Thankfully, there are many great alternatives to cheerful Christmas movies available for people who, in fact, don't think It's a Wonderful Life and who don't believe that a Miracle on 34th Street could ever happen. For some people, when all is said and done, Frosty still melts and Christmas is just a sad puddle. Whether one abhors the commercial and materialist trappings of the holiday, is not a Christian, has lost loved ones or hates spending time with them, or simply says "bah humbug," Christmas can be a weird time for many, and the bevy of Hallmark-style Christmas flicks churned out each year only reinforces this. This scene from Christmas, Again perfectly captures the act of watching a particularly sad or dark film: we watch the lonely characters in their own world, playing solitaire with themselves, but we're somehow comforted by the chance to spend some time with them, especially if we ourselves are sad, and even more especially if it's Christmastime.Christmas isn't exclusively cheerful, or perhaps not happy whatsoever. He takes one of the painkillers he has placed in each day of his Advent calendar, shuffles the deck, and proceeds to play the game alone with her beside him, and perhaps they're both a little comforted by being alone together. "I usually play solitaire by myself," the lonely Christmas tree salesman says to a stranger in his trailer red and green lights blink warmly around him while just outside, the city freezes.
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