We enjoyed the movie "Joyeux Noel" about the 1914 Christmas cease fire between the Germans and British. But this year we watched the United Nations sponsored 1964 movie, Carol for Another Christmas, written by Rod Serling. I know why it took me sixty years to discover this movie. It was painful and dreadful!
Frankly, I am exhausted with Lewis’s #3 definition of Christmas. The secular Christmas has been losing its appeal for years and this year it has up and left my house. Good riddance! The focus will be liturgical. We will have dinner and make merry, but the gift giving will be extremely limited. One might call me a Scrooge, but the secular Christmas stresses me out and from looking around, everyone else seems stressed out, exhausted, and perhaps even physically ill and/or depressed. I have been there and done that; hopefully never again. Bah, Humbug!
The Hobbit is a Christmas movie, mainly the third one, the battle of five armies, it has elves an old guy with a beard and snow. It also has bears and reindeers, old kings, and lot of gold.
The algorithm found "Noëlle" (2007, not 2019) for me several years ago and it's become my hands-down favorite, ticking every single box and then some. I think it won a Dove award.
I must admit to a certain surrender around Christmas time. I have givern the season to my wife and have tacitly promised to celebrate in whatever way she wants. Thankfully, she is a wonderful mixture of traditional and party-girl. (in a good sense)The ease with which that is accomplished is noted. Merry Christmas!
We enjoyed the movie "Joyeux Noel" about the 1914 Christmas cease fire between the Germans and British. But this year we watched the United Nations sponsored 1964 movie, Carol for Another Christmas, written by Rod Serling. I know why it took me sixty years to discover this movie. It was painful and dreadful!
Frankly, I am exhausted with Lewis’s #3 definition of Christmas. The secular Christmas has been losing its appeal for years and this year it has up and left my house. Good riddance! The focus will be liturgical. We will have dinner and make merry, but the gift giving will be extremely limited. One might call me a Scrooge, but the secular Christmas stresses me out and from looking around, everyone else seems stressed out, exhausted, and perhaps even physically ill and/or depressed. I have been there and done that; hopefully never again. Bah, Humbug!
The Hobbit is a Christmas movie, mainly the third one, the battle of five armies, it has elves an old guy with a beard and snow. It also has bears and reindeers, old kings, and lot of gold.
I am afraid to mention "Bell, Book, and Candle" but it is merriment gone to paganism.
The algorithm found "Noëlle" (2007, not 2019) for me several years ago and it's become my hands-down favorite, ticking every single box and then some. I think it won a Dove award.
I must admit to a certain surrender around Christmas time. I have givern the season to my wife and have tacitly promised to celebrate in whatever way she wants. Thankfully, she is a wonderful mixture of traditional and party-girl. (in a good sense)The ease with which that is accomplished is noted. Merry Christmas!
You are all just Scrooges who hate “The Lion in Winter”. Oh, and “Bell, Book, and Candle”.
Uh, I like The Lion in Winter. Is the Scrooge element my emphasis on actual Christian themes and content (in addition to fun)?