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WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1989) Wednesday, December 17 | 1:30 pm & 6:30 pm Cast: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship. MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947) Friday, December 19 | 1:30 pm Saturday, December 20 | 6:30 pm Sunday, December 21 | 6:30 pm Cast: Natalie Wood, Maureen O’Hara After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy’s, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he’s not mistaken. THE OUT OF TOWNERS (1970) Saturday, December 20 | 1:30 pm Cast: Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis Ohio sales executive George Kellerman accepts a higher position within the company and travels to New York City with his wife Gwen for his job interview. But things start badly and only grow worse in Neil Simon’s dark urban comedy. ELF (2003) Sunday, December 21 | 1:30 pm & 4:00 pm Cast: Will Ferrell, James Caan Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn’t know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit. ONE CHRISTMAS (1994) Tuesday, December 23 | 1:30 pm & 6:30 pm Cast: Katherine Hepburn, Henry Winkler A young man is sent to visit his estranged father for Christmas in 1930 in New Orleans. Based on an autobiograhical short story by Truman Capote. IT’S AWONDERFUL LIFE (1946) Wednesday, December 24 | 1:30 pm & 6:30 pm Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman see the value of his own life. HOLIDAY INN (1942) Friday, December 26 | 1:30 pm Saturday, December 27 | 6:30 pm Sunday, December 28 | 6:30 pm Cast: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer. THE HOLIDAY (2006) Saturday, December 27 | 1:30 pm Cast: Kate Winslett, Jack Black, Jude Law Amanda lives in LA and is a movie trailer editor. Iris lives in Surrey and is a journalist. The two decide to swap houses for two weeks at Christmas - both trying to forget their troubled love lives, until love finds them anyways. THE NATIVITY STORY (2006) Sunday, December 28 | 1:30 pm & 4:00 pm Cast: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac A drama that focuses on the period in Mary and Joseph’s life where they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus. ELVIS (2022) Tuesday, December 30 | 1:30 pm & 6:30 pm Cast: Tom Hanks, Austin Butler The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker. FORREST GUMP (1994) Wednesday, December 31 | 1:30 pm & 6:30 pm Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Sally Field The history of the United States from the 1950s to the ‘70s unfolds from the perspective of anAlabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart. The Pinecone | December 2025 • 11 •