What Will The Rest of Europe Be Watching on TV Over Christmas?

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Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

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5.9 OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES

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RTE Brainstorm, updated / Sunday, 19 Dec 2021 14:41.

Abstract

For many of us, the Christmas movie, or annual TV special, is as much a staple of the season as the turkey. The Irish TV schedules will carry the usual selection of favourites from a variety of genres, such as It's a Wonderful Life, Home Alone, Love Actually and Die Hard among others. These films and such home-grown television specials, such as Mrs Brown's Boys, draw Irish families and their chocolates, onto the sofa, in a pleasurable ritual of sameness and welcome predictability. Despite changes in how we view TV, the shared experience of cross-generational household television viewing at Christmas time remains significant.

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