Christmas on Chestnut Street: A department store decides to have a 'Holiday Lights' contest. The winner gets a shopping spree. Neighbors try to outdo each other -- The Bigger The Better. Sub plot of a romance developing. In the end, people realize the true meaning of the holiday's (Hanukkah is not left out of this movie -- bravo).
A Tyler Perry's Madea's Christmas: Tyler Perry started out producing plays. This was one of them. A bourgeois black family plans for their Christmas celebration. They 'require' their maid to work on Christmas day, so she is unable to spend it with her family. The daughter of the bourgeois family thought it would be nice to invite the maid's family over to their house for Christmas. Little did they know that this includes Madea. Lots of laughs and lots of soulful singing. And as always, this makes you think, as Tyler Perry is so masterful at doing.
Crazy For Christmas: A wealthy man is chauffeured around by his daughter who he never met. She doesn't know who he is and finds his behavior eccentric, however, she is a single mother and really needs the money. Eventually she finds out that this man is her father and the story takes an interesting twist.
Christmas Unwrapped: This was a non-fiction film that highlights how Christmas has changed over the years. Interviewing older and younger people about what is special about Christmas for them. It also gave ideas on how to make the holiday more memorable for your family while keeping it simple and to remind us what the holiday is truly about.
New Year's Eve: An all star cast. The lives of several New Yorker's on New Years Eve. The stress, the loneliness, the absurdity.
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