We pair 13 beloved Christmas films with their vintage equivalents for a range of festive double features.
Perhaps you have some festive viewing traditions, movies without which it’s not really Christmas.
But maybe you’re also looking for something new?
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The answer, of course, is to find yourself a Christmas throwback.
These movies go together better than Santa’s milk and cookies.
Both films have plenty of holiday cheer, united in farcical attempts to ready the house for Christmas.
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Have we got the double feature for you.
Pair the high jinks ofHome Alonewith the slightly more subtle humor ofWe’re No Angels.
Leigh and Mitchum have buckets of chemistry, as much as any of the pairings inLove Actually.
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Both movies portray a formerly uptight or lost woman finding happiness in a messy, more idealized family.
It’s silly, but we believe.
Grant is an angel sent to Earth with the same purpose inThe Bishop’s Wife.
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Both films are about family, the ones you’re born into and the ones you find for yourself.
The film tackles everything from wealth disparity to budding romance to restoring relationships gone sour.
If the uplifting holiday messages don’t win you over, the architecture porn will.
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Move into a dream house for the holidays.
We like your hat.
The Griswolds have to face their own bickering parents and ignorant cousins.
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It is, of course, a metaphor, for the biblical tale of the Three Wise Men.
To this pairing, we say, “Yippee-ki-yay” well, you know.
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