by Zachary Brey 

Modern Christmas movies have gone to trash. It’s all the same plot over and over again. Here let me give you an example. Let’s make our “own” story. Sarah will be our stand in character. Sarah is a single woman living in a small town working in the big city. Sarah’s mother is always complaining about Sarah being alone on Christmas. Sarah says she is content with being alone, although deep down inside she is not. Insert some subplot about her friend that is unnamed, but a comedic relief.  Blah, blah, blah, skip some important baloney. Boom, the end of the movie resolves with Sarah with the love of her life, as her unnamed friend is there to watch the enjoyment.

At the end of the day, it is too cliché. If you read that story and went, “huh, sounds like one I know.” Yeah,  it’s probably because it is. Modern movies rely on the same cookie cutter (pun intended) plots. It’s all the same nowadays. Honestly if you want to see it in a more visual perspective, we’ve hit a plateau on Christmas movies. We’re not improving their style, or not changing it up, they are being made as cash grabs. If you want a change maybe make a plot yourself that involves Christmas becoming a complete disaster, but the main characters work it through or something. Like the tree lights on fire and grandma dies, and the turkey was over cooked. But the main characters see that it is not the materialistic things that make Christmas, well Christmas, but the fact they are all celebrating it all together. And with high confidence I can tell you that’s probably a plot already for a movie. How about this, STOP making Christmas movies.