I know there’s a thread buried here about favorite Christmas movies, but that’s not exactly what I’m looking for. I’m interested in movies that are set at least partially during Christmas and where Christmas plays a role, but not movies explicitly about Christmas. Like
Die Hard. Or
Bridget Jones’ Diary. You catch my drift. Christmas matters, but it’s not a Christmas story like
Christmas Carol or
It’s a Wonderful Life.
I’ve got a personal short list and I revisit those favorites every year, but I’d love to augment it. My main reason is that I think explicitly Christmas movies tend to the lugubrious and who needs that? Sometimes I wish Jimmy Stewart would just jump off that bridge before Clarence so I could move on to something less dreary.