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45. Christmas is utterly inconsequential to the plot of the film.

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 01:36 PM

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It could take place on Labor Day or Valentine's Day and precisely nothing about the plot changes. It's the same exact movie with, at best, slightly different decorations in the background shots. Its message, if it can be said to have a message apart from "thieves bad", has zero to do with Christmas.

Ergo, not a Christmas movie regardless of what the writer says. I don't consider Gremlins a Christmas movie either, for the same reasons. Both are movies that happen to take place during the Christmas season and that's about it.

Just my opinion. That and $2.50 will buy you a coffee. 😁

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