Question: What are you watching this holiday season? What do you recommend?
Sam
I’m looking forward to watching something old. The Hogfather is a longstanding family viewing tradition. Might just be me this year. Doesn’t matter. I’ll still watch it.
I’m also looking forward to watching something new, the Christmas episode of Pluribus. Again, it might just be me but I’m excited about watching it.
Elan
I finished watching Netflix’s Physical Asia (after two seasons of Physical 100). For FIFIs, there’s lots to enjoy watching, such as the incredibly strong women, how the cast navigates cultural and linguistic diversity, and some impressive teamwork. The breakout Mongolian team was fun to cheer for. There’s also lots to snark about, like the show’s repeated goal to “find the perfect physique,” the way Australians are considered Asians, and the gendered biases that creep in here and there. Overall, fun to watch.
Nat
Come See Me in the Good Light.
It’s a beautiful story that says yes to life. You don’t need to be dying to decide to embrace the beauty in every moment. On AppleTV.
Chief of War is a historical drama set in post colonial contact Hawaii. Amazing cinematography. Strong female characters. A wonderful diversity of beautiful people telling compelling stories. On AppleTV.
For silliness within Dungeons & Dragons worlds Vox Machina and The Mighty Nein. Not for children! Cussing! Sex! Gore! And much mischief and mayhem. On Prime in Canada.
Catherine
I am watching Heated Rivalry, a romantic and sexy Canadian series about love and sex among fictional professional hockey players, based on the Game Changers book series by Rachel Reid. If you haven’t heard about it, your phone must be broken. I saw Miracle on 34th Street for the first time, and Elf for the 4th or 5th time. And because it’s both good and good for me, have been viewing Ken Burns series The American Revolution, which updates, corrects and clarifies North American history in some very necessary ways.
Diane
I’m a sucker for weird Christmas musicals. All that dancing is good for cardio, and singing along is great for my mental health.
Anna and the Apocalypse gets played at least once. It has wonderful upbeat musical numbers while zombies attack a high school in Scotland at Christmas. I usually dig out Mrs. Santa Claus, a hard-to-find made-for-TV musical starring Angela Lansbury. My new find this year is year is Yippee Kay-Yay, a musical parody of Die Hard, done as a stage play so the scenes of climbing to the roof of that skyscraper are…something.
Christine
We’re watching the second season of ‘Man on the Inside’ with Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, some older seasons of ‘Taskmaster’, and the current season of ‘Make Some Noise’ on Dropout.
We usually watch Elf a few times in December and we also seek out Xmas episodes of some favourite shows – New Girl, Community, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
Martha
We just watched the third Knives Out and it is great. I may re watch KO1 and KO2 after Christmas. My current movie interest is in comedies — light hearted adventures. I really enjoyed the reboot of Jane Austen’s Persuasion During the fall and winter I watch a lot of mysteries and thrillers — Dept Q was captivating but grim. The holidays are about light and connection so I want to see that on the screen.
Nicole
I’m in love with Pluribus/Rhea Seehorn.
Death by Lightning was very good.
