I’m currently writing this in a food coma after my third plate, but that’s how you properly celebrate Thanksgiving. My family doesn’t watch a lot of football, but we were scrolling through the TV trying to find a movie to help us relax and digest our turkey. All of the Hallmark-esque channels were playing Christmas-themed movies, and I’m not going to complain. I love the comedies, the dramas, and pretty much everything in-between when it comes to Christmas movies.
However, for as much as my family and I love Christmas, we also love Thanksgiving. We were trying to find a timely movie to celebrate the appropriate holiday, but there were no Thanksgiving-themed movies on. Then again, there aren’t that many movies that revolve around the holiday. Some may take place during the season or reference a Thanksgiving meal, but not in the same way that Christmas movies are produced.
Outside of Fantastic Mr. Fox or A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, the closest option my family would watch would be Free Birds, just because my cousins would want to watch cartoons. Yes, there is a pilgrim-themed horror movie out right now, but that’s not my style at all. I know the options are limited and I know it’s because Thanksgiving has always been overlooked (department stores will have their trees out in October if they can get away with it), but I just wish more people in Hollywood took time to appreciate an important holiday in American history.
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