This indie rom-com is full of charm, humor and heart - and basically spelled out the plot of “Happiest Season” a decade in advance. Gunn’s mom and dad try to set him up with an old high school girlfriend over Christmas, but the tinsel really unravels when Nathan shows up unannounced. Plus, who wouldn’t want Diane Keaton as their mom? 'Make the Yuletide Gay' (2009)Ĭollege student Gunn (Keith Jordan) is totally out at school, but he hasn’t gotten around to telling his Midwestern family that he’s gay and that his “roommate,” Nathan (Adamo Ruggiero of 'Degrassi'), is actually his boyfriend. While “The Family Stone” doesn’t reinvent the holiday movie, it does shake up conventions about expectations when it comes to romance. In a side plot, Everett’s gay deaf brother reveals that he and his partner are planning to adopt.
'The Family Stone' (2005)įresh off “Sex and the City,” Sarah Jessica Parker stars as Meredith, an uptight Manhattan executive who dreads meeting her boyfriend Everett’s boisterous family over the holidays.
Below, we celebrate a dozen movies that make the yuletide just a little bit gayer. It’s also important to remember that “Christmas Setup,” “Christmas House,” the Paramount Network’s “Dashing in December” and Hulu’s “ Happiest Season” are hardly the first holiday movies to put a little queer spice in the egg nog.
