Twelve Days of Christmas – Day 10: Stories
Jan 3rd, 2008 by Tana
One of the parts of Christmas that I simply cannot leave out is stories…and movies.
Every year, Steve loves seeing the Charlie Brown special on tv. We even have the soundtrack now.
My favorite has to be It’s a Wonderful Life. I love movies from that era. I didn’t catch it on tv this year, but Schon brought it when he came for Christmas, and the twelve days of Christmas aren’t over yet so I still have time to watch it, right?
My mother-in-law gave me White Christmas for Christmas a couple years ago. I did watch that one this year, and loved it, as usual.
With Steve’s family, watching Christmas Vacation is an annual tradition. I must confess, there are few movies I hate more than that one. They’re just a bunch of idiots. And Steve and his brother and his family laugh and hee-haw and carry on like it’s the greatest movie in the world. Every year. Oh my!
Moving on to books…
I’ve never been into the Scrooge thing. But this year, I actually checked the original work by Dickens – as in, the book – out from the library and am in the process of reading it. It has elements of non-real-life in it – the spirits and all – which is, I think, why I don’t really like it. I just don’t get in to stories that couldn’t happen in real life.
I love O. Henry’s Gift of the Magi. I found my copy of it – I actually have one – and was going to read it aloud to Ben this year, but then time got away on me. [Is he ready for that story yet, anyway?]
And Christmas story books for the kids. We had four Golden books when I was a kid. One was about Santa Claus not having time to play with all the toys because he was too busy working. I wanted to get one for the boys, but it was more that I wanted to spend this year. (Golden Books are supposed to be under $5, in my world.) We also had Frosty the Snowman, which I managed to snag a used copy of for Ben this year – different cover, but the same words and pictures inside.
We also have How the Grinch Stole Christmas which Steve read to Ben. Then Schon brought the movie down when he came for Christmas. We already have Frosty the Snowman on DVD – from Steve’s mom a year or two ago, I think.
Here’s the funny part. After Ben watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas, he apparently decided that all of his books are also movies. So now when he reads his books, which he does a lot, he starts out by singing – like, humming a tune – then he reads a page, sings some more while he turns the page, and continues on in similar fashion. You know, like the music at the beginning and between the scenes when you watch the movie. It’s hysterical. In fact, I have tears running down my cheeks right now I’m laughing so hard about it. Oh my!
That copy of Frosty the Snowman is the EXACT one I had when I was a kid. It brings back so many memories!