Holiday in the Sun
December 24th, 2005 | Posted by Shannon
This is the first Christmas in many years where my little family is not hanging out at my Grandma’s for several days. Since Jay and Carrie brought Baby Ryan down at Thanksgiving, Mom came out for that, instead. So this Christmas, I am kind of on my own.
Kind of. Today, me and my brother Tom are going out to my Grandma’s for lunch. This evening, I am going to a birthday party (with a tropical theme!) Tomorrow, I am going to a Christmas dinner, and then another party. Thankfully I have both Monday and Tuesday off to recover.
I also have to watch all the movies I love to watch at Christmas. I already watched Auntie Mame. Tonight I’ll watch Meet Me in St. Louis. Tomorrow morning – as I do every Christmas morning, I’ll watch Babette’s Feast.
Last night I watched Mostly Martha. I really love that film. I think I will add it to my list of movies I always watch at Christmas, even though the story of a wounded kid and an exuberant Italian guy breaking through to the closed-off heart of an uptight German chef isn’t very Christmas-y. Neither is Babette’s Feast. They are both films that make me feel happy and human and make me feel like celebrating. Babette’s Feast always makes me cry at the end. ALWAYS. I love movies that always make you cry, no matter how many times you have seen them.
Happy holidays, or happy weekend, to all my readers, and even to the one-times who type “super sexy” into a search engine. Have fun!
December 26th, 2005 at 4:45 pm
Hey Shannon…..Greetings from Thiensville, Wi…
I just wanted to say hey, and wish you a Merry Christmas….
Jeff and I had a great Christmas, looking forward to the New Year….
Karen
December 27th, 2005 at 2:36 pm
Merry Christmas, Shannon. Just wanted to compliment you on your choices for the yuletide film festival. Those are such great movies. Don’t you love films where people are preparing food? Even “Meet Me in St. Louis”–I always drool over that amazing cake in the scene where Leon Ames first tells his family they’re moving to New York (Katie: “You can cook anything in that oven. They have little buckstoves in New York!”). “Chocolat” is another good one. And what’s the Spanish film about the young couple that’s all about preparing spicy foods as a sign of love?