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It's almost that time of the year again, which means guess what
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Christmas music season. And that means you get to listen to Christmas music over and over and over again
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And with Christmas music comes Christmas movies. We all have our favorite Christmas movies that we watch every year around the Christmas season
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In this episode of The Five, we go over some of our favorite black Christmas movies
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Hi, my name is Jarrod and welcome to The Five where we share 5 interesting things in black
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culture and society in every episode. Don't forget to subscribe and hit that bell so you can get notified when we release new videos
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Obviously there are more than 5 black Christmas movies, but because this show is called The
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Five we have to stick to our favorite 5 If you want a longer list check out our link below to our list of 17 black Christmas movies down in the description box In no particular order let start out with one of my favorites of The Wiz Motown
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meets the Wizard of Oz in this musical that stars Diana Ross, Michael Jackson
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and Richard Pryor. Dorothy is whisked away into a fantasy land and goes on
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search of The Wiz in order to return to Manhattan. The Wiz was not a critical or
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or box office success when it was released, but it evolved into a cult classic
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that's widely watched in black households around the holidays. Number two, Last Holiday
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Queen Latifah stars in this absolute classic as an introverted saleswoman who gets diagnosed
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with a terminal illness. The heartbreaking news sets her free to withdraw her life savings and fly to Europe to do everything she ever wanted to do Queen Latifah is absolutely delightful in this movie And LL Cool J also stars as her love interest
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Go watch this one. Number three, Almost Christmas
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Almost Christmas is about a dysfunctional family that comes together to celebrate Christmas
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for the first time since their mother's death. And, as expected, the time they spend together is filled with a lot of drama and comedy
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It stars Kimberly Ellis, Monique Gabrielle Union, Carrie Hilson, Danny Glover, Omar Epps, and many more
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Number 4, Friday After Next. Let the hilarity begin with a twist of the holidays
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Craig and Day Day are back in the old neighborhood. Santa Claus breaks into their run apartment stealing all their presents and rent money In hopes of avoiding eviction they take up security guard jobs at the local strip mall All type of shenanigans ensue after
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And number five, The Preacher's Wife. The only reason you need to watch this movie
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is the fact that Denzel and Whitney star in it. But if you need more reasons
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then know that this is such a great holiday movie to watch with the whole family
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Denzel stars as an angel sent down to help a good reverend get his focus back
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but the angel himself gets distracted by the reverend's charming wife. The soundtrack is also incredible
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We may not have covered all of your favorite Christmas movies in this list
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but let us know in the comments which movies you love watching around the holidays
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That's it for this episode of The Five. We'll be back with another episode in Black culture and society
