I'm very proud of my husband, he's so talented not only with his music, but he also penned this picture of the Little Tiny Tim and his sister and dad from Scrooge (the musical version). He drew it in 1974 (ok I was 12) and honestly, it really looks like the characters in the movie. We watched the movie together when we were dating, and I had never ever seen the musical version of this movie. Honestly I was thinking: "what am I getting in to here, a musical Scrooge?", but about a quarter way through I was done for. Dennis got me with this movie. There's a scene where Scrooge is with the ghost of Christmas Past and he's watching his old fiance and their life together before money became his love. He's longing for her and they are both singing different songs she is dancing with the younger Ebenezer and he's up with the ghost missing her and singing a complementary song. I had to ask Dennis to pause the movie because I was crying so hard. I remember saying "he loves her so much!" and how painful it was to watch him watch her. (at the time we were only dating and we both wanted to be together and we both had things we were resolving)

And with this our tradition of watching Christmas movies began. What starts with the original Miracle on 34th Street on Thanksgiving (black and white all the way) and ending with It's a Wonderful Life on New Year's Eve. In between we have the original Grinch, Christmas in Connecticut, Prancer (makes me cry), White Christmas, Elf, all the Santa Clause movies, Christmas with Red Skelton, Holiday Inn, Joyeux Noel, and The Bishops Wife (another favorite, Cary Grant is just yummy). Just to name a few! Merry Christmas, grab a DVD & have fun!