Music:
Benn listening to Mindy Gledhill's album Winter Moon and the Bear Family vintage rock compilation Yulesville.
Movies and TV:
Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa (2018)
Not as meh as the first, probably because of my lowered expectations and Jill Wagner.
The Case for Christmas (2011)
So they can make a predictable, cliche riddled low budget Christmas movie that still engages and entertains. No staggering work of genius but a nice solid holiday flick.
Holiday High School Reunion (Christmas Crush) (2012)
How could this be this bad - it featues Rachel Boston, Marilu Henner, Harry Hamlin. Three people who have been known to be able to act. What a waste.
Some Mothers Do Have ‘Em - Christmas (1975)
Michael "Phantom of the Opera" Crawford plays helpless incompetent Frank Spencer in this goofy slapstick sitcom’s 1975 Christmas special. The episode opens with some yuletide hijinks then settles into a pai of non-festive plotlines. YMMV as to how funny Some Mothers is. I can only take it in very small does.
The Spirit of Christmas (2015)
A ghostly Christmas romance. A nice change from the usual recipe. It’s no substitute for a straight haunted house movie but I liked it.
12 Dog Days Till Christmas (2014)
And another bad movie steals half an hour of my life.
The 12 Wishes of Christmas
You don’t want to know my wish…
...wait I have a wish I can share - I wish Michael Gross had been the star... and some one else had written it, and directed it, and done the production design and casting and... well you get the idea.
The Good Old Days Christmas (1974)
A surprisingly faithful adaptation of vintage music hall performances in front of a live, period-correct audience. This yuletide installment features the usual selection of song, dance, magic, comedy.There's even an old-timey strongman and an acrobatic act. Edward “The Equalizer” Woodward headlines and The King’s Singers perform.
Christmas content there is, though not in overabundance.
An interesting side-note - The musical director is Bernard Herrmann - yes, that Bernard Herrmann
