Show Notes:
Is Buddy the Elf a Christ figure? What are the best Christmas Carol adaptations? Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? And what do our favorite holiday films actually teach us about hope, belonging, and the meaning of Christmas?
In this episode, we dive into beloved Christmas movies, including Elf, Home Alone, It’s a Wonderful Life, and more. Along with some surprising picks for the Christmas season. We explore how these stories shape our understanding of the holidays. Through our theological lens, we ask where these films echo the true Christmas story, where they drift, and how they reveal our deep longing for identity, redemption, and joy.
Rather than rejecting Christmas movies or baptizing them as gospel, we talk about how Christians can watch them with discernment—receiving what is good, naming what is broken, and using them as opportunities to point back to Christ with our neighbors and loved ones.
Watch with joy. Discern with wisdom. And let every story point you to the true gift of Christmas—Christ for you.
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