It's A Wonderful Life

While Jimmy Stewart is on t.v. having a wonderful life, we are sitting here on a quiet Christmas Eve watching Cary Grant in The Bishop’s Wife. It is a wonderful, but much less known Christmas time movie. We have already done the ritual of It’s A Wonderful Life, and all the Rank and Bass Christmas specials from long, long ago. We will start tomorrow with the tradition of Ralphie and The Christmas Story.
It is quite funny, that I saw The Christmas Story in the theaters when it first came out back in the 1980’s. I don’t remember liking it as I like it today. Even though it takes place in the 1940’s , it reminds me of my childhood. So much of what happens in the movie, also took place at my home when I was a child.
We will attend the midnight service at the church, in full Victorian garb. I in my bonnet, and husband in his top hat, will stroll over to the church as if it were 1870. I must take some pictures. I am sure someone would be willing to take a picture of us.
After the service we will come home and jump into bed and wait for Santa to pay us a visit. The critters are looking forward to him arriving as well. They are sure he will bring them biscuits, as he does every year. Anticipation is at a fever pitch.
The best part of living on a farm….fresh carrots out of the garden for Christmas. Being one of Rudolph’s favorites, we had to keep some in the ground to pick for today. Not bad considering we have had two feet of snow. Luckily, for Rudolph, there was a bit of a thaw today, and we were able to dig up a few dozen. Some for him, and the rest for us for dinner tomorrow.
The children will come tomorrow morning, and it will be Christmas as usual. Turkey goes into the oven in the early morning, so our presents will be opened to the aroma of turkey and stuffing. Lucky for us, the Bumpeses hounds do not live next door to us. Our turkey will be safe from the ravages of four legged beasts.
We will end the holiday by watching the Grinch. The cartoon of course. There is no other. Some classics should not be remade into a live action movie. The Grinch was one of them.