Holiday Oddities 4! (The 2025 “Who needs a drink?” edition.)

Deserted Films returns to the intimate space of screen 2 at the Palm Springs Cultural Center for Holiday Oddities 4! (The 2025 “Who needs a drink?” edition.) And as the name suggests, this year’s presentation might pair well with a beverage. We won’t say it will drive you to drink. And it’s still a family-friendly show (define as you like…). But Melissa and Devin have hand-selected some stuff… holiday stuff… that is sure to delight and confuse. 

Get a load of:
Weird Santa
Over-lit and squinty Christmas morning footage
Holiday parties
Feasts…and their aftermath 
Toys, gifts, trees, decor…and their aftermath
Holiday theme park overload
Trippy animation
Songs that will not leave your brain
Highly flammable Hanukkah footage
Holiday fashions
Grumpy family portraits
Pale turkeys
And so much footage of other people drinking…

This year, help us put the spirits into holiday spirit!  

Fresh, high quality digital scans of ephemeral film and video from the Deserted Films collections and borrowed from buddies at other archives. And it’s all held together with Melissa’s knife-edge, painstaking editing, Deserted Films’ unique live commentary, and  just the right amount of Scotch. Your mileage may vary. All proceeds we receive go back into our preservation efforts.

Because now more than ever. See you there!

Melissa and Devin - Deserted Films