• zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    Too many Christmas movies period. Also, you notice how many movies there are about saving Christmas? No other holiday needs to be saved. When was the last time you saw a movie about somebody saving Easter or Thanksgiving?

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      7 days ago

      Trains Planes and Automobiles is about Thanksgiving. Passion of the Christ is about creating Easter at least.

      But yeah they’re pretty thin on the ground, especially once you get past those two holidays.

    • Thrawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 days ago

      Hop (2011) from Illumination is exactly that formula but Easter. Also agreed very few outside of the insane number of Christmas ones.

      Nightmare before Christmas is also unusual in being directly about saving Christmas but indirectly saving Halloween.

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      7 days ago

      Christmas is the major Western holiday. Though religious in origin, it’s largely divorced from that so it’s a safe topic. Thanksgiving is America only and Easter is purely religious, not a safe topic.