Welcome back to Girl Movie! We’re getting festive y’all, well some of us are. Today's episode we are going over the classic holiday movies that get us in a joyous mood.

We go over:

00:27 Intro & Theme of the Month

10:23 Our Definition of Holiday Movies

13:31 History & Fun Facts

19:15 What we think of when we think of holiday movies

32:07 This month’s Rating Ruberic

34:05 Girl Talk Questions for the TOM

41:54 Our recommendations for diving deeper into the genre

54:94 Announce our next movie, drink, and drinking game + Wrap up

References

• Christmas Film History

• • Christmas Films as Reflections of American History, Part I: Dickens, Romance, and the US Military in the 1940s and 50s – Clio and the Contemporary

  • The History of the Christmas Movie: A Journey Through Festive Cinema

  • How Schmaltzy Hallmark Christmas Movies Came to Rule the Holiday Season

Diving Deeper Recommendations

⁠‎Holiday Movies , a list of films by Girl Movie Podcast • Letterboxd

TV Shows mentioned-Merry, Happy, Whatever

-Dash and Lilly

-The Great British Baking Show Holiday Edition

-Any christmas themed episode of The Office

Musicians mentioned

-Rosie Christmas

-Mariah Carey

-Christmas wrapping by The Waitresses

-Fruitcake EP by Sabrina Carpenter

-Last christmas by Wham

- Santa Baby by Ariana Grande

-It Came Upon A Midnight Clear by Frank Sinatra

Books mentioned

-25 reasons to hate christmas and cowboys by elle thorpe

-Im thinking of ending things by Iain Reid

-Midwinter Murder by Agatha Christie

-Little women by Louisa May Alcott

-Courting the Countess

Next Up - Happiest Season

The Abby Cocktail

Happiest Season on Hulu on X: "Which of these cocktails inspired by #HappiestSeason will you try out over the holidays? First up, The Abby! A sweet, festive treat you’ll want to share with the family. Must be 21 or older. Always drink responsibly. https://t.co/kxg3UsuEG4" / X

Drink whenever anyone mentions that Abby is an orphan, anyone puts down Jane, or Riley flirts with Abby

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Editing and Art Direction by Katie Sample