Tuesday, 11 March 2025

THE TRADITION ON NEW YEARS EVE

 

The tradition is, on New Years Eve, to open

The door at midnight to let the old year out

This year however I’m opening the door

And every window to let every bit of it out

Wednesday, 5 March 2025

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS AT KEESTONE (2023)

 

Widowed CEO John Williams (Ben Graham) is still honouring the  memory of his wife five years after her death by spending Christmas at her favourite place, the Keestone Resort in Tennessee.

Its at the resort where he meets genial Madelyn Grace (Candice Graham) who works there with her friend Whisper Jacobs (Meggie Jenny).

While Whisper forms a relationship with John’s assistant Liam Weaver (Bryan McClure) Madelyn does the same with John and he must choose between another chance at love or keeping his heart safely locked away.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2024)

 

A reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This retelling of the story in which Ebeneezer Scrooge (Everett Salter) a heartless grasping bitter old miser is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Nicc Spinball), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Blake Sutton), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Michael Millican) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is (Samuel Fulton).

Between them they force him to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and as a result he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man and discovers the true spirit of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1997)

 

An animated reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This retelling of the story narrated by Ian Whitcomb in which Ebeneezer Scrooge (Tim Curry) a heartless grasping bitter old miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Edward Asner), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Kath Soucie), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Whoopi Goldberg) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.

Between them they force him to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and as a result he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man and discovers the true spirit of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SCROOGE: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2022)

 

A musical animated reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This retelling of the story in which Ebeneezer Scrooge (Luke Evans) a heartless grasping bitter old miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Jonathan Pryce), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Olivia Colman), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Trevor Dion Nicholas) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.

Between them they force him to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and as a result he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man and discovers the true spirit of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2024)

 

A reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This modern retelling of the story is set in Seattle where Ebeneezer Scrooge (Tobias Yuodelis) a heartless old miserly booming tech billionaire who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Nicholas Horiatis), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Billy Dunston), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Eric Peddy) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is (Christopher B. Kok).

Between them they force him to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and as a result he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man and discovers the true spirit of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1971)

 

An animated reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This retelling of the story Narrated by Michael Redgrave in which Ebeneezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim) a heartless grasping bitter old miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Michael Hordern), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Diana Quick), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Felix Felton) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.

Between them they force him to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and as a result he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man and discovers the true spirit of Christmas.