Matt Deckard
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What is your favorite holiday movie?
Right now for me it is It's a Wonderful Life.
Right now for me it is It's a Wonderful Life.
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IlsaLund
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Definitely. It's A Wonderful Life, hands down.
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Of all time, Id say Charlie Brown Christmas. I know its not a movie, but an event none the less.
But as far as fuzzy Christmas-y feeling movie of recent time, Love Actually is a real charmer. Yeah I said it!
LD
But as far as fuzzy Christmas-y feeling movie of recent time, Love Actually is a real charmer. Yeah I said it!
LD
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I'm a huge sucker for Holiday Inn.
Jingle All the Way w/Sinbad and Arnold and Phil Hartman comes in a very close 17th.
Jingle All the Way w/Sinbad and Arnold and Phil Hartman comes in a very close 17th.
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Xmas time
A Christmas Carol, with Geo C Scott, the definitive
Ebeneezer Scrooge.
The Bishop's Wife,, Cary Grant, David Niven, Loretta Young.
The Bishop's Wife, Denzel Washington in the Cary Grant role.
Need to see Nativity, which is now playing, sure to add to list.
It's A Wonderful Life, a wonderful filmlol
Charlie Brown Christmas, for sentimental reasons
Miracle on 34th Street, original and Richard Attenboro version too.
A Christmas Carol, with Geo C Scott, the definitive
Ebeneezer Scrooge.
The Bishop's Wife,, Cary Grant, David Niven, Loretta Young.
The Bishop's Wife, Denzel Washington in the Cary Grant role.
Need to see Nativity, which is now playing, sure to add to list.
It's A Wonderful Life, a wonderful filmlol
Charlie Brown Christmas, for sentimental reasons
Miracle on 34th Street, original and Richard Attenboro version too.
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George C Scott the definitive Scrooge?
Madness!!!
It's Alistair Sim, my dear Harp. Alistair Sim, Alistair Sim, Alistair Sim!
Absolutely.
It's not my favourite, but has anybody seen An American Christmas Carol starring Henry Winkler, set in the 30s and shot in Canada?
It's not as bad as you'd think.
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Scrooged, Holiday Inn and 1941.
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YOu know what, do old family films count? We have footage back from the time I was a toddler, and it is so charming to see how happy and friendly my family can be. Why it doesn't work the other eleven months of the year, I don't know...
Any of you have old home videos of the holidays?
Any of you have old home videos of the holidays?
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Ebeneezer Scrooge
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George C Scott the definitive Scrooge?
Madness!!!
It's Alistair Sim, my dear Harp. Alistair Sim, Alistair Sim, Alistair Sim!
"The Dickens you say!"
I quite understand????????regarding Sim. However, it was neck and neck
down to the wire between Sim and Scott. George won by a nose!
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Grinch
The live action of The Grinch that Stole Christmas with Jim Carrey. I love that movie.
Also, A Christmas Story
The Bishop's Wife w/Cary Grant and Loretta Young
It's a Wonderful Life
The live action of The Grinch that Stole Christmas with Jim Carrey. I love that movie.
Also, A Christmas Story
The Bishop's Wife w/Cary Grant and Loretta Young
It's a Wonderful Life
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Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, you can take your seat now, Ralphie.
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A muppet christmas carol.
what? It's a fun movie!
what? It's a fun movie!
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WARNING!! hankies needed: Oscar Wilde's the Happy Prince. (Such a happy/sad story..)
This story by my fellow Ulsterman, Oscar Wilde is part social commentary, part fairy tale that tugs at my heart strings each time I see it. Wilde's bittersweet tale is as significant today as when it was first published in 1888, a classic story of compassion and selflessness which will appeal to all and still brings a tear to my eye each time I see it (or read it).
High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statute of
the Happy Prince. He was gilded all
over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two
bright sapphires, and a large ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.
The Happy Prince was greatly admired by the people of the city. However, although the statue's expression was fashioned into a smile, the Happy Prince was very unhappy.
A Swallow, who finally realized that loving a beautiful Reed was futile, began his late migration to Egypt. The Swallow alighted on the statue one night, but as the bird prepared to go to sleep, a large drop of water fell on him. When additional drops fell, the Swallow realized that the Happy Prince was weeping. The Prince explained that, from his high vantage point, he witnessed the ugliness and the misery of the city. On three occasions, the Swallow helped the Happy Prince relieve some of the suffering and poverty in the city. At the Prince's direction, the Swallow gave the ruby from his sword-hilt and the Prince's two sapphire eyes to needy people. Once the tasks were completed, the Happy Prince instructed the Swallow to migrate, but the bird refused to leave the now blind Prince.
The following day, the Swallow told the Prince stories about sights it had seen in strange lands. Although the Prince was interested in the Swallow's marvelous stories, the Prince stated that "more marvelous than anything is the suffering of men and women. There is no Mystery so great as Misery." The Prince asked the Swallow to fly over the city and tell him what he saw. The Swallow returned with stories of poverty and suffering. The Prince instructed the Swallow to give the poor people the golden leaves that adorned the statue. Once again, people benefitted from the Prince's generosity. However, the statue of the Happy Prince looked dull and grey. The Swallow suffered more as winter settled in and the weather became colder and colder. One day he flew to the Prince's shoulder to say good-bye as the bird knew that it was going to die. The Swallow kissed the Prince and fell dead at his feet. At that moment, a curious crack sounded; the
Prince's leaden heart snapped in two as he had loved the Swallow.
The next morning, the Mayor and Town Councillors were walking in the square, and they noticed the shabby appearance of the Happy Prince. "Little better than a beggar," commented the Town Councillors. The Mayor was disgusted at the sight of a dead bird at the Prince's feet and suggested that a proclamation be made to ensure that "birds are not allowed to die here." The statue of the Happy Prince was removed and melted in a furnace. However, the broken lead heart of the Happy Prince would not melt in the furnace, and so it was thrown "on a dust-heap where a dead swallow was also lying."
When God instructed one of His Angels to bring Him "the two most precious things in the city," the Angel brought the leaden heart of the Happy Prince and the body of the Swallow. God praised the Angel and stated that in His garden of Paradise the Swallow would "sing forever more," and in his city of gold, the Happy Prince "shall praise me."
This story by my fellow Ulsterman, Oscar Wilde is part social commentary, part fairy tale that tugs at my heart strings each time I see it. Wilde's bittersweet tale is as significant today as when it was first published in 1888, a classic story of compassion and selflessness which will appeal to all and still brings a tear to my eye each time I see it (or read it).
High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statute of
the Happy Prince. He was gilded all
over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two
bright sapphires, and a large ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.
The Happy Prince was greatly admired by the people of the city. However, although the statue's expression was fashioned into a smile, the Happy Prince was very unhappy.
A Swallow, who finally realized that loving a beautiful Reed was futile, began his late migration to Egypt. The Swallow alighted on the statue one night, but as the bird prepared to go to sleep, a large drop of water fell on him. When additional drops fell, the Swallow realized that the Happy Prince was weeping. The Prince explained that, from his high vantage point, he witnessed the ugliness and the misery of the city. On three occasions, the Swallow helped the Happy Prince relieve some of the suffering and poverty in the city. At the Prince's direction, the Swallow gave the ruby from his sword-hilt and the Prince's two sapphire eyes to needy people. Once the tasks were completed, the Happy Prince instructed the Swallow to migrate, but the bird refused to leave the now blind Prince.
The following day, the Swallow told the Prince stories about sights it had seen in strange lands. Although the Prince was interested in the Swallow's marvelous stories, the Prince stated that "more marvelous than anything is the suffering of men and women. There is no Mystery so great as Misery." The Prince asked the Swallow to fly over the city and tell him what he saw. The Swallow returned with stories of poverty and suffering. The Prince instructed the Swallow to give the poor people the golden leaves that adorned the statue. Once again, people benefitted from the Prince's generosity. However, the statue of the Happy Prince looked dull and grey. The Swallow suffered more as winter settled in and the weather became colder and colder. One day he flew to the Prince's shoulder to say good-bye as the bird knew that it was going to die. The Swallow kissed the Prince and fell dead at his feet. At that moment, a curious crack sounded; the
Prince's leaden heart snapped in two as he had loved the Swallow.
The next morning, the Mayor and Town Councillors were walking in the square, and they noticed the shabby appearance of the Happy Prince. "Little better than a beggar," commented the Town Councillors. The Mayor was disgusted at the sight of a dead bird at the Prince's feet and suggested that a proclamation be made to ensure that "birds are not allowed to die here." The statue of the Happy Prince was removed and melted in a furnace. However, the broken lead heart of the Happy Prince would not melt in the furnace, and so it was thrown "on a dust-heap where a dead swallow was also lying."
When God instructed one of His Angels to bring Him "the two most precious things in the city," the Angel brought the leaden heart of the Happy Prince and the body of the Swallow. God praised the Angel and stated that in His garden of Paradise the Swallow would "sing forever more," and in his city of gold, the Happy Prince "shall praise me."
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