Favourite Christmas movie
There are a gazillion Christmas specials and movies that feature in people’s memories. What was your favourite Christmas movie or special when you were young?
My all-time favourite is “The Bishop’s Wife” (1948) starring Cary Grant, David Niven and Loretta Young.
I also watched and cherished such classics as,
* “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947)
* “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1947)
* “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (1964),
* “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965)
* “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (1966)
* “Frosty the Snowman” (Rankin/Bass, 1969)
* "The Littlest Angel" (1969, featuring Johnny Whitaker)
* “The Homecoming” (1971)
* and “Home Alone” (1990).
* “White Christmas” (1954) with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney was my parents’ thing, not mine.
* I never liked “Scrooge,” (1951) starring Alistair Sim because it seems too dark and disturbing to me. His performance there is considered by many to be the best portrayal of the title character on screen, and it is among his best known film roles, particularly in the U.S. However, Alistair Sim as Scrooge makes me think of Boris Karloff in a horror film. Maybe that’s the idea, but …