Ms. Zeng Minmin (WeChat: zengminmin2013), Harvard University alumnus, member of Harvard University Asian Student Scholarship Committee, member of COURSERA China Advisory Committee, chairman of Huaying Education, certified consultant of Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), published "Ten Years- The Story of a Harvard Girl. In 2014, the New Footprint Tour (www.xinzuji.com) was established, dedicated to allowing Chinese teenagers to experience global elite education through various selected courses at home and abroad.
Merry Christmas!
The annual Christmas is here again. Compared to going outside for a carnival, the whole family decorates the Christmas tree together, and sits on the sofa while eating snacks while watching a Christmas movie. It is also a warm choice.
Teacher Minmin has compiled 15 prestigious Christmas movies for everyone. Why not watch a movie at home as a family this weekend!
Christmas elves
Elf
(2003)
The opening of the story, on Christmas Eve in 1968, a child from an orphanage climbed into Santa’s bag and was accidentally taken to Santa’s North Pole home and raised by the Christmas elves. grow up. After
grew up, Buddy knew by accident that he was a human, so he decided to go to New York to find his family.
Buddy met his father and his new family, although he was not masked, and also had a romantic love.
But the indifferent reality makes Buddy feel busy people gradually forget the true meaning of Christmas, how to spend their last holiday: stay to change this indifferent world or return to the world of warm spirits?
This is the choice Buddy is about to make.
Recommended reason: : "Peter Pan" says that whenever someone says that he doesn't believe there are elves in this world, then one of them will die.
The world without fairy tales lacks that beauty. People without dreams will never know their beliefs. Even if you live to be ninety years old, you will lose your teeth and speak out, and you will believe in fairy tales and dreams just like when you held Andersen's fairy tales and refused to let go.
In the "Christmas Elf" movie, Santa’s sleigh is supported by the Christmas spirit of people who believe in Christmas to fly into the sky. When everyone sang the Christmas song, Santa’s sleigh finally flew up. The climax is repeated, let you find your innocence.
Home Alone
(1990)
Kevin is the youngest child in a big family and has been neglected by his family.
When the whole family was busy going out to celebrate the Christmas holidays, this "naughty guy" was accidentally left at home to live alone, and unfortunately the Kevin family became the target of two thieves.
When they sneaked into Kevin's house, Kevin played a "game" with two stupid thieves by virtue of his eye-catching and the "playground mechanism" at home, which was full of jokes.
Recommended reason: : This well-known film is believed to be a childhood memory of many people. For more than 20 years, the film series has been rebroadcasted by CNN every festive season and never stopped.
, especially the lovely appearance of Xiaozheng Taimao McAulik, is still endless.
And what I remember is one of the lines: "Sometimes you trust someone very much, but after a while they forget you, maybe they are too busy, maybe they haven't forgotten you, just forgot to think of you, people I won’t forget it on purpose.”
Crazy Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
1989
This film is the third part of the "Crazy Holiday" series, telling the story of the Griswold family celebrating Christmas at home. The head of the
family, Clark, vowed to let the whole family spend a particularly fun Christmas. He cut down a Christmas tree, pulled light bulbs outside the house, and invited relatives and friends to his home for vacation.
And all this pile of live treasures squeezed into his house, of course it was a series of jokes...Sure enough, everyone had a crazy Christmas that will never be remembered.
Recommendation reason: : Speaking of the actor, Jivi Chase, nobody knows him anymore. His film may be a little difficult to find now (because it’s almost out of print). The audience who have the opportunity to see it can be well Nostalgia.
Christmas is an old-school thing after all, but why do you spend Christmas happily every year? The answer is also provided in this movie. Sometimes old-school things are the best things.
Even if the Christmas tree burns, the Christmas dinner is ruined, and the Christmas gifts are gone, it's good for the family to get together. This is the true meaning of Christmas. Even without the luxurious decorations, it is good that we have each other.
Charlie Brown's Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas
(1965)
is based on Schultz's "Peanuts Comic", which is one of Wes Anderson's favorite films.
Christmas seemed to be forgotten, which made Charlie Brown unhappy.
Lucy recommended Charlie to be the director of the school's Christmas show. Charlie followed Lucy's suggestion and directed a small Christmas drama. A Christmas story about Nativity, but lost the directorship and ended up looking for Christmas tree props.
didn't want to be very commercial. He just didn't buy a Christmas tree, but picked up the very shabby branches to serve as a "non-green" little Christmas tree that became everyone's laughing stock... Fortunately, the Christmas miracle appeared again.
Recommended reason: : The movie is not only made for children, but also teaches adult audiences the true meaning of Christmas and a happy life.
The Grinch Stole Christmas
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
(2000)
A wicked ghost (played by today’s comedy star Kim Carey) can’t stand the grand celebration of Christmas in the town, and finally decided to disguise and mix in During the festival in the town, take the opportunity to engage in sabotage. On the way to
, he met a little girl named Cindylu, who happened to have a lot of doubts about Christmas, why everyone just buys gifts and eats a big meal without understanding the true meaning of Christmas.
When she decided to go to the bottom and find out why the ghosts hate Christmas so much, she caused an uproar in the town.
Reason for recommendation: : This is the first time the work of Dr. Seuss, the world's most popular children's literature writer, has appeared on the big screen. It is also a Christmas story full of warmth and laughter.
Maybe Christmas is not only about gifts and meals, it also has a deeper meaning: gathering with your favorite relatives and friends is the spirit of Christmas!
Santa Claus
The Santa Clause
(1994)
A divorced father has come to meet his biological son again, but there was an accident this Christmas.
's father found someone climbing on the roof and he was obstructed from going out. Unexpectedly, the man fell to the ground in shock. What's even more incredible is that the man is Santa Claus!
had to replace Santa Claus because he killed him and continue his work as Santa Claus. He and his son were taken to the North Pole by reindeer and entered the elf toy factory to learn how to be a competent Santa Claus...
Recommendation reason : A movie about Christmas adventures was once a dark horse at the box office that year. Because it was more successful, it also had the next two sequels, which is suitable for watching with friends.
Christmas Story
A Christmas Story
(1983)
Childhood is the warmest feeling in the world, and in the Western world of children, Christmas is what they look forward to every year.
9-year-old Ralf Parker thinks that the perfect gift for Christmas is a Redrad BB gun, but everyone thinks it is a very dangerous gift.
So Ralphy came up with all kinds of weird and creative ghost ideas to persuade his parents to satisfy this wish.
For this reason, Ralphi did not hesitate to cooperate with teachers and parentsOpposition to Santa Claus.
Recommendation reason: : The most interesting thing about this film is that it depicts a rich world of children. The various ideas of the little boy always make people laugh. This is definitely a family movie suitable for the whole family to watch together.
What a wonderful life
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946)
The plot of this movie is not too complicated. George has a family that looks perfect, a beautiful wife and four young children, and one inherited from his father. Coming career.
However, the failure of the business led George to commit suicide. The god of
heard the prayers made for him by the crowd, and sent an angel who had not grown wings to help George, and showed him: If George was not born, what would happen.
Recommended reason: : Everyone can use an active lifestyle to influence many people, then his life is meaningful.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas
(1993)
Every ghost in Halloween Town only knows how scary, and Jack the Pumpkin Prince is a very different one. He doesn’t know what Christmas is, and he strayed into Christmas The fantasy tour of Festival City gave him new ideas.
Jack kidnapped the chubby Santa and ordered the guys to start making Christmas gifts.
When Jack was sending out gifts in the artificial deer cart, an anti-aircraft gun was aimed at the poor worm who was kind to do bad things.
Jack Fang, who fell into the arms of the statue of the Virgin, wakes up like a dream: maybe only Santa Claus can make people in Christmas City happy.
Recommended reason: : It is called "Christmas Eve" and "Halloween" is the real theme of the film. Is there any more crazy idea than using Halloween to spend Christmas?
And this film is more profoundly trying to tell us a call story about dreams. The residents of Halloween town are always only suitable for Halloween. Although
's ideals are shattered, this animation does not make us sad, because we have experienced the process of pursuing ideals together with Jack. At the end of the
fairy tale, the prince and princess finally lived happily together, which is also a great comfort.
34 Street Pocahontas
Miracle on 34th Street
(1947)
In the Thanksgiving Parade at Koch Department Store on 34th Street in New York, Chris, who looks like Santa Claus, asked to replace him as Santa Claus.
Chris's kind and kind smile turned him into a living sign of a department store, and adults and children flocked to him. Although the precocious seven-year-old child did not believe in the legend of Santa Claus like his mother, he unknowingly established a wonderful friendship with Chris.
At this time, Chris's fame made Ko's rival Czech department store jealous, so he was framed by the design, so he went to court to charge Chris with insanity.
insists that he is the real Santa Claus, so he bears the expectations of all the adults and children of New Yorkers and faces the court proceedings of "Does Santa Claus really exist?"...
Recommended reason: : The film is warm Being full of positive power is like warming people's hearts at the cold end of the year, making people full of faith and preparing for the coming year.
This is a Christmas movie I want to watch every year, because of the Christmas atmosphere in the United States in the 1940s, because the young Natalie Wood (Natalie Wood) is very alive, because Santa Claus’s smart and heartwarming words, Because every urbanite in the film is so selfish and sophisticated, but also so cute and unburdened to watch.
One theme expressed in the whole film is: only children who believe in Santa Claus will see miracles.
True Love is Supreme
Love Actually
(2003)
This romantic comedy tells 10 different love stories: a young and promising British prime minister, I fell in love with female subordinates at first sight.
A writer abandoned by his girlfriend went to southern Spain to heal but fell in love with a local woman.
is an outdated rock star who does everything possible to return to the stage to retrieve his glory and applause.
A bride who has stepped into the grand palace of marriage has a spark with the best man. The best man faces the choice between love and friendship.
A pair of father and son facing the same emotional problems are struggling...
Recommended reason: : The movie "True Love First" once removed European and American audiences from the painful reality after 9/11, while at the same time telling all the possibilities of romantic love.
The way many people spend Christmas is to revisit "True Love First".
Lonely rich man
Scrooge
(1988)
Frank is a TV producer who only cares about his own interests. In order to increase the rate of return,
did everything he could, even scaring an audience to death.
On Christmas Eve, the boss who had been dead for seven years returned with his rotten body to warn Frank and announced that he would be visited by three uninvited guests, including a taxi driver who took him to visit his old life and future encounters, and led him to share his family With the little fairy in love, a scary monster who plays a ghost on the TV scene.
Under the guidance of these three ghosts, Frank finally understood the true meaning of Christmas.
Recommended reason: : Adapted from Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" with modern background and fantasy elements. Although it is exaggerated, it is worth seeing. More importantly,
reminds people that doing good is the essence of Christmas, and emphasizes the care and warmth that people should have between people.
Christmas bad father-in-law
Bad Santa
(2003)
Billy Bob Thornton plays a Santa Claus named Willie, who is addicted to alcohol and works as a salesperson in a department store.
every Christmas, he will wear a Santa Claus outfit, with a white beard to promote the company's products.
However, Willie's true identity is a thief, and every Christmas is the best time for him and his partner Marcus to make a fortune.
This year is the same as in previous years, but there are some differences. Wiley's whereabouts was suspected by the shrewd security guards, and the manager of the department store became a difficult figure.
made Willie feel mad even more, that an 8-year-old boy stared at him...
Reason for recommendation : This film reflects the story of a prodigal son returning, and a story that re-understands the true meaning of Christmas. . Christmas is open to anyone, as long as you have a kind heart.
The Year Without a Santa Claus
(1974)
This is a classic stop-motion animation from the seventies.
Santa found out that many people have forgotten the meaning of Christmas, so he was very gloomy, so he decided not to do it this year.
The two elves under him, Jingle and Jangle, want their boss to take their lives back, but this is not an easy task, because it is necessary to prove that the Christmas spirit is still alive.
They have to deal with Mother Nature's grumpy sons first, and they are still relying on luck and the help of Mother Nature's notorious brother.
Before Christmas Eve came, the elves restored the original appearance of the Christmas spirit, and let the Christmas comer revoke this decision.
Recommendation reason: : Very cute Sesame Street version of "A Christmas Carol", children will surely be fascinated by the nice and easy to remember music! And this is really one of the movies that is played repeatedly every Christmas!
Die Hard
Die Hard
(1988)
Detective John came from New York to Los Angeles to meet his wife Holly, who had been apart for half a year.
He was invited to a Christmas party on the 30th floor of a building. However, a group of gangsters attacked more than 600 million in the vault of the buildingYuan Gong bond idea.
They sealed off the building and held the people attending the party hostage. McAllen escaped by chance and fought fiercely with the gangsters alone...
Recommended reason: : Why is this movie counted? It’s a story that started with a Christmas party. It’s suitable for those who don’t love Christmas and want to watch action movies. Gentlemen.
Merry Christmas
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