Best Christmas movies, cartoons and holiday classics to watch with your family

Christmas movies and classic films are a huge part of holiday festivities. Are there holiday classics you have to see every year or it won't feel like Christmas? Here is the quintessential list of best Christmas movies. "It's a Wonderful Life"--There's a debate in among traditionalists over which of two megalithic Christmas movies is the best: Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Miracle on 34th Street." And that debate ends here: "It's a Wonderful Life" wins. "Miracle on 34th Street" has its charms but can't compare.  Best Christmas movies, cartoons and holiday classics to watch with your family | Examiner.com

Top 10 most-loved classic Christmas cartoons, holiday magic for young and old

Christmas cartoons are as an important a holiday tradition as candy canes and mistletoe. Some of us remember before cable TV and DVD, when we could watch Christmas shows but once a year. A rumor would go through the classroom that "Charlie Brown" or "The Grinch" would be on that night. Kids would rush home, hoping to get dibs on the TV channel knob. Woe to you if a dad or an older sibling got there first and refused to change the channel. You were stuck till next year. And that's if you had a TV. Not everyone did.   Top 10 most-loved classic Christmas cartoons, holiday magic for young and old

Christmas movies, holiday classic films to watch after Thanksgiving Day dinner

The Thanksgiving Day feast is over. The pie and coffee have been passed around. Now is the time for watching the football game, right? Not if you're a sports hater, it's not. You could actually go outside and play a game, but everyone is too full and mom and dad are exhausted from cooking. So now is the time to pop in a holiday classic and kick back! Here are Christmas movies and holiday classic films to watch after Thanksgiving Day dinner. You can pull some of these up on Youtube.Christmas movies, holiday classic films to watch after Thanksgiving Day dinner | Examiner.com

 

Best non-scary Halloween movies for Trick-or-Treat | Examiner.com

Halloween is a time to celebrate all that is spooky and terrifying--for some. Others like the costumes and trick-or-treating, but not the haunted aspect. Some parent object demonic overtones. Here are non-scary Halloween movies and cartoons, for children who don't like being frightened. Many are found on Youtube and links are provided.  Best non-scary Halloween movies for Trick-or-Treat | Examiner.com

Sweetest Day: Romantic plot twist movies, no-schmaltz love story films

 Sweetest Day, the third Saturday in October, is devoted to romance. Couples buy cute gifts, go on dates, watch sappy movies about love. Isn't that sweet? Not so much, you don't think? If Sweetest Day makes you sick from sugary-romance overload, then how about a little reality therapy? Here are romantic movies with a plot twist. Watch these no-schmaltz love story films but don't look for heart-warming Nicholas Sparks here. These reality romance movies are perfect for parents whose honeymoon glitz has worn off.Sweetest Day: Romantic plot twist movies, no-schmaltz love story films | Examiner.com

Best non-scary Halloween movies for Trick-or-Treat | Examiner.com

Halloween is a time to celebrate all that is spooky and terrifying--for some. Others like the costumes and trick-or-treating, but not the haunted aspect. Some parent object demonic overtones. Here are non-scary Halloween movies and cartoons, for children who don't like being frightened. Many are found on Youtube and links are provided.   Best non-scary Halloween movies for Trick-or-Treat | Examiner.com

Tom Hardy gay? Hardy shuts down reporter on unballsy sexuality question - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com

Is Tom Hardy gay or straight? At least one inquiring mind wanted to know at the Toronto Film Festival. But his (and everyone else's) curiosity would go unsatisfied. His so-sexy nibs Hardy shut down the reporter on an unballsy sexuality question, reported Time magazine on September 15. Hardy is getting a bit of schooling himself for failing to answer questions of sexuality and for admitting, then recanting, that he had sex with men. But others say that's not the issue, which is that what journalist Graeme Coleman, of the LGBT Daily Xtra asked Hardy, and what the news writer really wanted to know, were at odds.Tom Hardy gay? Hardy shuts down reporter on unballsy sexuality question - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com