The RevGalBlogPals Midwinter Meme is on Christmas movies. I haven’t really been one for the holiday theme in movies, but I’ll take a stab at this…
1) It's a Wonderful Life--Is it? Do you remember seeing it for the first time?
I don’t remember the first time I saw this movie, it’s been a part of my holidays for so long. I used to gather with relatives for Chinese food and It’s a Wonderful Life sometime in December—usually about this time, the last weekend or so before Christmas. It gave us a chance to get together without all the Christmas Eve/Day craziness, and yet be part of our Christmas. And Chinese food meant no one had to cook!
2) Miracle on
Never seen either one. Sorry…
3) Do you have a favorite incarnation of Mr. Scrooge?
Alistair Sims, bar none. He IS Scrooge. Unless it’s my Dickens prof from undergraduate days, who read A Christmas Carol, in costume, every year to the assembled masses the night before fall (i.e. December) finals began.
4) Why should it be a problem for an elf to be a dentist? I've been watching Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for years now, and I still don't get it.
Do elves have teeth? Maybe they don’t need dentists. Or maybe there’s an oversupply of dentists at the North Pole, and his parents wanted him to go into something more lucrative, like reindeer breeding or toy train design.
5) Who's the scariest character in Christmas specials/movies?
- The Bumble—mildly alarming
- The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Muppet Version—I think not
- That Mean Magician Who Tries to Melt Frosty—I’m sorry, but I despise Frosty the Snowman.
- Your Nomination—Mr Potter, in It’s a Wonderful Life.
My two favourite Christmas-flavour movies were not listed, however.
A Charlie Brown Christmas (yes, it all comes back to Snoopy at Christmas) and
The Vicar of Dibley's Christmas Lunch Incident .
In fact, I will probably spend Christmas Day afternoon curled up on the couch with salt 'n' vingar chips and these two movies. Ahhhhh....
5 comments:
Chinese food sounds like the perfect accompaniemnt to IAWL. Thanks for the idea!
Mr. Potter is terrifying!
I love that Vicar episode! A hilarious look at how we pastors sometimes try to please everyone!
And with the best of intentions--i.e. the competitive Brussels sprouts consumption...
And I love the scene with the verger's family.
And the chocolate Advent calendars.
And my favourite, "Birthday Boy!"
Oh, and Kieva, the best thing is that since it's Chinese food and the movie's so long, you get hungry again before the movie's over and so there are no leftovers...
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