THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – AN EVERGREEN CHRISTMAS (2014)

 

Putting her seemingly glamorous Hollywood life on hold, Evie Lee (Charleene Closshey), is forced to return to her small hometown of Balsam Falls, Tennessee, after the sudden death of her father.

Following the funeral, much to her younger brother's dismay, she is left the family's once-thriving Christmas tree farm and finds that the estate has a massive inheritance tax bill to pay.

As a result Evie is forced to choose between pursuing her music career and saving her family's legacy, while being constantly badgered by a potential buyer, Becky Tamora (Tiz McWilliams), and fielding calls from her employer Babette (Skyler Stonestreet).

Tyler Ritter provides the romantic interest as she tries to decide where her place in the world is.

Robert Loggia, Booboo Stewart and Naomi Judd also feature in this heart-warming musical holiday tale.

GOLDEN BALLS

 

St Nicholas is the patron saint of pawn brokers and outside of a pawn brokers you will see the symbol of three gold balls which are representations of the three bags of gold. He gave to the poor father to save his daughters from prostitution.

NICHOLAS PATRON SAINT OF

 

St Nicholas of Myra is the patron saint against imprisonment, against robberies and robbers he is also patron of apothecaries, bakers, barrel makers, boatmen, boot blacks, boys, brewers, brides, captives, children, coopers, dock workers, druggists and fishermen.

Also the patron saint of Greece, the Greek Catholic Church in America, the Greek Catholic Union, grooms, judges, and lawsuits lost unjustly, longshoremen, Lorraine, maidens, mariners, merchants, murderers, newlyweds, old maids, parish clerks and paupers.

As well as pawnbrokers, perfumeries, perfumers, pharmacists, pilgrims, poor people, Portsmouth England, prisoners, Russia, sailors, scholars, schoolchildren, shoe shiners, Sicily, spinsters, students, thieves, travelers, unmarried girls and watermen

EUDOCIAN BASILICA

 

The site of the Eudocian basilica, erected to honour St Thomas, was identified some twenty years ago, and a new edifice has been erected on the old foundations by the Dominican Fathers.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LOVE FOR CHRISTMAS (2012)

 

Bobby Alden (Rob Mayes) returns home after leaving the Navy and is ready to settle down in Belmont Shores.

Meanwhile Belmont Shores resident and Bobby’s former childhood sweetheart Heather Hartly (Shantel VanSanten) dreams of directing on Broadway, but a community theatre production of Dickens' Christmas Carol is keeping her gainfully employed at the time to couple meet.

The meeting comes about courtesy of one of the trio of golden retrievers at the centre of the story.

But the combination of a call from a New York producer and Heather’s “can’t take a hint” ex in waiting Roger (Mark Famiglietti) seem likely to snuff out the embers of romance.

But it is after all Christmas and strange things can happen especially with the help of the three golden retrievers and a group of dedicated and very pushy friends.

This is an easy to watch Christmas treat which gives the viewer by way of a bonus, Alley Mills, who starred in the first two “Golden” movies, putting in a cameo appearance sitting in the front row in the audience during the performance of “A Christmas Carol”.

REPRESENTING ST LUCY

 

St Lucy is represented by cord, eyes on a dish, lamp, swords, and as a woman hitched to a yoke of oxen

She is also represented as a woman in the company of Saint Agatha, or Saint Agnes of Rome, Barbara, Catherine of Alexandria, and Saint Thecla and finally as woman kneeling before the tomb of Saint Agatha.

NICHOLAS OF MYRA

 

Nicholas was the Bishop of Myra, Lycia modern day Turkey.

He was from a wealthy family and was known for his Generosity to the poor and a special protector of the innocent and the wronged.

He has spawned many stories such as giving three bags of gold to prevent a poor man from having to sell his three daughters into slavery or prostitution.

Many stories grew up around him prior to his becoming Santa Claus. Some examples:

He is also purported to have raised to life three young boys who had been murdered and then pickled in a barrel of brine to conceal the foul crime.

He Induced thieves to return their plunder and during a voyage to the Holy Lands when a fierce storm blew up which threatened the ship He prayed to calm the storm.

He died in 346 AD at Myra and his relics are held in Bari.