Sad that my dc aren't interested in any Christmas films

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Ds1 especially just wants to play XBox, watch the Simpsons or police interceptors.

Is not and has never been interested in The Snowman, any Christmas films, Christmas songs.

When I was a child it was those things that made Christmas. I had it all planned, I'm recording all the films. He's just smiled and said "I don't want to watch any Christmas films".

Are anyone else's dc like this?

I think there's so much more to choose from now than when we were young and you looked forward to a big film coming on the TV. Kids are used to going on the iPad/watching Netflix and choosing whatever they want to see. I limit time on the iPad and make them sit down and watch films with me sometimes! They always enjoy it when we settle down. Must dig out my DVD of the Snowman .

My DD won’t watch any film except Trolls or Cars. We’ve been to the cinema once to see Cars 3 and she won’t entertain the idea of seeing anything else I’m a bit gutted really and hope my second DD has more enthusiasm!

Trying to get my DS to watch anything other than Cars or bloody Andy and his dinosaur adventures is an absolute impossibility. You are not alone!

You're so right, times have changed with tv on demand now and YouTube etc, there's no excitement for the regular tv schedule.

Mine didn't get a choice last night. They were told that they could watch a Christmas movie with me or they could go to bed. No other screens. They chose the movie (and enjoyed it even though they would probably prefer to just watch the Simpsons again and again)

My teen DSs flat out refuse to even consider watching any kind of film with us.

Mind you I couldn't sit through a film at their age either.

But I do miss the idea of sitting round a great Christmassy film, all the family, like when I was a kid. It's just on tap now and they prefer all those Scandi murder series which I won't watch.

Snap! My two boys are nearing 5 and 8 and they still refuse to sit down and watch a film, even at Christmas.

We have to limit YouTube and iPad time as really think they have affected their attention spans when it comes to watching things.

It's such a shame as I was so excited to snuggle down and watch some Christmas classics Have told ds1 that he's missing out on an education and he won't be able to join in conversations when he's older as he'll be the only one not to have seen all the classics.

Really pisses me off! Watching a film when I was a kid was a treat!

We limit games/YouTube time too as we can see it affects their concentration.
I made the dc watch Polar Express the other night. They did complain but like Bluebell, their other choice was bed so they watched it and enjoyed it!
Trying to think which film to force them to enjoy tonight.

The thing is it was a great when we were young, you had to watch whatever films were on the actual 4 TV channels. Everyone watched the same so you’d talk about it the next day.
These days it’s all on demand. I went through the radio times (only time of year we get it) ready to circle stuff but there wasn’t much, looking through the films it was ‘seen it’ or ‘it’s on Netflix/now tv’ etc so there wasn’t anything that I was ooh we need to watch that.

We watched Christmas chronicle on Netflix, both the boys refused to watch it but me and DD did and she said it was brill and we will watch it every year now.

The past 2 nights we have enforced ‘family time’ no electronics, we’ve picked a film and the kids can read if they don’t want to watch but they have to sit with us.
Last night was Men in Black and the night before was Flight Of the Navigator.

I've told ds that after lunch once we've done last few jobs/visiting family there's no Xbox and we're having enforced family time.

Chocolates will be opened and a film will be put on.

How old is your ds OP?

We also do the "watch a film or go to bed" thing. Ds1 (8) actually enjoyed watching some of the new Watership Down last night whilst the younger one played Lego.

To be honest I think we all look back at what we did as kids with slightly fonder memories than it deserves. I know I do . Tv was shite when I was growing up, Christmas tv was only slightly better - I offer you the two Ronnies! I would have rather played with my friends, read non Christmas books, listened to music than cuddled down with my family to watch a film. I find most of them especially the Snowman maudlin at the best of times. Doesn't mean I didn't love my family or love Christmas but enforced family fun activities suck the joy out of most children no matter what age they are. I still shudder at the mention of board games and I'm in my 40s.

Playstation has been tidied away for today and tomorrow. Two fortnite addicts here. There will be forced festivity here until they realise that resistance is futile. Mine are a bit younger than yours though.

I force my family to watch ELF every year. There are groans and moans. All devices are turned off and I make popcorn. They all secretly love it and its a family tradotion now. Last night we watched Nativity too, I may try to.elbow that one in every year too in the run up. As much as I would love them to watch 'its a wonderful life' or 'White Christmas' I know my limits. Have you suggested a 'this is what is happening we are watching xxxxxxx tonight' and make it a mini event with snacks and drinks etc.

Kc, I bully my teens into watching Elf with me

I get the feeling that all this family Christmas film watching I see on Instagram and Facebook has less to do with watching and enjoying the film as a family, and more to do with creating the "moment" shot of snuggling up in festive Pyjamas with outrageously bespoke Hot Chocolate concoctions surrounded by what could be the set of this years Christmas New Release . It's all a bit forced #Hygge.

We regularly watch films at home and go to the cinema with 15 year old DD. She loves Christmas films (especially Its A Wonderful Life), Sci-fi, 80s films etc. She must be strange!!

Have you tried Christmas movies that aren't so christmasy. National Lampoon Christmas vacation, life is beautiful, home alone etc? I'm not always a big fan of the grinch, Santa Claus and the like, I have to be in the mood for them, but movies where Christmas is just sorta the backdrop to a bigger story I can always watch.

Most Christmas films are garbage imo. Just put on something everyone will be at least mildly interested in if you want to spend family time watching something. If children don't like watching films any other time of year they are hardly going to enjoy it because its Christmas.
We used to have family film night once a week but as they got older and did more activities it dwindled considerably. Now we are lucky if we get family sun sea and suspicious parents type family veiwing

Home Alone is the one I want to watch. Maybe the Jim Carey version of a Christmas Carol.

I genuinely do like Christmas tv and really did as a child, love the snowman. As I child I liked looking through the TV guide planning my programmes at Christmas time.

If the dc won't watch them with me I'll have to do it when they're in bed.

I'm a bit old fashioned though that I still like watching regular tv.

I hate this enforced "we will all sit down as a family and you will enjoy the movie" ethos. Personally, I would rather pull my own fingernails out than watch Elf, or Home Alone, or any other such cheesy, twee shite. Urgh.

Children are allowed opinions too. We might catch a movie together over the next week but it most definitely won't be a "Christmas movie".

I hear you. It's the change in TV dynamics. We have Netflix and it's so instant.

However Netflix goes off in this house before Christmas. I buy the radio times and 7yo sits and circles all the good stuff. You can tell that old habits die hard because they naturally want to gravitate to Netflix but they do very much enjoy the normal festive stuff once they get into it. They laughed their way through cbeebies panto this morning!

I'm kind of amused that when I was a kid it was all 'Kids watch too much TV (including films)'. Now it's all My kids won't watch a film.' it wasn't really something we did when I was a kid so I have never seen most films

I know that if I let my kids choose what they want to do, the choice will always be Xbox without fail.
Sometimes they need to be ‘forced’ to do things. They need to go out, visit relatives and yes, watch a film. They almost always end up enjoying themselves.
I would never force them to do things that they would genuinely hate. Apart from chores and homework. No choice there.

I don't like Xmas films either