looks exactly like her—but is a princess! Princess
hates her life, so they switch and bam! Sparks fly.

I personally enjoy these escape movies a bit more
than the usuals, so if you're anything like me you
might enjoy (hating on) A Princess for Christmas
by Hallmark.

Holidate is a new movie on Netflix starring
Emma Roberts who is constantly berated for being
the only single sibling with no prospect of falling
in love to much of the dismay of her mother. In
turn, she seeks out a “Holidate”—a partner solely
existing for holiday family and friend gatherings so
you won't be alone.

The Hallmark movie Cancel Christmas
is about Santa Claus’ favourite holiday being
cancelled because children have become too
greedy. To this, Santa goes out of his way to teach
two kids about the value of charity—as if simply
teaching two kids how to be good people will turn
the tides for the rest of the world.

To save Christmas, Santa goes out of his way to teach two kids about the value of charity—as if
simply teaching two kids how to be good people will turn the tides for the rest of the world.

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