Special Feature: Our staff picks their favorite holiday flicksIt’s the holiday season and one of our favorite times of the year here at Carolina Advanced Digital, Inc. There’s nothing like cuddling up to a good Christmas flick (or five) on a cold, blustery December night. Even though we’ve seen them a thousand times, there’s always a special feeling when you hear laughter over a Griswold mishap or wonder if there will be enough Christmas spirit for Santa’s sleigh. We asked our staff around the office to pick their favorite holiday movie and here’s what they said!
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Christmas Vacation (1989)“Why? Because it’s just hilarious and I love to laugh!” — Michelle, VP of Business Operations “I used to watch it all the time when I was a kid, and Clark Griswold’s ill-fated attempt to create the perfect family Christmas still cracks me up. Got to be my favorite Christmas movie, followed closely by those yuletide classics A Christmas Story and Die Hard.” — Rob Baxley, Network Engineer |
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A Christmas Story (1983)“It is what Christmas is about.” — Angela Lehman, Government Sales “It’s been a tradition in my family since 1997 to play the entire 24-hour marathon, and you can see scenes from the movie in the background of most of our family photos over the years.” — Julie Allen, Inside Sales Manager |
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Rudolph, the Red Nose Reindeer (1964)“My little sister and I build a fort to watch it together every year!” — Jennifer Cook, Government Sales |
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Christmas with the Kranks (2004)“Every year we would watch that one movie together as a family. Also who doesn’t love Tim Allen?!?!” — Heather Moore, Government Sales |
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Holiday Inn (1942) and Auntie Mame (1958)“This is a struggle and a tie for me. Definitely my two favorites are Holiday Inn and Auntie Mame. Holiday magic oozes from the tele with Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, and the magic of their music and dance in Holiday Inn. But the eccentric and lively character of Auntie Mame and her friends always brings me a smile!” — Jennifer Minella, Vice President of Engineering |
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Die Hard (1988)“You can’t beat Bruce Willis and his classic action movie dialogue.” — Kory Thornberg, Network Engineer & Technical Team Lead |
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Home Alone (1990)“I love the Drifter’s rendition of White Christmas.” — Julie Allen, Inside Sales Manager |
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Elf (2003)“It’s completely silly and my favorite kind of movie. Even as a holiday movie it is a comedy.” — Julie Allen, Inside Sales Manager “Who doesn’t love Will Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel?? This movie will always be special to me. I remembering seeing it Thanksgiving weekend in high school and laughing so hard that my cheeks cramped up. ‘I just like to smile, smiling’s my favorite!'” — Meghan Balfrey, Marketing & Communications Manager |
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Love Actually (2003)“I actually watch this movie year-round! I’m the biggest romantic in the world and this movie has so many depictions of love. I still cry every time I watch it, especially when ‘God Only Knows’ by The Beach Boys plays at the end. My favorite story lines are probably the ones with Hugh Grant and Colin Firth.” — Meghan Balfrey, Marketing & Communications Manager |
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Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)“I love all of the mischievous things the Grinch does and it reminds me of being home for Christmas and waking up in the morning with my sisters. Plus, baby Grinch looks like my dog, Linny.” — Bre Coleman, Sales Specialist
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Pictures courtesy of imbd.com and Bre Coleman.
