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About the Book

Don't waste a second of your valuable holiday time on another boring Christmas movie. In this merry and informative guide, film critic Alonso Duralde takes us on a tinsel-bedecked tour of the best-and worst-films of the Yuletide season. Whether you're looking for the classics, family favorites, holiday horror, seasonally themed crime epics, or the most wonderfully awful cinematic lumps of coal, Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas serves up delightful recommendations in prose as brisk as a winter sleighride. From White Christmas to Bad Santa, Eyes Wide Shut to Gremlins, you'll find a marvelously electic selection of holiday fare and a thorough breakdown of the many screen Scrooges, including Alistair Sim, Jim Carrey, and ...Tori Spelling? And get ready to encounter movies you may never have heard of, from the gritty noir Blast of SIlence (filmed in New York City over Christmas 1959 without a single permit), to the loony Santa Claus, a Mexican kiddie movie in which St. Nick teams up with Merlin to fight the devil! Fun facts abound-did you know the actor cast as Uncle Billy in It's a Wonderful Life was also in the running to play mean old Mr. Potter?-making this a stocking stuffed with goodies you'll turn to every Christmas season. This fully revised and updated edition includes all Christmas movies of note to have been released in the fifteen years since the first edition was published, as well as gems omitted from the first edition.

Table of Contents:
Contents Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: With the Kids Jingle-Belling: Movies for Kids Chapter 2: Nestled All Snug In Their Beds: Christmas Movies for Grown Ups Chapter 3: Like A Bowlful of Jelly: Christmas Comedies Chapter 4: A Blue, Blue, Blue Christmas: Holiday Tearjerkers Chapter 5: Putting the Heist Back in Christmas: Crime and Action Extravaganzas Chapter 6: There'll Be Scary Ghost Stories: Holiday Horror Chapter 7: Scrooge-a-Palooza: 'A Christmas Carol' on Film Chapter 8: Lumps of Coal in Your Stocking: The Worst Christmas (Movies) Ever Chapter 9: Just Like the ones I Used to Know: Christmas Classics Appendix Index of Names Index of Movies

About the Author :
Alonso Duralde is the author of Hollywood Pride and the co-author of I'll Be Home for Christmas Movies. He co-hosts the podcasts Linoleum Knife (with his husband Dave White), Maximum Film!, Breakfast All Day, and Deck the Hallmark.

Review :
Alonso Duralde is no Scrooge when it comes to updating his useful and entertaining book on Christmas movies. What's more, he has added write-ups of three personal favorites: Arthur Christmas, Mrs. Santa Claus, and The Holdovers. His writing remains as sharp and perceptive as ever-a gift that keeps on giving. Alonso and I have been a part of many engaging movie arguments. We usually agree. Never more than on whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie (of course it is). Turns out I have the right guy in my corner. Alonso is America's foremost expert on Christmas movies - on why we love them, why they matter, and yes, why they qualify. On the first day of Christmas, Alonso Duralde was there to chronicle every holiday movie worth knowing about. He's the great master of a genre that's snowballed into an industry juggernaut, and a witty guide through everything from gems to stinkers -- even the forgotten flops that are so terrible he suggests spinning them into an eggnog drinking game. If he's hosting, I'm there. Unless you're a grinch, 'tis always the season for Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas, Alonso Duralde's enjoyable, encyclopedic and exuberant celebration of all films Yuletide and Yuletide-adjacent. As for me, I savored it over a couple of hours accompanied by a roaring fire in the hearth, a hot toddy, and a warm batch of Italian holiday cookies. No one knows Christmas movies like Alonso Duralde. With wit and insight, Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas isn't just a guide; it's a behind-the-scenes pass to the heart of holiday cinema. Whether you're searching for a hidden gem or revisiting a beloved classic, Alonso delivers the perfect blend of expertise and Christmas spirit. Consider your holiday watchlist officially upgraded! Ever wish you had a friend you could ask about literally any kind of Christmas movie? Well, you do…his name is Alonso Duralde, and he wrote it all down for you! Alonso Duralde shows why he's the King of Holly Jolly Cinema in this essential book. I thought I knew Christmas movies, but Alonso's book introduced me to dozens of titles I had never even heard of, right alongside annual favorites from It's a Wonderful Life to Die Hard. A must-read for those of us making our yearly holiday viewing lists and checking them twice. A few things are beyond dispute: Die Hard is a Christmas movie, Meet Me in St. Louis is the greatest Christmas movie, and there is no more knowledgeable or more companionable guide to the weird and wonderful world of Christmas movies than Alonso Duralde. Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas is the best kind of yule log: warmly written, generously insightful and mind-bogglingly comprehensive, it positively bursts with love for beloved favorites, undersung gems and memorable stinkers alike. And in this new edition, dazzlingly updated to reflect the last fifteen years' worth of Christmas cinema, it's the definition of a gift that keeps on giving.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781493087457
  • Publisher: Applause Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Applause Books
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • No of Pages: 248
  • ISBN-10: 1493087452
  • Publisher Date: 18 Sep 2025
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Revised & Updated Edition


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