Things You'll Need:
- VCRs
- Blankets
- Pillows
- Popcorn
- Videocassettes
- Blankets
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Step 1
Think back to the movies you liked best as a child. Chances are your own kids will find them just as captivating.
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Step 2
Ask older friends and relatives what their all-time favorites are.
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Step 3
Visit the film department of your local library or art museum and ask a mature librarian for recommendations. People in their 50s and beyond can cast farther back in their memory archives, and if they're pros, they'll be just as up-to-date on new releases as the youngsters on the staff. Ask if you can view snippets of a few likely choices.
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Step 4
Call a local television station and ask its film librarian for ideas.
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Step 5
Go to the video store, peruse the shelves and read the synopses on the boxes.
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Step 6
Watch for reviews of new releases and old favorites in newspapers and magazines beginning in November.










Comments
Whippetcat said
on 12/24/2006 "A Christmas Story"--a relatively new film (1983), but a classic nonetheless.
Also, someone should update this article...not many people using VCRs anymore.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Our family's movie favorites are National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase and Scrooged with Bill Murray. Both are fun and funny family viewing that older children and teens will enjoy as well.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 *"How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
*"Mickey's Christmas Carol"
*"The Santa Clause"
I like all of the funny, light-hearted movies.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Another great Christmas movie is "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas." It's a great kid's holiday movie with Jim Henson's puppet players. It holds many Christmas memories for me! [Editor's note: This 1977 HBO Special is available on VHS.]
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."