Thoughts About “Miracle on 34th Street”

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...

12 Days of Holiday Movies | Christmas Eve

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...

12 Days of Holiday Movies | One Special Night

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...

12 Days of Holiday Movies | The Polar Express

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...

Movie #9 How the Grinch Stole Christmas

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...