Bernstein Family Christmas Movie Page

(Last change to this page: December 2, 2017)

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The Christmas Movie Tradition (Past and Future)

Since nineteen aught and 77, the Bernstein family have collectively chosen a movie to see the day of Christmas Eve. Sometime around 1985, they went national: various members of the clan scattered to far-flung cities, and agreed to continue the tradition by all seeing the same movie even if in different locations. This tradition allows them to do something together as a family and, perhaps more importantly, provides an opportunity to argue, politick, lobby, and otherwise engage in lively debate. At the first Official Christmas Movie Rules Convention (held in Phoenix in 1995), after lengthy debate, all members came to the conclusion that no rules of any sort could be agreed upon. Nonetheless, the tradition continues.

To the best of recollection, research, conjecture, and makin' it up as one goes along, here is the Definitive List of Bernstein Family Xmas Movies:

1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1978
California Suite

1979
...And Justice For All

1980
Star Trek: the Motion Picture

1981
Reds

1982
The Verdict

1983
To Be Or Not To Be

1984
The Natural

1985
Clue

1986
'Crocodile' Dundee

1987
[no movie]