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We all have our favourite Christmas movie or story my favourite movie is a fairly new one as far as movies go as it was released in 1994.

Olivia Newton John plays a lady called Julia who has major financial problems which were made worse by the death of her husband two years previously. She has two daughters, lives in the mountains surrounded by farm animals. Gregory Harrison plays Brian a banker from the city who arrives to advise Julia that unless she pays her rent she will be evicted.

It may not be that well known compared with other Chritmas movies but it is a touching story of a lady and her daughters and a city banker who goes out to her home to give her the above bad news and gets involved in a car accident due to bad weather and ends us spending Chirtmas with the family. He ends up falling in love and eventually there is a happy ending.

I am not sure if this has been released on DVD in the States but it has in Europe and it certainly is one of my favourites. Click here for an excellent review of the film.

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Yesterday was the last day at work before the New Year as with most offices and engineering/manufacturing companies we do not open again until after the new year.

In Britain we get as public holidays Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day the other time in between we have to take off our annual holiday allowance.

The company pay for us to attend a Christmas Party (dinner/dance) at a local hotel, also if you have been at the company 10 or more years you get 3 days pay as a Christmas Bonus. They also lay on drinks and nibbles on the last day.

Following are a few photos of this year's drinks and nibbles

Me on the left with our Human Resouces director in the middle and the partner of our buyer (Ann) on the far right.

The nibbles

Donna our Receptionis got permission to bring her young son in on the last day - he is such a sweetie I think most of us look forward to this

Here he is playing on the computer

[DollyCali]

I had never heard of that movie Eleanor.. I went to Rotten Tomatoes to check it out & noted it was a made for TV movie.. but is available on DVD so will try to rent it.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/christmas_romance/

When I say I don't watch TV, people think that means "not much" TV.. I haven't watched anything since Olympics here at home... so I do miss many sit coms that I am sure are good, the weekly dramas & the made for TV movies. I would like to see all the Stephen Kings stuff as I am a fan of his