Christmas Frame of Mind

It’s a Wonderful Life

Christmas Story

Miracle on 34th Street

Meet Me in St. Louis

Christmas Vacation

Christmas Carol

Elf

Love Actually

Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer….. so many wonderful Christmas movies to watch from Thanksgiving to Christmas day and after.  I love each and every one.  Tear jerkers or belly jigglers, all have quotable lines or a famous song like “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” from Meet Me in St. Louis.  Bet you didn’t know that one!  And Judy Garland sings it beautifully.

While wrapping gifts, I stumbled upon the original version of Miracle on 34th Street on AMC with the beautiful & talented Natalie Wood playing Virginia.  Most of the time, I’m so caught up watching Natalie, other important parts of the movie pass by me.  But this night, I happened to look up from my wrapping in time to see a conversation between Kris Kringle & Virginia’s mom played by Maureen O’Hara.  She frustratedly said to Kris that Christmas is just a day.  He disagreed with her saying, “Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind.”

Holiday hustling, bustling can change anyone’s merry little attitude to a bah humbug state of mind.   But this is the time of year to celebrate the miracle of love; love of family, love of our maker, love of friendships.  Even Scrooge realized it’s better to show love & acceptance than pout over past grievances.  All celebrations no matter what your beliefs have this at their core.  What a wonderful miracle & you don’t even have to be on 34th Street.

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