Best holiday classics you should be sure to watch this winter

Emily Brey • December 4, 2015

We all know that the Christmas season is all about traditions and spending time with the family. One of the internationally favorite ways to celebrate this holiday and share memories between those you love, is by watching the good old classic Christmas movies.

Photo provided by How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Producer, Ron Howard, unquestionably made one of the all time famous and most loved films ever produced. The worldwide known author Dr. Seuss, wrote the original story the movie was based on, which was released on November 17, 2000. This film starring Jim Carrey and Taylor Momsen and many more, swept the country in terms of being one of the best classic Christmas movies ever made. The family-friendly, and powerful story behind the film showcases just exactly what the Christmas spirit is. Over winter break, if you don’t have plans on a Friday night, go get under some blankets, pop some popcorn, and watch “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” it is a must and will not disappoint.

Photo provided by Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Productions

“Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” is undoubtedly the headline movie for the holiday of Christmas around the world. This beautiful film is about a reindeer that is excluded from his friends and teams up with an elf named Hermey. The two get lost on the island of misfit toys and meet Santa providing homes to all the misfit toys and landing Rudolph the front spot on Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve. It is one of most respected, and adored movies of all time. This is a must see over winter break, invite some friends or relax with some family and put this classic on and your Christmas will be complete!

Photo provided by The Polar Express Productions

The last movie I’m going to suggest to you is “The Polar Express”. This is easily one of the all-around, best classics the holiday has to offer. Tom Hanks, Oscar award winner and nominee, is the staring face of the Christmas spirit in the film and in the eyes of millions of children around the world. Released in 2004, this film has made segway in the charts as one of the most internationally watched and enjoyed movies of the winter season.

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Clearly, this time of the year is perfect for watching these great, old school golden films. Rather it’s within the next week or two nights away from waking up on Christmas day, you’ll never waste time watching these three movies. Get into the holiday spirit and share your joy and love with all of your closest friends and family by sitting down and spending a couple nights watching these amazing classics.

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Emily Brey, Sports Editor

Emily Brey is a senior at Fossil Ridge High School who is in her third year on the Etched In Stone staff and is Co-Editor of the Sports BEAT. Emily plays varsity soccer for Fossil and also plays for Arsenal Colorado on the ‘00 Academy team. She is committed to play soccer at Colorado State University - Pueblo and plans to study business and law in college. After attending CSUP, she hopes to attend CU where she will go for her MBA.

Between taking on a full schedule and all of her extracurricular commitments, Emily is a very busy bee this year. Emily is serving as Vice President of FBLA here at Fossil, and is a member of Key Club and NTHS (National Technical Honor Society). She is an ambitious young lady whose reliability, organization, and work ethic has helped her achieve many goals in her time thus far at Fossil Ridge. She is a huge fan of Lana Del Rey and the bands, All Time Low, SWMRS, Waterparks, and The Wrecks. She enjoys spending time outside and organizing things, which relaxes her. When she isn’t covering a story or playing soccer, Emily enjoys being a homebody and watching movies.

The friendly, family-like environment that the journalism program at Fossil encompasses has been something she has valued since freshman year. She would love to be able to continue journalistic work after high school. Emily looks forward to leading the Journalism 1 writers, no matter if that’s in journalism or just life in general. Plus, she hopes to inspire the younger writers to report on other topics besides sports, just because that’s something that she wishes she would’ve done the past two years. Her main goal for the year in journalism is to get better with her coverage, especially with using multiple media platforms. Emily wants to try and expand from her comfort zone of sports writing, hoping to experience writing different journalistic topics.