The Christmas season also means Christmas movies! Oh how I love watching Christmas movies. I find I watch more TV during the Christmas season than any other time of year (mostly because a lot of them are pretty clean).
However...
All that I have been watching have had the same plot, more or less. They are cliche Christmas movies. You know, the one where one big city character needs to get his or her life together, is sent to some small middle-of-nowhere town. There, this character meets a person of the opposite gender, changes his or her life, and fall in love. There is sometimes some sort of love triangle too. Typically they end on Christmas eve with a proposal and/or kiss. *sigh* How romantic...except for the fact that they are all the same.
Here are some tips on how to avoid the cliche Christmas Romance Story.
1. Make the point of the movie something other than romance. I like a nice (appropriate) love story just as much as the next girl, however, it is getting a little old in Christmas movies.
2. Avoid the guy-on-wrong-path-changes-his-life cliche. How about a book where everyone is following God? Maybe the guy is a criminal who changes his life. How about he go to jail in the end for a change? I watched a Christmas movie recently that had this happen and it was a nice change.
3. How about an adventure? Christmas movies are usually chick flicks. How about a Christmas adventure movie? That would be very fun!
4. Keep Christ in Christmas. A lot of Christmas movies are about Christmas and Santa. Sometimes God is in it too, but the center isn't around Christ being born to die on the cross.
What are some of your favorite Christmas movies? What Christmas movies have you seen that are not cliche? Let me know in the comments!
*applauds* YES. This is exactly what we need. And now I desperately want to either write or read a Christmas adventure story. This needs to be a thing.
ReplyDeleteMy two favorite Christmas movies are The Nativity Story and The Polar Express. I love the way The Nativity Story tells the story of Jesus' birth, and The Polar Express is a cute childhood favorite. :)
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Part of the reason why I love Doctor Who is that they have Christmas specials that are Christmas adventure stories!
DeleteI love both of those movies! I need to watch them again. :)
I tagged you on my blog, but if you're unable to, that's OK;
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Thank you so much! I haven't done tags in a while, but I may sometime. :)
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