White Christmas (1954) is a favorite Christmas musical for so many people. This is another classic that doesn’t really need a review. Being over 60 years old, I think it’s time for an annotation for younger viewers. Here’s my take on some of the sayings and culture in White Christmas that might need some explanation….
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Annotated It’s a Wonderful Life: Lisa’s Home Bijou
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) is a favorite Christmas film for many people. Some folks don’t like it, because they don’t like Scrooge stories in general. It’s a Wonderful Life been shown on TV so many times it doesn’t really need a review. But the film had its 70th anniversary in 2016, so I think…
Lisa’s Home Bijou: The Muppet Christmas Carol
Film Festival: Christmas classics The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) is a great version of the Dickens’ Christmas ghost story of Scrooge and Tiny Tim. This faithful adaptation uses the Muppets cast to great effect with Michael Caine as a very believable Scrooge. The Charles Dickens novella was published in 1843 and is given credit for…
Lisa’s Home Bijou: The Bishop’s Wife
Film Festival: Christmas classics The Bishop’s Wife (1947) takes us back to an old-fashioned Christmas with snowball fights, choirs singing, tinsel on the tree, and an angel coming to answer prayers. The angel is a very dapper looking Cary Grant, sent to help the Bishop, David Niven, figure out what he really needs to be…
28 Christmas movies for happy holidays
Do you love Christmas movies and watch them over and over? I was recently challenged to make a list of my top ten favorite classic films, a task I find close to impossible. But it became clear that Christmas movies are at the top of the list. Every year I watch the same films over…