THAT'S POLITICAL CORRECTNESS THAT IS # 1

That's political correctness that is

In one of its insidious ways

That’s stops us saying merry Christmas

And makes us say happy holidays

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ANGELS' COOKING (1955)

 

It’s Christmas on Devils Island and three prisoners, Joseph (Humphrey Bogart), Albert (Aldo Ray), and Jules (Sir Peter Ustinov) escape from the Penal Colony to a small coastal town. Once there they decide to rob the General Store, run by Felix Ducotel (Leo G. Carroll) and his wife Amelie (Joan Bennett), to get some money and clothes and then travel by ship to another place where they might make their way back to France.

They pretend to be there to fix the roof while they plan the crime, but pretty soon they realize that the financial condition of the family Ducotel is not very good and they find themselves befriending the Ducotel’s and their daughter Isabelle (Gloria Talbott).

And after helping them in many different aspects of their lives they are invited to spend Christmas night with the family and as a result of being so well treated by the family they become very protective towards them.

Especially after the André Trochard (Basil Rathbone), the selfish and mean owner of the establishment, and his nephew Paul Trochard (John Baer) arrive to do an audit of the business, and they witness first-hand how the Trouchard’s exploit the Ducotel family.

So, the convicts decide they should use their expertise to intervene, in the end events take a surprising turn.

Highly recommend anyone should watch this as it makes for a different kind of family viewing at Christmastime.

I EAT EVERYTHING

 

I love Christmas

The naughty and nice

I eat absolutely everything

Until I pay the price

And I make a Yule log

That I have to flush twice

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A ROYAL CHRISTMAS BALL (2017)

 

39 year old widowed King Charles of Baltamia (Ingo Rademacher) is lonely and dateless at the approach of his nation’s traditional Christmas ball, so he travels to California on a low key trade mission on the pretext of meeting business partners, while secretly planning to track down his American college sweetheart Allison (Tara Reid) who he was forced to break up with just over seventeen years earlier, unbeknown to his ambassador Rosa (Mira Furlan).

When he meets up with Allison, he finds her less than welcoming, so he enlists the help from his old college buddy Sam (Mykel Shannon Jenkins) to help him build bridges and as a result Sam meets Allison’s business partner Eva (Faune Chambers Watkins).

But Charles finds more on his trip than he had bargained for when he meets a 17-year-old girl called Lily (Haley Pullos) who turns out to be Allison’s daughter and the newest princess of Baltamia.

A BLONDE GIFT

 

Bimbette got a new scarf for Christmas

But in the New Year she exchanged it

The store took it back without a quibble

Even though she said it was too tight a fit

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS AT GRAND VALLEY (2018)

After failing to get the Gallery show she had worked so hard for, artist Kelly (Danica McKellar) feels burned out from life in Chicago, so she returns home to the picturesque Grand Valley just in time for Christmas.

She hopes that a hometown Christmas will reinvigorate her love of art and guide her down her next path and with that in mind she volunteers to run the kids club at the Grand Valley Hotel.

Which is where she meets Leo (Brennan Elliott), a widowed businessman and father of two, who struggles with the work/life balance, but when he is assigned to review a hotel in Grand Valley to ascertain its value, he sees it as the perfect opportunity for a Christmas family vacation.

Along the way Kelly and Leo's worlds collide, and she re-experiences her favourite Grand Valley traditions with Leo and his children, which reignites her passion for art while opening up her heart. 

CHRISTMAS ISN’T JUST ABOUT PRESENTS

 

Christmas isn’t just about presents

I have a far deeper meaning in mind

Christmas marks the birth

Of the saviour of all mankind