by Ethel Lee-Miller | Dec 17, 2019 | Writing
I’ve watched this movie every year for more than a decade. It’s the kick-off to the holiday season for me. It starts the day after Thanksgiving. I watch the movie, the 1947 version, as a link to my beloved NYC and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Miracle on 34th...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Dec 27, 2016 | Writing
Movie #12 – Christmas Eve The steadfast belief in miracles in the face of doubts and the facts is sublimely appealing. Loretta Young carries it off with mature charm as a generous New Yorker backed by unlimited money, but limited time, and a heart that stays...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Dec 26, 2016 | Writing
Movie # 11- One Special Night is a 2002 made for TV movie offering a realistic romance between a widowed pediatrician now married to her career, and a construction company owner coping with the gradual loss of his wife to Alzheimer’s. Stranded in a cabin in the woods...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Dec 25, 2016 | Writing
Movie #10 – The Polar Express The magic of one train ride. Imagine being encapsulated in that warm safe train car, in your pi’s, with cocoa in hand knowing you are heading for a magical land where thousands of other kindred souls will be gathered. Who...
by Ethel Lee-Miller | Dec 24, 2016 | Writing
Movie # 9 – How the Grinch Stole Christmas The villain, the victims, the innocent, and the power of group belief joining together to keep the spirit of Christmas. This movie shows it much more gently than Die Hard as some readers suggested for a Christmas...
