Fa-ra-ra-ra, ra-ra-ra-ra

Pull up a chair, throw a log on the fire…and read or watch any of these with your family and friends this holiday season. It’ll definitely help you get the Christmas cheer on!

A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas
http://www.bfsmedia.com/MAS/Dylan/Christmas.html
Warms the heart. Grab your hot cider and listen to this one with the kids.

A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
http://www.geocities.com/cyber_explorer99/capotechristmas.html
More from the heart warming department. Very southern. Very much like home.

Lessons and Carols, King’s College
http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/
How many times did I not make it to midnight mass, and opt to watch this on PBS instead? Beautiful service.

A Christmas Story
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/
I laugh every time I watch it. I triple-dog dare you to see it. And if you have TBS, you probably will see it. Over. And over. And over.

It’s a Wonderful Life
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/
Need I say it? I gotta watch it so I can hear Zuzu say “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.”
Also, on a different note, this movie gave me inspiration for a band name: “Zuzu’s Petals”. Wouldn’t you want to listen to “Zuzu’s Petals”? Definitely a punk rock band name if ever there was one.

Nestor, the Long-eared Christmas Donkey
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6301760360/103-5859203-4675062?v=glance
Yea, I’m a sap. This one makes me cry and I never see it on TV. anymore. Probably made too many kids cry. But I freakin’ love it.

A Charlie Brown Christmas
http://wilstar.com/xmas/cbxmas.htm
Great music. Great story. Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, this is the Charlie Browniest.

Scrooged
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096061/
Asthmatics beware! This movie makes you laugh so hard you’ll be grabbing your inhaler. Of course, I love the Walter Scott as Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol”. However, I have seen so many incarnations of Dicken’s original that I am in a mood to like the parody more than the classic. Go fig.

Twilight Zone: Night of the Meek
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6302541719/103-5859203-4675062?v=glance
Once upon a time, Rod Serling told a beautiful Christmas story. And when I watch it, I cry and smile. I really, really, must get my own copy of this Christmas classic.

And now for something completely different:

Edward Gorey’s Christmas Cats
http://www.goreydetails.net/show.php?alpha=3187
Enjoy your Gorey Christmas and be happy about it, dammit!