The Holdovers and cherries jubilee

It's time for Christmas movies

My ideal weather is low 30s, hazy skies, mostly dry, the day before a snowstorm when the vapor chill hasn’t set in, so I’m not entirely in my element come December, or a particularly festive mood, thanks to the environmental shifts and the continuing climate crisis that have forestalled any chance of a white Christmas. The family tradition is watching Bad Santa, and if the overabundance of sugar cookies hasn’t gotten me in the festive spirit by then, Billy Bob Thornton’s Bukowsking surely will.

I’ll keep this short. Here are a a few “Christmas movies,” in setting only, to watch at home as alternate programming. If you’re going to the theaters, bliss out on Michael Mann’s Ferrari obviously. Happy holidays. I’ll be back next week with the best movies of the year.