Christmas movies are easy to find these days. There are the classics that you watch every time December rolls around, and there are always new ones being released. It can be hard to narrow it down, so here are the top five Christmas movies you should be sure to watch this holiday season (in no certain order).
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“This is a story about displaced people who build a home from nothing,” The New York Times said. “Their history is the source of their magic, and they use that magic to selflessly improve their community, without needing to assimilate into it. Given our nation’s track record on these subjects, to see such a tale in a children’s movie is quietly extraordinary.”
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The original TV series was filled with plot twists and turns that are attempted in the movie adaptation. However, they just make the movie entirely unrealistic and rushed.
“Red (Taylor’s Version)” is filled with nostalgia for Swift herself and for those who grew up with her and her music. In “State of Grace” she sings, “… this is the golden age of something good and right and real.” That is exactly what this album is for her.
Friendsgiving is a time to be surrounded by your closest friends, relax and just spend time together. It doesn’t have to look perfect or live up to certain expectations.
Free time should not be a privilege. Give students the time to be kids while they still can.
The biopic is about the late Princess Diana and the 1991 Christmas celebration at Sandringham House. Director Pablo Larrain describes it as “a fable from a true tragedy.”
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In the opening song, “Tides,” Ed Sheeran sings that he had been “… too busy trying to chase the high and get the numbers up.” Some of the songs off this album are proof of that statement. Some are not.
I picked four viral TikTok meals, some recent and some older, and made them — with a few of my own tweaks. Each dish was relatively easy to make, and I believe that anyone, regardless of their kitchen skills, could make them.
“Learning the language is not just about the language,” Yuko Prefume, Japanese lecturer, said. “Even through an activity like this, students can learn other important things, like social responsibility and social contributions.”
Music, like all forms of art, is subjective. “Music of the Spheres” is a joyful, thematic and soothing album with a message we could all stand to take to heart.
“I think we so desperately missed it last year, that when we got the opportunity to get to Pigskin again and put this act back on stage, we were just so excited,” Thomas said.
“Once you overcome the 1-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films,” Bong Joon-Ho, the director of “Parasite,” said after winning the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 2020. Most of the world consumes English and adapts to fit where Americans will not. The least we can do is make an effort to experience foreign language films.
Netflix’s new series, “Squid Game,” is a Korean drama that follows Seong Gi-hun, Cho Sang-woo and hundreds of others as they accept a strange invitation to compete in children’s games. Inside awaits a tempting prize with deadly high stakes — a survival game that has a whopping $40 million prize.
Food trucks lined Fountain Mall on Friday for Taste of Waco, a Family Weekend event, which featured local restaurants such as Nightlight Donuts & Coffee, Waco Cha and Xristo’s Cafe.
“It’s just cool that I’m getting to relive it,” New Braunfels sophomore Caul McAuley said. “He’s always told me about how fun being a KOT was and going to Baylor and the experience and connections he made. It’s cool that I’m reliving what he did and was able to accomplish getting into Baylor, getting into KOT and living in the same house.”
Vikas said she believes medicine is moving in a more holistic direction, and she wants to make people aware of the options they have.
“If experience has told us anything in the workplace, it’s told us that businesses that don’t change or evolve simply die,” Dan Hunter, chief editor of Authority Tattoo, said. “It seems that change is coming, and that change is coming from the bottom.”
The idea of “Cinderella” with a modern, feminist twist is a good one, especially today, but the idea was poorly executed in this case.
“We’ve been around for about a year now, and we just want to get more involvement with the community, as well as help people try to find some of our after-school programs that we’re going to have this fall,” founder Gabe Garmelo said.
“They would know that if they have any questions about fitness, wellness, self-care, recovery, all of that, then they can meet the people who are actually in charge of those areas,” assistant director of wellness, fitness and nutrition Van Smith-Davis said.
“I’m very excited to have a live audience. I mean, as theater artists, that’s what we love – we love doing live theater,” Olson said. “Overall, we’re taking as many precautions as we can and we’re really excited to have audiences back live and in person.”
“I didn’t even realize how much we missed until I saw the freshmen come in and saw their Welcome Week as opposed to our day and a half last year,” Gilliam said. “Obviously it doesn’t make up for our freshman year, but it makes us feel special.”
Pi Beta Phi’s annual Howdy event is set to return to its traditional format after changing last year due to COVID-19.