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One man's foolhardy quest to watch a Christmas movie every day for a whole damn year.
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Holidate (2020) - Day 306, October 27th
Well done to the makers of 2020’s Holidate for creating an entire movie around a flimsy concept that I’m pretty sure the writers just...
Gary Jive
Oct 27, 20243 min read
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Klaus (2019) - Day 305, October 26th
After a month of middling to crap Youtube efforts, I’m thinking that finally this is more like it as I settle in to watch some a load of...
Gary Jive
Oct 26, 20243 min read
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A Little Christmas Business (2013) - Day 304, October 25th
A Little Christmas Business  from 2013 is a batshit crazy excursion into the fascinating tale of Daniel Baldwin’s self-inflicted career...
Gary Jive
Oct 25, 20241 min read
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Christmas Child (2012) - Day 303, October 24th
I get up ridiculously early next morning to watch 2004’s Christmas Child  on my mobile phone in the dark on an airbed on the floor of an...
Gary Jive
Oct 24, 20242 min read
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Christmas With Holly (2012) - Day 302, October 23rd
I take in my next festive freebie while getting ready to nip off on a weekend break with my wife and her family and I’m probably not...
Gary Jive
Oct 23, 20242 min read
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The Least of These: A Christmas story (2018) - Day 301, October 22nd
2018’s The Least of These: A Christmas Story is a more faith-based film with a novel twist, exploring that conundrum about teaching kids...
Gary Jive
Oct 22, 20243 min read
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Crazy For Christmas (2005) - Day 300, October 21st
Despite being another low-key TV movie, 2005’s Crazy for Christmas turns out to be a real standout find amongst the free Youtube movies....
Gary Jive
Oct 21, 20242 min read
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Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (2009) - Day 299, October 20th
The next Youtube festive freebie on my list is 2009’s Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe. I have never seen Santa Baby part one, as it is not...
Gary Jive
Oct 20, 20243 min read
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A Princess for Christmas (2011) - Day 298, October 19th
2011’s A Princess for Christmas is an early Hallmark ‘Christmas Princess’ movie and perhaps the prototype for the deluge of similar...
Gary Jive
Oct 19, 20242 min read
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Christmas Oranges (2012) - Day 297, October 18th
2012 kiddie flick Christmas Oranges is a perfectly fine, if uneventful period piece with decent performances from a pleasant young cast....
Gary Jive
Oct 18, 20242 min read
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The Legend of the Christmas Witch (2018) - Day 296, October 17th
With the awful memory of the Christmas Devil still in my mind, The Legend of the Christmas Witch sounds like it’s going to be another...
Gary Jive
Oct 17, 20242 min read
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Krampus 2: The Devil Returns (2016) - Day 295, October 16th
Krampus 2: The Devil Returns  from 2016 offers a welcome change of gear, though this is definitely not be a sequel to the splendid 2015...
Gary Jive
Oct 16, 20243 min read
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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2008) - Day 294, October 15th
There’s yet more syrupy TV movie fare with 2008’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, which is standard Hallmark stuff elevated several ...
Gary Jive
Oct 15, 20242 min read
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Home By Christmas (2006) Day 293, October 14th
For anyone wondering what Linda Hamilton got up to between Terminator films, here you go - in 2006 she starred in middling, made-for-TV...
Gary Jive
Oct 14, 20242 min read
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A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986) - Day 292, October 13th
Our first day in our new house is filled with dull cleaning and unpacking, so what better way to keep my spirits high than to watch a...
Gary Jive
Oct 13, 20242 min read
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Must Be Santa (1999) - Day 291, October 12th
Thank goodness for Youtube and mobile data today, as everything is packed away. In a daze, in between last minute checks and waiting for...
Gary Jive
Oct 12, 20242 min read
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Christmas in Boston (2005) - Day 290, October 11th
With my next Youtube effort Christmas in Boston I get another nice surprise. This generically titled 2005 film is another TV movie but...
Gary Jive
Oct 11, 20242 min read
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A Christmas Star (2015) - Day 289, October 10th
There’s a nice change with 2015’s A Christmas Star, a film made and set in Northern Ireland. It’s pleasant to hear some different accents...
Gary Jive
Oct 10, 20243 min read
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Christmas in the City (2013) - Day 288, October 9th
Next up, finally a free Youtube film that stands out a bit and makes an impression. In Christmas in the City, a Lifetime film from 2013,...
Gary Jive
Oct 9, 20242 min read
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Christmas Caper (2007) - Day 287, October 8th
So far, as one might expect for films that are chucked online for free, I’m noticing that most of these films occupy that forgettable...
Gary Jive
Oct 8, 20242 min read
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​ Scientists say that “watching Christmas movies all year round can be a benefit to your health.” But what would happen if you watched them every day for a year? One man decided to find out.
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- Gary Jive
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