Saturday. Bright and cold, but most importantly? It is December 14.
This is Trooper’s 15th birthday. The celebrations began early with the Birthday Cat taking his place on the Living Room Observation Post, where, after careful study, he was able to report with confidence that the garden, the lawn, and the maple trees were correctly placed. He then withdrew to share a teaching breakfast with his grandson. He’s now asleep on the copilot’s chair.
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Today, is all about reading galleys, interspersed with one’s duty to the cats, changing the bed, and figuring out what’s for lunch. (Breakfast, for those keeping score, was oatmeal with walnuts and raisins, because Food is Boring. It strikes me that I would not make a very good Haosa.)
Possibly, I’ll knock off early and watch “Red One.” Or, yanno, not.
Which leads to the question — What’s your favorite seasonal movie? I rather liked “While You Were Sleeping,” and I know there’s much fondness for “Die Hard” — but, else?
Picture of the Birthday Cat:
Favorite seasonal movie? Must be the Muppet Christmas Carol (not the widescreen version that was cut down). Michael Caine is an outstanding Scrooge, and despite having to picture Bob Cratchit as a frog (and make allowances for other Muppet silliness) the music is wonderful, all the sets and costumes are remarkably true to period, and Fred is my favorite of any version. Next in line is the old Scrooge musical with Albert Finney. Some odd but interesting interpretations added, but still overall some nice music and mostly fun. There are other actors who’ve done a good job with Scrooge, but I prefer the musicals to capture the holiday spirit (or in this case, spirits, heh-heh).
The Hogfather
Happy Birthday, Trooper!
I like the original animations of How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Frosty the Snowman. They aren’t time consuming and I am entertained every year 🙂
Seasonal movies The Ref, Love Actually, and the Family Stone are the Christmas Day movie marathon candidates! We watch Christmas movies everyday in DecemberToday is Pocketfull of Mirackes Glen Ford and Bette Davis