Favorite Christmas Movies

White Christmas

I know "White Christmas" is a favorite for many.

"Mutual, I'm sure."
I almost called this blog..."Mutual, I'm sure"...cause I love that line so much.

The Fabulous Haynes Sisters

My sister and I have sung the song "Sisters" over and over with each other every year at Christmas

to the point that my Mom wanted us to shut up.

I once had a boss that said he and his sister sung it all the time too...huh?

I guess you could change the words to work for a guy and a gal.

I read that this number was added to the movie. It was not planned.
It was added after Bing and Danny were messing around between takes
and the director liked it and added it to the movie.

Get a Minister Handy....

Has there ever been anything more beautiful than Vera Ellen?

I wish I was back in Army!

That tree! 

Bing and Rosemary behind the tree, Danny and Vera too, and then they open the doors and it's snowing!

I kind of have an obsession with this movie.

One year I went to my company's Christmas Party as Rosemary Clooney in the big red satin dress.

My Mom and I made an exact duplicate of the costume.

Complete with white fur muff and hair ornament.

Now before you think I'm a total goof. 

It was a costume party.

Yes, we had costume parties for Christmas.

And the theme was "Movies".

You were suppose to come as a character from a movie.

It's really hard to drive a car with all those petticoats on...let me tell you. 

But this movie has it all....friendship, a good story, glamour, love, good music, pretty sets and costumes.....

Those Haynes sisters in their blue dresses....oh how I wanted a dress like that.

I used to create one of a kind dolls.

A few years ago I created The Haynes sisters for a charity auction.

Here's a photo of them...

Not a great photo. I didn't take it. It was snapped at the auction.

But thought you might want to know how far my obsession went.

Another favorite Christmas movie of mine is

Absolutely by far my most loved film version of the Charles Dicken's classic.

Michael Cain as Scrooge is brilliant.

The very best Scrooge, ever. You truly care about him and you really believe he is changed by
his encounters with the three ghosts.

He makes the words "Bah Humbug" seem like a perfectly logical thing to say.
Really, he gives the best delivery of this line ever.

Scrooge at the beginning

Scrooge upon waking Christmas Morning

Scrooge enjoying the merriment and true meaning of Christmas at the end.

This is a must see for me every year.

"Please sir, I want some cheese?"

"No, Cheezuz for us Meecuz!"

He he...that makes me laugh every time....and I have to repeat it several times after hearing it.

Have you seen this version?...If not...you need to rent immediately.

I love the music so much, I play the soundtrack here in rotation with my other favorites.

It's playing as I type this.

Finally, It's GlitterFest around here...

I found some cheap plastic deer ornaments at Garden Ridge yesterday and earlier today found
where in town I could buy German glass glitter, so I've been glittering and glittering.

The deer were white with a little white iridescent glitter sprinkled on them.
Well that wouldn't do.
So I'm applying Mod Podge and sprinkling the glass glitter.
See where his leg is still white? That was where I held him while I glittered the rest of him.
Now all I have to glitter is that leg...and I'm done.

I found cardboard snowflake at Michael's that I'm applying the glitter to also.

Isn't glittering...so satisfying?

My motto....

"Anything that is good, 
is even better covered in glitter."

Wouldn't you agree?