Last night we watched The Muppet Christmas Carol. Oddly enough, this version is more true to Dickens' book than many a more serious effort. Michael Caine stars as Scrooge, while Kermit plays Bob Cratchett.
Christmas in Connecticut stars Barbara Stanwyck as a popular magazine columnist who writes a homey food column describing the gourmet meals she prepares in her gleaming farm kitchen for her husband and child. When the publisher insists she host a war hero (and himself) for Christmas she must come up with some solution for her problem: she in unmarried with no child, no farm, and no cooking skills. Sydney Greenstreet plays the publisher. Una O'Connor, a favorite of ours, is also here. This is a romantic comedy worth seeing again.
The Polar Express is one of our newest acquisitions. We never did have the book written by Chris Van Allsburg, so I don't know how it compares, but we like the movie. In fact I've seen it about 3 times and like it better each time. It does tend to be a bit busy with lots going on even in the calmer scenes, but I can always hear the bells.
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