Christmas Recommendations: Pretty Please?!

I love all miss read books

Diana Rigg in “Mother Love” BBC4 over two nights, commencing Tuesday 22 December at 9pm. Absolute must-see. I don’t think it has been repeated since it first aired about 20 years ago. It is followed by a face to face interview with the late, great, Dame Diana.

Watching ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’, and ‘A Christmas Story’. Nothing like watching Ralphie in the Bunny “footy” pajamas that his Aunt sent. Listening to Christmas songs on the radio. Eating Christmas cookies that we’ve baked earlier.

My favourite author is Laurie Lee, and his book about his childhood Christmases is absolutely wonderful, and will bring a warm glow to anyone reading it.

I like "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Christmas Carol" and "Wizard of Oz".

Scrooge (musical) with Albert Finney. Unbeatable!

So lovely to know how popular Miss Read books are,I used to borrow them from the library and take them for my lovely mum to read when she was homebound and she loved them.I bought them all and still have one on the go constantly...when I wake up I the middle of the night I always read a coup!e of chapters..last night it was from Tales from Thrush Green..this week it will be No Holly for Miss Quinn.
It is my way of relaxing in a nostalgic happy time ..It has got me.through many troubling times over the years.
I also agree about Nigel Slaters Christmas Chronicles which was a present from a dear friend.

I am a grumpy old woman who doesn't like most rom coms or Christmas films. I do like It's A Wonderful Life, as it has a bit more bite than the usual stuff, and you would have to have a heart of stone not to like A Muppet Christmas Carol but my favourite is The Shop Around The Corner. It's hardly ever on and I loathe the modern version, You've Got Mail.

If I never again see Elf, Nativity!, Arthur Christmas, The Santa Clause, Scrooged or any of those ghastly heart-warming made-for-TV Christmas movies, it will be too soon. Never seen Love Actually and hopefully never will.

I do like Carols From King's but I am usually too busy to watch. Also carol services tend to make me cry, as they remind me of our eldest DGS when he was a choir boy. Memories of him singing carols by candlelight, or when DH and I used to go to Midnight Mass and bring him home in the cold wintry night. Now he is a grown man and 4,000 miles away.

Damn. Started myself snivelling again. Bah. Humbug.

Have watched numerous films lately with grandchild ..... best by far for every age group is Christmas Chronicles, closely followed by CC2 - added bonus is Kurt Russel is Santa/Father Christmas!
Btw tried to watch new Little Women last night, could watch about 30 minutes only, very disappointing. Loved the book and the first LW film but not this latest one.

Ps I always light Christmas tree scented candles too

I watch The Bishops Wife every year Cary Grant as an angel ,David Niven and Loretta Young as the bishop and his wife.Its a lovely film an dthe scene where Cary the angel keeps the wine bottle topping up just by raising his finger makes me smile even after seeing it countless times .Its usually on somewhere on Christmas eve an dif not I have a DVD

Films. The proper Christmas Carol (Alistair Simm), White Christmas, a Wonderful Life , Flint Street Nativity and Love Actually.
Books. A Christmas Carol and also Gervaise Phinn's the Virgin Mary's Got Nits and Wayne in a Manger.
Plus any CD of Christmas songs, especially the old classics

LaGoulue I loved "Mother Love" first time round. I've been waiting for it to be shown again. Glad I read your post, I hadn't seen it advertised. Def one to record and keep.

There's a thread devoted to Mother love, it's getting very good reviews.
Bluecat I'm definitely with you regarding 'heartwarming' films (especially Nativity! ) For your blood pressure's sake - steer well clear of Love Actually!

Carols from Kings is on radio 4 tomorrow afternoon.

We have set up to record Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Singin' in the Rain. And there are several versions of A Christmas Carol on TV. (No Muppets for me). We watched Dickens: the man who invented Christmas and Simon Russell Beale's history of Christmas church music, which was lovely.