Is there anything better than a piping hot cup of cocoa and a cozy holiday movie? Whether you’ve been watching the Hallmark channel since Halloween or have a strict after-Thanksgiving rule for Christmas content, there is something particularly festive about a holiday film. Since everyone knows there’s no place like home for the holidays, we thought we’d round up a list of movies filmed and set in Alabama. These four holiday favorites are guaranteed to bring holiday cheer to your living room. Grab your popcorn and happy watching!
Just In Time For The Holidays
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Ayanna Shon is the director of Just In Time For The Holidays, which was filmed in Birmingham. Ayanna is a Birmingham native herself and the owner of CBA Film Studios. Just In Time For The Holidays is a heartwarming flick that tells the story of Allen, a widowed and recently divorced father of three. In addition to parenting three children, Allen attempts to juggle his career as a lawyer, his divorce, his grief over his first wife, and the hustle and bustle of the holiday season.
Over the course of the movie, Allen receives some unexpected help he desperately needs but doesn’t know how to ask for. Keep the tissues ready as you watch this family come together and heal in time for Christmas.
One Christmas
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One Christmas is the definition of an “oldie but a goodie.” This nostalgic film is based on a short story by Truman Capote. It was released in 1994 but is set in 1930. The story follows an eight-year-old boy named Buddy who lives in rural Alabama. Buddy lives a charmed, simple Alabama life until he goes to New Orleans to be with his father for the holidays. His father is a con artist, and Buddy struggles to connect with him as he is consumed with scheming. As Christmas draws closer, Buddy and his father start to soften and move toward becoming a family.
Fun fact: this movie was Katherine Hepburn’s final film!
A Madea Christmas
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No one does holiday comedy like Madea! In her Christmas debut, Tyler Perry’s beloved Madea travels with her niece Eileen to the fictional town of Bucktussle, Alabama. Eileen wants to visit her daughter Lacey for the holidays, but Lacey and her family have their hands full. Lacey has not told her mother she has gotten married, and the school Lacey teaches at has no money for the annual Christmas Jubilee. Once Madea and Eileen make their way to Alabama, chaos ensues as family dynamics meet holiday stress. The result is a hilarious, heartwarming holiday movie we could watch again and again.
Almost Christmas
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Filmed in Birmingham, Almost Christmas is a family “dramedy” that will have you in tears — from laughing and crying! As the Meyers family gathers to celebrate the first Christmas since their mother passed away, their father isn’t sure his dysfunctional family will make it through the holidays.
He invites his four adult children and other family members to spend the week with him in their childhood home, but as the week goes on, he starts wondering if growing up means growing apart — especially without his wife there to bring everyone together. He contemplates selling the house, and struggles to share this with his family. As the days go on and the children are faced with losing their family home, walls slowly start to come down as the family unites to save the house and celebrate Christmas.
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