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There’s only one day left until Christmas, and ’tis the season for curling up with a cozy blanket, sipping hot chocolate, and enjoying a yearly viewing of your favourite holiday films.
Many people have made an annual tradition of watching these films; some go for the sentimental classics (come on, Christmas Eve viewing of “A Christmas Carol“!), while others gravitate towards the “so bad it’s good” category, seeking out the worst of the worst holiday films so they can enjoy a good laugh instead of a good cry.
Now that we’re on the topic of “so bad it’s good” films, let me start by saying that taste in movies, as well as most other things in life, is subjective. And I am well aware that I fall into that rare category of weirdos people who think that a lot of the “so bad they’re good” films are actually just legitimately GOOD. “Evil Dead“, “They Live”, “Hell Comes to Frogtown”, “Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow”, “Werewolves on Wheels”….. subjectively most people think these movies are terrible.
I do not.
To me, these are cult classics and deserve to be treated with respect.
So when I spotted a film titled, “Santa Claus vs the Devil”, and it was from 1959, I mean……
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