Schools out, buildings are closed. You can’t even hang out on campus if you want to, although it’s currently the best place to see a Hunger Games style all-out snow brawl. So sprawl out on your couch and let yourself enter a snow daze with some #snowday Netflix entertainment.
Love Actually– Follow ten vignettes about all kinds of love in one of the best modern Christmas comedies. It’s witty, sharp, touching and most importantly, British.
Kung Fu Panda: Holiday– Don’t hold me to this being a quality film, but Jack Black did indeed agree to voice Po once again, so who knows. I’m sure you will enjoy it if you watch it while sipping on some hot cocoa with Peppermint Schnapps.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind– This mind-bending movie is about a guy who chooses to have his entire memory of a girl erased from his mind. It’s not really a holiday movie, but it has some beautiful shots of Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet lying in the snow.
Happy People: A Year In The Taiga– Curl up with a documentary by the director of “Grizzly Man” that follows people who live along the River Yenisei in rural northern Russia. It’s snowing here. It’s snowing there … great snow day movie.
Clue: The Movie: This cult 1985 classic comedy thriller features all your favorite characters from the Clue board game, in a twisted murder mystery. It’s extremely campy, a little bit twisted and a lot of fun.
Sherlock: It’s the perfect time to binge watch a miniseries. With each episode the length of an an average movie (except those released last Christmas, when every movie started being three hours for some reason), a snow day gives you ample time to get hooked. Sherlock is a modern look at the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and his trusty companion, Watson. The Emmy-winning writing in this show is spot-on, you’ll be drawn in immediately.
Unfortunately, Netflix doesn’t offer Cool Runnings, the 1993 classic about the Jamaican national bobsled team’s debut in the Winter Olympics. If you can get your hands on the bad boy, I can’t imagine a better day. Other honorable mentions include Dumb & Dumber, Snow Dogs and Edward Scissorhands.