Many Netflix users had to scratch those plans to gather around the laptop for "It's aWonderful Life, " "A Christmas Story" or "Santa's Slay" (the 2005 classic starring former wrestler Bill Goldberg as a deranged Santa demon).
It was awonderful and strange little Christmas party, with us speaking no Dutch and the nuns speaking no English, except for the tiny bit Mother Superior knew.
Coming in at number three on the list of computer animation is Arthur Christmas, a recent seasonal film that has some simply wonderful animation and lots of smart humor.
But of all my wonderful memories, a single encounter with a monk offering to share an umbrella on a cold Christmas Eve remains the single most formative experience of my life.