This and that or “God bless us every one!”

by chuckofish

c393bf6a87663c04775c06c66a1abc3d.jpgWell, here we are 12 days from Christmas. I have a pile of presents to wrap, but my cards are in the mail.

I have to wait until my girls are home before I can watch White Christmas, so I watched the 1951 A Christmas Carol with the wonderful Alastair Sim–definitely the best version of the classic by Charles Dickens–last night. It is a great movie and should be part of every pre-Christmas routine. I always choke up when they play “Barbara Allen.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97PwRDfHBlg

Tonight I might watch Mary Poppins (1964) and toast Dick Van Dyke, who was born on this day in 1925.

dick-van-dyke-e-julie-andrews-in-una-scena-del-film-mary-pop.jpgWe went to see Mary Poppins for my little sister’s birthday, in 1964, a week before Christmas. We had dinner at the University Club and then went to the Fox Theater across the street. It was a Big Deal and I’m not sure why. But it was super fun and we all loved it. Have you watched this movie recently? It holds up and is definitely not just for children.

I thought this article in the WSJ was interesting. I mean, haven’t I been saying this for years? Didn’t I once, a few years ago, even email a high school classmate (not a close friend) whose picture I had seen in an alumni magazine, asking her where did she get that dress? It had sleeves! She wrote right back with the answer, saying, I know, right?

Designers should throw us old ladies a bone.

And, okay, I thought this was funny:

Enjoy your day!