This is the time of year when I like nothing better than settling down with my family to watch movies, all piled up on the couch with warm blankets and hot popcorn. It's been a custom that in the days leading up to Christmas, each family member gets a day to choose a movie that we'll all watch together. 
It's always interesting to see what movie each family member picks. My personal favorite is "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and my husband will choose "The Year Without a Santa Claus" every time. Of course, we both love "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" but that one is not yet appropriate for whole-family viewing. The kids' favorite movies change from year to year.
Our Christmas movie collection also includes such favorites as "A Christmas Story" and "It's a Wonderful Life," as well as the Veggie Tales Christmas specials and "The Polar Express." And I'm just waiting for one of my "made-for-TV" favorites to make it to DVD: "A Christmas List," in which a woman writes her letter to Santa and deposits it in a department store's Santa mailbox, only to find that her Christmas dreams start to come true.
Not actually a Christmas movie but a warm, family-friendly story, we also enjoy "Last Holiday" with Queen Latifah. In this movie, a young woman who has carefully saved her money and made scrapbooks showing her dream vacation (and dream husband) learns that she only has a few weeks to live, so she decides to make her dreams a reality.
Of course, it's fun to look for some new movies too--whether to purchase or rent. I wonder what movies my kids will wish for this year?
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I love your tradition. I might steal it. My kids aren't old enough to watch movies yet, (2 and 9 months). So for now I just try to watch a Christmas movie every night leading up to Christmas.