Tangential Holiday Movies
Inspired by a thread my sister started on Facebook (whether she meant it to go in this direction or not is beside the point), I started wondering about movies that happen during the holidays where the holidays themselves are tangential to the plot (the action genre — and Home Alone for that matter — has been covered elsewhere).
I can think of several off the top of my head:
- Metropolitan is set during the holiday break from college.
- Desk Set has a Christmas party — and everybody getting fired for Christmas when the new computer goes haywire — but isn’t so much about Christmas.
- The Apartment establishes the pattern of events before the main plotline starts on Christmas Eve.
- When Harry Met Sally plays out over several holidays (the Christmas tree shopping, the big NYE climax) but it’s not really about them.
What other movies can you think of where the holidays are tangential to the plot?
