HELLO ALL!
“Twas The Night Before Christmas”...THE CLASSIC OF CLASSICS, AS MUCH AS ST. NICK HIMSELF, OR MISTLETOE, OR EGGNOG. DIDN’T REALIZE IT’S 200 YEARS OLD!!!
NOW, FOR SOMETHING MORE RECENT. THERE ARE MANY WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS MOVIES, FROM “MIRACLE ON 34TH ST.”, TO “SCROOGED” (HOW “IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE”, EVER GOT INTO THE MIX IS BEYOND ME, EVEN MORE SO, HOW “DIE HARD”, GOT INCLUDED, BUT, FOR TONIGHT AT LEAST, THEY DON’T COUNT!).
SO, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MOVIE?...OR MOVIES...WHY HAVE JUST ONE?
MY VERY, VERY FAVORITE, NOTHING ELSE COMES CLOSE (ALTHOUGH THERE ARE OTHER GOOD ONES), IS ALISTAIR SIM’S 1951 VERSION OF “A CHRISTMAS CAROL” (ALSO CALLED “SCROOGE”).
WHEN I WAS A KID THE MOST TERRIFYING THING I EVER SAW WAS THE SHROUDED GHOST OF CHRISTMAS FUTURE RAISE HIS ARM AND POINT HIS BONY FINGER TO THE GRAVEYARD! TO THIS DAY IT STILL CHILLS ME.
I WATCH THIS FILM EVERY YEAR, AND NEVER FIND IT ANYTHING BUT FRESH, NEW, HEART WRENCHING, AND ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!
AND YOU? TO EACH OF YOU, WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE?
Good evening/morning, TigerHawk...it is too cool to have a favorite that you want to watch each year.
Unfortunately I’ve never had a favorite...I just sort of watch them as they come. Sad, I know.
A Christmas Story.