Posted on 12/03/2022 1:39:01 AM PST by nickcarraway
The holiday season is always a gift for fans of Christmas movies, as cable channels like Lifetime and Hallmark and streamers such as Netflix and Hulu wrap up dozens of shiny new cinematic baubles for viewers. But some of December's other festivities — including a world-famous Festival of Lights — end up getting the short shrift. The paucity of Hanukkah-themed holiday movies has been much remarked upon in recent years, with both Jews and non-Jews (including Stephen Colbert) agreeing that we need at least eight nights' worth of quality Hanukkah fare.
If anyone can make that happen, it's screen legend Rita Moreno. Although she grew up in a Christmas-celebrating home, the EGOT-winning stage and screen legend married into a Jewish family when she wed New York cardiologist Leonard Gordon in 1965 and has been celebrating both holidays ever since. And as the star of Lifetime's new Christmas movie, Santa Bootcamp, she's in the unique position to get some Hanukkah programming on the network's 2023 slate.
"What a great idea" Moreno tells Yahoo Entertainment with a delighted laugh. "I don't know why we don't have more Hanukkah movies. I think it would be fabulous. We could do a movie about two different families from two different places. Oh, I'm gonna talk to Lifetime about that!"
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
The only one I can think of is Sandler’s 8 Crazy Nights.
I have a channel Hallmark
And it makes movie cheese,
So now that it is Hanukkah
Eight nights of romance seize.
Oh Hallmark Hallmark Hallmark
Melech of movie cheese,
Hallmark Hallmark Hallmark
Let’s light the Hanukkah trees.
There are some funny moments. When our kids were young, we watched every year.
First in with Festivus...
I do like the revolutionary flavor of everything that caused/proceeded the cleansing...
...maybe there is a worthy/relevant message to promote.
Piss on rita moreno.
Don’t know if it’s true but I’ve read that in Israel Hanukkah isn’t considered a major religious holiday. Whether that’s true or not I have no problem with such movies.
Does their retail economy depend on a major shopping frenzy day to make the year successful? You know, like Black Friday in the US.
I’m good with Hanukkah movies, but the music... not exactly uplifting.
Lifetime, per usual, will likely make one of the families gay.
SNL - Hanukkah Harry Saves Christmas
https://www.thechinesequest.com/2013/12/hanukkah-harry-saves-christmas/
Shari Lewis’s Lamp Chops Chanukkah video was a favorite in our house!!
Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets (bad reference to the theater prooduction of Damn Yankees).
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