Sunday, December 14, 2014

Time for Holiday Flicks by Alicia Street

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I love everything about Christmas. But one of my favorite things is watching Christmas movies. There are special ones that I absolutely must see every year.

Like the old black-and-white version of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. (Of course I’ve also read it and have an illustrated copy that I bring out this season along with my Nutcracker and Twelve Days of Christmas pop-up books.)

Then there are the silly, fun musicals, like Holiday Inn and White Christmas, and Babes in Toyland. And the romances and comedies: It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on Thirty-fourth Street, Christmas in Connecticut, Home Alone, Elf—I could go on for pages.

Many I’ve been watching yearly since I was a kid. Others I’ve added to my wish list of any new flicks that deserve to be seen over and over.  

But that’s one of my problems…my husband has seen them all so many times that he likes to tease me by calling out lines before the actors do! I’ve tried several solutions to stop him from doing this, and the best seems to be keeping his mouth occupied with popcorn or pie or Christmas cookies. J

Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday! What holiday movies are your favorites?  





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Alicia Street is a USA Today bestselling author                  

and a Daphne du Maurier award-winner.
She spent many years as a dancer, choreographer
and teacher and is a compulsive reader of every
genre.
You can connect with Alicia at her website or
visit her on Facebook or Twitter.

12 comments:

  1. Fun post, Alicia. Maybe Santa will bring you a remote control with a hubby-mute button. A new favorite Christmas movie for me this year is The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant and Loretta Young. Yep--new favorite, old movie. :)

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    1. I love that movie, Magdalena. A hubby-mute . . . great idea!

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  2. I'm a Christmas Story gal. Love to cook with it on the TV

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    1. That's a good one, Melinda. My sister's a kitchen-watcher, too.

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  3. I like White Christmas, but I buy a few Lifetime/Hallmark movies every year too.

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    1. Me, too, Shaleen. And ditto on the Lifetime/Hallmark movies.

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  4. Those are all favorites of mine, too, Alicia, especially the old black and white ones. Merry Christmas!

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  5. I have The Christmas Story. It reminds me of my childhood. So funny.

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    2. Returning to childhood memories is one of the best things about this season.

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  6. I love Christmas movies, both the classics and the ones that are new. For feature films, I count "Love Actually" and "The Holiday" among my annual must-sees. I also love discovering new television movies each year. What a great way to get in a holiday mood!

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