Best-est ever. Imagine that.
Wonder is always hanging around. (James Petts from London, England/Commons.wikimedia.org)
“Do you know what the imagination is, Susan?”
The child nodded sagely. “That’s when you see things that aren’t really there.”
“Well, not exactly,” said Kris with a smile. “No — to me the imagination is a place all by itself. A very wonderful country. You’ve heard of the British Nation and the French Nation?”
Susan nodded again.
“Well, this is the Imagination. And once you get there you can do almost anything you want.”
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One of my earliest Christmas memories is staying up late on Christmas Eve and watching this movie on the couch with my dad.
The movie still seems timeless and relevant as it was when first written. Valentine Davis said the idea for the script came to him as he fought through Christmas shoppers while trying to find a gift for his wife. He looked around at the commercialism and wondered what the real Santa Claus would think of it.
It’s not Christmas to me if this classic movie with all the quiet wisdom packaged in the script isn’t part of the holiday.
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Despite the chaos of the past few year, I’m happy to know that the Imagine Nation stands firm and strong for all inhabitants and all those who wish to visit there.
May your Christmas be merry and bright –
Even if only in your dreams.
Phil, the Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge
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Ah…. fond memories!!!!
More Merry Christmas, my friend! 🎄🙏🐾🙏🎄
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Sometimes fond memories are all that’s needed to have a merry time. Take care and hope you and yours are snug and warm this New Years Eve!
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🙏🌟💫✨🐾
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As I just said to one of my readers, “common wisdom may suggest that “seeing is believing,” but it’s equally true that believing can lead to seeing.” Ain’t it just the truth? Now! Go check your email!
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And believing that is the neatest greeting ever! Thanks!
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it ‘s what happened this year again between france and uk …. Have a good christmas, may it be the start to a good time… we really need it…
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What a time it has been. Despite everything, I hope you and yours had a jolly holly Christmas. (Now off to dig holes in the mud, then stomp around with muddy feet…Staff needs to feel needed, right?)
Paw waves and thanks for leaping over here to chat
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Merry Christmas. It’s a magical film, and I’ve cried at two versions!
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The old one is my favorite. I remember being about the same age as Natalie Wood – and I had little girl Dutch friends who had just arrived and spoke barely any English. The show is magical, universal, and timeless. Cheers to the holiday memories. Hope you are warm and snug this New Years Eve. Onward we go!
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It’s a classic. Happy New Year Phil.
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Those old holiday movies are the best! It’s a quiet morning here so far… but that gusty north wind is going to crank up later. Poof!! So much for a dreamy walk in the woods!
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Hope you got that walk done! Looks pretty frosty up there. Stay warm ( and tel those critters to burrow in until the sun comes out) Hope you had a lovely Christmas quiet enough to hear the magic. Cheers into 2021!
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Waiting to bake some Christmas cookies and then this afternoon we’re having a Zoom Christmas with the daughters and other relatives who are usually here. We started our Christmas movie watching with “Die Hard” :-), then “Holiday in the Wild” (a new one for us, on Netflix and a heart-warmer), and who knows what we’ll watch tonight? Perhaps “Elf.”
For someone taking a break, you seem to be around a lot, which is fine with me. Enjoy the season, my friend. I’m glad we re-connected after following each other way back when I started my blog.
janet
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Wonder if there are rehab/break addiction places for holiday show viewers? HAHA (says one who watched Griswold’s Christmas last night – it’s so hilarious and I had never seen the beginning or the entire show. Lots of laughs)
Three of these posts were up to final editing and stashed in drafts – the cards I found around Halloween and were too good to pass up. And they postpone the daily med. treatments until after the holidays. Yea! Not sure how the next two months will go – we’ll see.
Hope your holiday season is going well – sunny as here today most likely (a day of rain followed by a day or two of color maybe with fog,then back to mild and sunny – the winter pattern here…but the crepe myrtles finally turned gold and red – so a little seasonal color even if late!)
Thanks for hitching a ride on this train!
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Not having grown up here, the holiday movies don’t have the same impact as they do for people who grew up with them.
I have some images from the movie in my memory, so I might have watched it, but probably not with the required sense of wonder.
. . . but, looking at all the sales and bombardment of ads, I’m not sure those movies made much of an impact on the population at large.
But, enjoyment of the season involves turning a blind eye to some things and focusing on enjoying it with family and friends . . . even if only on Zoom.
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Not all movies are equal…I think Hallmark has confused quantity with quality. Evergreen, CO probably shudders every time a new formula “holiday” movie with that name in the title debuts. Even I am not that bored.
The original Miracle on 34th Street film featured Natalie Wood who seemed about the same age as I was when I first saw the film (the film had been out several years) and fascinating was the little Dutch girl who insisted on seeing Santa Claus. I had several friends who were new arrivals, Dutch and spoke little English – first gloms of “we are more alike than different” In later years, the NYC glamorous dept stores was interesting comparison to our store’s work/displays/parade. The film is best at Thanksgiving. It was written bemoaning the commercialism and materialism a long time ago…wonder what would the writer think now…even in a pandemic year?
I do like “There Christmas Story” with Ralphie and the BB rifle – it’s just funny and well done with point of view by child. ( I had one. It was rural with no people for miles. Never shot a bird or animal…’cause you just didn’t. Cowardly. But if a tin can ever threatens you, I’ll save you. No problemo with that.HA HA)
And guilty sometimes watching/watching parts of Charlie Brown (Nice music and generally portrays all personalities with characters) and Nat. Lampoon’s Christmas which is just darn hilarious – characters everyone can see in people they know or related to – I finally saw the entire movie this year. Rarely sit around and watch tv, so I was always seeing this part or that…like that cat and the squirrel…can identify…)
I’d rather watch an old movie rather than head to the mall, so if one’s on and I have to make a choice – no contest.
I want one of those Owl camera systems – Facebook and Zoom just don’t seem real…or much fun….even better, if the virus would just fade away, that would be the best gift of all.
Thanks for decorating this place with your presence. (and I will read the stories…even if time’s up)
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Ralphie and the BB rifle are No. 1 with me.
I like “Love Actually” as well, but we’ve seen it so often that we’re giving it a rest for a few years. The Lampoon movies were great for one viewing, but we never were taken with them.
Never understood the lure and fan-base of Charlie Brown. I guess you had to grow up with them (and, again, I didn’t).
I’m sure there are other movies I might like, but don’t now remember . . . and we’re not likely to come across any because we don’t have cable.
Die Hard wasn’t bad, but it’s a bit of a stretch calling it a Christmas Movie. That said, lots of shooting and blood, and guns, and stuff, so . . . yeah!
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And the very best of season’s greetings to you from the UK!
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And bless us everyone. Jingle on! (and thanks adding a comment to this Christmas tree)
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That tree is is so beautiful. Yes, everyone merry on into 2021!
Thanks for decorating this blog with a comment
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I like to watch it on Thanksgiving, since it begins with the Thanksgiving Day Parade. It sets me up for the holiday season.
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It does seem like the perfect timing and opening for the Christmas season. Thanks for adding a comment to this sleigh
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Nice. 🙂 I’ve escaped to the Imagine Nation a lot this year. –Curt
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You can always tell the ones with visas for that wonder-filled place!
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If from nothing else, then that distant look of wonder in their eyes.
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