{"id":41018,"date":"2021-11-05T13:34:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T20:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=41018"},"modified":"2021-11-05T13:34:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T20:34:04","slug":"first-trailer-for-hbo-maxs-8-bit-christmas-officially-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=41018","title":{"rendered":"First Trailer For HBO Max&#8217;s &#8216;8-Bit Christmas&#8217; Officially Released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official trailer for <strong>HBO Max&#8217;s <\/strong>Nintendo inspired holiday film<strong><em> 8-Bit Christmas<\/em><\/strong> debuted on <strong>YouTube<\/strong> Thursday, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/trailers\/a38165871\/8-bit-christmas-nintendo-trailer-neil-patrick-harris\/\">Digital Spy.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"8-Bit Christmas | Official Trailer | Max\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CPIcAkLBV-U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the trailer we see <strong>Neil Patrick Harris&#8217;<\/strong> Jake Doyle look back on the Christmas of 1988 and describe, to what looks to be his daughter, his quest for the ultimate Christmas gift: the Nintendo Entertainment System. 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