It's kinda too bad The Chronicles of Narnia had to leave stuff out (like all films of books). The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe always feels Xmas-y to me. Not just because of winter but because of how Santa finally arrives as the Witch's grip loosens. In fact the great gifts given to the Pevensies are gifts from Santa.
In other news, I got wet and dirty transplanting some of the snow peas I started out to the raised beds. I'm experimenting. Not sure if they'll really grow through winter but I'm going to find out. My lettuce, carrot and radish seed starts were failures because the seed starting tray (which has a cover) was full. So I started them in saucers and when the rains came, there was nowhere for the extra water to drain. The radishes actually germinated in the water and I dumped the mess onto the raised bed to see if they will be able to stand up and root.
I join amyth & Beverly with the Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol love!
And Jessica with The Nightmare Before Christmas!
Other faves:
The Grinch
Henry Winkler's An American Christmas Carol
The musical Scrooge
OT TV special: Amahl and the Night Visitors
OT movie: The Lion in Winter
Favorite TV Christmases: Bones-season 1, Relativity-the last season, whatever it was.
Christmas movies for me: Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, the Muppets Christmas Carol, and Arsenic & Old Lace.
(A&OL is a holiday movie in my family, because the first Christmas my Mom was in the hospital undergoing chemo, Dad and I stayed up really late decorating the tree. A&OL was the late-night movie that was on.)
Jilli, btw, the pic you posted of your parents at the SeaGoth Rummage sale was absolutely adorable.
So many bits of Christmas in Wales are in my head forever - "dumb, numb thunderstorm of torn white Christmas cards." "Inextinguishable briars."
Aww, thanks! I hadn't expected them to show up, so it was a nice surprise. And every time one of them noticed I was up and doing stuff, they nagged me to sit down and rest.
(A&OL is a holiday movie in my family, because the first Christmas my Mom was in the hospital undergoing chemo, Dad and I stayed up really late decorating the tree. A&OL was the late-night movie that was on.)
Some time in college (or possibly after college), when my brother still lived here, every Christmas Eve the family went to my grandparents' house, and then after dinner and gift-opening mayhem, he and I would drive around looking for all the tackiest-ass Christmas lights we could find (which is not hard), often take pictures of them and try to not get busted by the homeowners because we were laughing so hard, and then we would rent The Blues Brothers. So it always feels like a Christmas movie to me.
We're introducing my mother to People of Walmart. I may regret this.
I love Love Actually. Also, that episode of Bones.
In unrelated news, i finally watched the first four episodes (my first ever) of SPN and i might be in love with Dean.
