{"id":46999,"date":"2018-12-15T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/25yearslatersite.com\/?p=46999"},"modified":"2023-05-04T01:28:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T05:28:44","slug":"favorites-most-heartwarming-and-tear-jerking-holiday-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvobsessive.com\/2018\/12\/15\/favorites-most-heartwarming-and-tear-jerking-holiday-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorites: Most Heartwarming and Tear-Jerking Holiday Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"
Favorites takes a lighter approach to the material we normally cover. Each week, we will take you through a list of favorites\u2014whether it\u2019s moments, scenes, episodes, characters, lines of dialogue, whatever!\u2014in bite-sized articles perfect for your lunch break, a dull commute, or anywhere you need to take a Moment of Zen. So, sit back and enjoy this week\u2019s offering: Lindsay Stamhuis’s favorite heartwarming\/tear-jerking holiday moments from film and TV.<\/em><\/p>\n Winter is my favourite season. Those long, cold nights produce so many warm feelings—cozy fireside cocoa, snuggling under soft blankets, and the twinkling lights of a Christmas tree or the menorah in the window. These winter holidays mean so much to me, and I’m sure they do for you as well. Here is a list of the most heartfelt and tear-jerking moments from holiday films and TV episodes!<\/p>\n The Family Stone\u00a0<\/em>is one of those modern Christmas films from the mid-00s that people either love or hate. It’s a staple in my Christmas film repertoire, not because it’s full of amazing acting (it isn’t) or because the characters are particularly likable (they really, really\u00a0<\/em>aren’t) but because it reminds me of how desperately dysfunctional our families can be, and how in spite of that there is still so much love to be found. When Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker) delivers her heartfelt gifts to the Stone family on Christmas morning, after we all learn that family matriarch Sybil (Diane Keaton) has had a cancer relapse, there is no way I can keep the tears from flowing…<\/p>\n
\nMeredith’s Gift in\u00a0The Family Stone<\/em><\/h2>\n
Linus’s Speech in\u00a0A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/em><\/h2>\n