With the Holidays, what are your favorite films for the season?.........

Dang it whatjd now you went and made me remember how much I miss Roger Ebert. Thought at first that review was gonna be one of the many lame ones written by one of these wanna-bees writing under his name. But no, that's a genuine Roger Ebert and it shows. Boy does it show. 

Elf really does have fine casting. Peter Dinklage was at the time virtually unknown, save for his role in the art film The Ticket Agent which I had seen, so in Elf he had the talent, but it was before he got the star power. Ebert is spot-on with the story and the review. They even manage to pull off a real tear-jerker ending that wins over even James Caan. I totally forgot about Faizon Love, but that's why Ebert is Ebert, he catches these beautiful little details. 

Will Farrell movies are uneven at best, but the best of them show moments of pure genius, and Elf is pure genius beginning to end. 

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, with Burl Ives, as the narrator and singer. Reminds me of my WONDERFUL mother,  she is in heaven now.
I carry her singing along with Mr Burl Ives for almost 25 years now..

Everytime I hear the song "Rudolph", I hear them singing together, I get a BIG smile... I'm one blessed man, no doubt.. I can still hear it in MY HEAD.

Yup Yup...Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night..

Scrooge (released as A Christmas Carol in the United States) is a 1951 British Christmas fantasy drama film and an adaptationof Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (1843). It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, and was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley.

Originally released in B&W, it was re-released as a colorized  version,

it was remade as a cover version asA Christmas Carol (1984 film) with George C Scott cast in the lead role as the grumpy curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge.

Both are an annual comfy popcorn fest DVD / Bluray / TV broadcast multiple source viewing up here in Toronto.

Boy, thanks to all.....you must be in the holiday spirit.   My best man at my wedding, and great friend, is Jewish....he married a Catholic woman......and their kids get presents from both grandparents ...and, to use a phrase, rake it in.   

I will keep up with this thread as I feel I will have some new favorites to watch.  As for Christmas music, I have many great ones.  Most of them you would know, an unusual one is from Tuck Andress:

Tuck Andress - Hymns, Carols And Songs About Snow - Amazon.com Music