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- This Magic Moment. Whether it be enchanted trains, hearing that light-ringing bell, or meeting Santa Claus, many Christmas movies embrace the spirit with magical moments.
- Yeah So I'm Related to Santa but With Better Genes. If you can't be Santa, maybe you are related to him. Noelle finds Noelle and Nick Kringle preparing for Nick's first outing as Santa Claus.
- You Picked the Wrong Partner, Dummy! This trope is almost always connected with the 'City Girl' cliché; she has a boyfriend or fiancé (never a husband; we don't want to be too ethically ambiguous) in the big city who is rich but lacks the down-home charm and gruff masculinity of the country boy in flannel.
- City Girl Heads to a Small Town for the Holidays. The female lead, who is most likely working at a soulless corporation in the city, has to visit a faraway small town.
- The Main Character Has A Big City Corporate Job
- A Christmas-Themed Business Is About to Go Under
- There's A Contest Or Festival For A Small Town
- A Character Has Resentment Around Christmas
- Two Characters Have to Pretend They're Dating
- The Setting Is A Small Midwestern Mountain Town
- A Character Wakes Up in An Alternate Life
- A Couple Is Not Compatible and Sets Up The Love Interests
- There Is A Familial Connection to Santa Claus
- There's A Musical Number Or Carol
Learning that Christmas and family are more important than contracts and administrative meetings is a lesson that is hammered home in many holiday romantic comedies. Even big blockbuster hits like The Holidayfeature characters like Amanda, who learn to let loose and fall in love with the magic of the season. This trope can go even further, though. ...
Whether it's a family-run candy store, like in one of the most ridiculous Lifetime movies, Christmas In The City, or a Christmas tree farm on the verge of closing, like in The Tree That Saved Christmas, there is always a holiday-themed business that is in jeopardy. These business troubles serve to teach an outsider about the true meaning of Christm...
Holiday rom coms would be nothing without the looming threat of a Christmas cookie decorating contest or Christmas tree festival. When a character is forced to actively participate in holiday cheer activities, they will most likely accidentally enjoy themselves and get lost in a romantic holiday moment. These tropes don't always necessarily lead to...
Before the main character eventually enjoys a new marketing plan for the toy store or gets way too invested in a tree decorating contest, they have to overcome their undoubted resentment around the holiday season or family activities, or even Christmas decorations in the office. RELATED: 10 Best Nutcracker Films (According To IMDb) This goes along ...
This trope isn't entirely exclusive to holiday rom coms, but it definitely makes a frequent appearance. Even upcoming 2021 holiday movies like Love Hardfeature this common plot device. Either there's some sort of misunderstanding, or one character offers something in return for the favor of pretending to be their significant other. When a couple ha...
What would a cliché holiday rom-com be without the return to a Christmas-loving small hometown? Viewers very rarely see these films taking place in large cities or states outside of the midwest and mountain regions. RELATED: 10 So-Bad-They're-Good Holiday Movies Montana, Colorado, Ohio, Indiana, or Minnesota are frequent settings for holiday romant...
Many Christmas movies center around questions like "What if I had stayed with my high school sweetheart?" or "What if I hadn't chosen my career over Christmas?" Magically experiencing a different life is a trope that's been going on as far back as the perfect Virgo holiday rom-com, It's A Wonderful Life. More modern romantic comedies like A Kiss Be...
Yet another one of the most-used romance movie tropes is that of the engaged (or soon-to-be) couple that features the main character's love interest and someone who couldn't be less compatible with them, like Chris and Samantha in Just Friends. They realize as time goes on, that they were in the wrong relationship all along, and get together with t...
Santa has been a featured character in many holiday films, and there's even a bit of a romance story for him with Mrs. Claus. For many of the stories about the merry toymaker, he's a magical and immortal man who lives with his wife and elves in the North Pole. But, for some reason, many holiday romantic comedies like to make Santa a family man and ...
Sometimes it seems like the writers just want to highlight the fact that their main actor also sings, so an added Christmas karaoke night or open solo for a caroling group is thrown into the plot. Love Hard, for example, awkwardly adds in more than one Nina Dobrev singing scene, Love Actually lets its actors show off their pipes throughout the film...
- Amanda Suarez
The lack of originality, particularly the rehashing of quasi-problematic tropes, in Bad Christmas Movies is intentional: Similar to romance novels, soap operas and porn, the appeal to these movies ...
Dec 13, 2023 · By Sarah Paris Dec. 13, 2023 7:15 am EST. For most, Christmas movies elicit feelings of magic and warmth, or conversely, nausea and annoyance. Some people anxiously await the onslaught of holiday ...
- Sarah Paris
Dec 13, 2020 · The Psychology Behind Why We Love Bad Christmas Films. Experts explain the allure of terrible films during the festive season. “Twinkle All The Way.” “Jingle Bell Bride.” “Merry Kissmass ...
- Caroline Bologna
Dec 21, 2020 · Die Hard. Die Hard is the most well-known controversial Christmas movie. Almost every person on the planet has an opinion about this, including Bruce Willis (the star of the film says it’s not a ...
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Dec 8, 2021 · From Polar Express to Elf, parents not believing in Santa but accepting the fact presents just appear overnight is the Christmas trope that makes less sense as the years pass. NEXT: 15 Hidden Details You Missed in The Polar Express. Christmas movies have some of the most recognizable tropes of any genre.
