{"id":20556,"date":"2017-12-24T13:04:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T19:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/?p=20556"},"modified":"2017-12-24T19:15:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-25T01:15:35","slug":"holiday-classics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/2017\/12\/24\/holiday-classics\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Classics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winter break would not be complete without the jovial spirit brought by Christmas movies.  After all, what better way to spend a subzero evening than to cozy up with a cup of hot chocolate and your favorite holiday film? Contrary to the popular image of a perfect holiday, Christmas movies tend to cover a wide variety of topics, such as suspicious mall Santas or suspenseful rescue missions in terrorist zones, for a diverse array of movie watchers. How many of these classic films do you recognize below?<\/span><\/p>\n

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Kris Kringle replaces a drunken Santa at Macy\u2019<\/span>s. His firm assertion that he is the legitimate Santa Claus leads his employer to question his mental state.<\/p>\n

It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) <\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

A suicidal business man wishes that he never existed, and his guardian angel is tasked to assist him.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Christmas Story (1983)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Despite multiple warnings that he would \u201cshoot his eyes out,\u201d young Ralphie Parker aims to convince his parents that a 200-shot Range Model air rifle is the perfect Christmas present. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Shop Around the Corner<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Gift-shop clerk Alfred Kralik and shopgirl Klara Nova hate each other upon first sight, but they are enamored of their anonymous pen pals. Guess who? <\/span><\/p>\n

Die Hard<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The action-packed, thrilling movie of \u201cDie Hard\u201d is not your typical Christmas movie, but the same themes of heroism shine through. New York man must rescue his wife from terrorists who have taken over a prominent high-rise building. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Winter break would not be complete without the jovial spirit brought by Christmas movies.  After all, what better way to spend a subzero evening than…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":374,"featured_media":20564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2620,1021],"tags":[1437],"coauthors":[2749],"class_list":["post-20556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-articles","category-lifestyle","tag-holiday"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/374"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20556"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20751,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20556\/revisions\/20751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20556"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=20556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}