Well as of this writing, it is December 11th. Almost half of December is past and it is so difficult to believe. Christmas is just around the corner. I have my own set of little traditions I do at Christmas time. It usually kicks off around Thanksgiving with Miracle on 34th Street -the original, with Maureen O’Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwynn and Natalie Wood. Christmas just isn’t Christmas without the right books, movies and music. Every Christmas I read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The best stories are about redemption! I always read the beginning of Little Women too. Last year seemed incomplete because I didn’t really get a chance to sit down and watch It’s a Wonderful Life. I plan to rectify that this year! Another tradition, [for me] is watching Meet Me in St. Louis, The Homecoming, The House without a Christmas Tree and reading A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote. If you have never read A Christmas Memory you should really do so. I think you will find it very moving. Another book I read a few years ago that I would like to recommend is Fannie Flagg’s The Redbird Christmas. So what are you’re favorite traditions?
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Katherine
Aside from sharing many of your favorite traditions… I have found Christmas Vacation to be an light – hearted enjoyable reminder that I am not alone in the world with my dysfunctional family. A new favorite movie that I have added ( I find it has huge redeeming value) is Fred Clause; very worth watching. The Bishop or Preachers wife is also enjoyable around the holidays. With my children I like to incorporate readings form the Gospel accounts of the nativity as well as movies such as Christmas with a Capital C.
Do you have ‘A Christmas Memory at the library’? Perhaps next year I will read that, as I have heard others comment on it as well.
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