(SOMETIMES NONTRADITIONAL or LONG FORGOTTEN) CHRISTMAS MOVIE COUNTDOWN: #8
Meet Me in St. Louis: If you like movies that harken back to simpler times you can’t do better than Meet Me in St. Louis! But is it a Christmas movie? How does Judy Garland singing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” grab you? (Channeling my best SNL Stefon, it’s got Christmas, it’s got the World’s Fair, it’s got trolleys and a special trolley song, it’s got long distance relationships, and it’s got romance up the wazoo.)
“Meet Me in St. Louis is a classic MGM romantic musical comedy that focuses on four sisters (one of whom is the nonpareil Judy Garland) on the cusp of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. The film spotlights the sisters’ education in the ways of the world, which includes, but isn’t limited to, learning about life and love, courtesy of the prototypical boy next door. In the end, love — accompanied by song, dance and period costumes, all in glorious Technicolor — conquers all.”
Countdown movies so far:
#23 Fat Man
#22 Love Hard
#21 Gremlins
#20 Mixed Nuts
#19 Miracle on 34th St.
#18 Trading Places
#17 Serendipity
#16 The Apartment
#15 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
#14 The Holiday
#13 The Holdovers
#12 A Charlie Brown Christmas
#11 The Princess Bride
#10 It’s a Wonderful Life
#9 Here 2024
#8 Meet Me In St. Louis
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