The Yankee Candle (Christmas Eve) is burning, my bank account has took a thrashing, there are lists about lists about lists and my blood pressure is off the scale…….IT MUST BE CHRISTMAS
For the record I am a Christmas fanatic. I LOVE IT. I do nothing but complain about it but I absolutely adore it and I drive my family bonkers. We used to have 9 Christmas trees but I have got this down to five. My conservatory is a winter wonderland with the window freezes to prove it.
So what better on these cold and frosty mornings…afternoons and evenings than a good old Christmas film or TV special – here is a list of my personal favourites.
In no particular order…….
TV specials
- Charlie Brown Christmas
- The Raccoons Christmas Special
- Lark Rise to Candleford
- Grantchester
- Mrs Brown’s Boys
- Call the Midwife
- Poirot – Murder on the Orient Express (not Christmas but lots of snow)
- Gavin and Stacy
- Father Ted
- Only fools and Horses – all of them
- Rugrats Christmas
- Michael Bublé
- To the Manor Born
And then the Films….
- A Muppet Christmas Carol
- Scrooge
- Scrooged
- Scrooge (again – alastair Simm)
- Little Women (1938)
- By the light of the silvery moon
- Meet me in St Louis
- The Santa Clause
- National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
- The Slipper and the Rose
- The Bishop’s Wife
- It’s a wonderful life
- The Shop around the corner
- Arthur Christmas
- Elf
- The Wizard of Oz
- Disney Very merry Christmas sing a long
- Winnie the pooh and Christmas too
- Beauty and the Beast – Belle’s enchanted Christmas
- Love Actually
- A mom for Christmas (Olivia Newton John)
- The Christmas Gift (John Denver)
I have probably forgotten loads so will add as I remember them – but let me know if you have any recommendations
HO! HO! HO!