HAPPY HOLIDAYS from Reggi Allder!
What do Cameron Diaz, Bruce Willis, Kate Winslet, and Rudolph the Red
Nosed Reindeer have in common?
Though I’m working on the fifth Dangerous Series Book, Dangerous Sisters, I’m excited because my Sierra Creek Series is complete with all four books available on Amazon. Book one, Her Country Heart.
I asked what do Cameron Diaz, Bruce
Willis, Kate Winslet, and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer have in common. Well, all
of them have been in a holiday movie.
I’ve loved movies since I was a kid.
One of my fondest memories is staying up late to watch classic movies on TV
with my mother. My dad went to bed early. His favorite saying: “Early to bed
and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
Sometimes on a weekend night, Mom and
I would make a big bowl of popcorn and turn on a movie channel, then switch off
the lights, so it felt as if we were in a theater. I stayed up until midnight
watching movies on the small screen.
Now I have a large flat screen TV, but
my family still enjoy films of all kinds. Black and white classics or new films.
For me, the story is the thing.
Here are several holiday films I’ve
enjoyed. Please note, I mentioned the writers involved in making the movies.
Most of these films can be found on
Amazon.
Please leave a comment with your best
loved movie. Any film, it doesn't have to be a Christmas or holiday one.
Holiday movies:
The Holiday, 2006 Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet star with Jude Law and Jack Black. Screenplay
Nancy Meyers. A woman from the UK and one from the US swap houses for the
Christmas time holiday. They find romance, but know they must soon return to
their own countries. If you are looking for fun and romance, this delivers. It
should not to be confused with the old film with Kathryn Hepburn and Cary
Grant.
Christmas in Connecticut, 1945 Barbara Stanwick
and Dennis Morgan. Written by Lionel Houser, Adele Comandini, Aileen Hamilton
(story). It is a fun comedy romp from the 1940's. A career woman leads her boss
to believe she is married and has a baby and that she's a gourmet cook and lives
on a farm in Connecticut. None of which is true, but the fib keeps her employed
as a popular magazine writer extolling the virtues of being a homemaker.
Trouble ensues when the boss wants to visit the farm during Christmas. 
Miracle on 34th Street,
1947, John Payne and
Maureen O’Hara. Written by Valentine Davies, a classic and beloved film. Edmund
Gwenn plays Kris Kringle / Santa Claus and Natalie Wood plays the little girl
he befriends. There’s a sweet love story between the girl’s single mother and a
man she meets. This film was remade made in 1994, but I like older version
best. Great for kids.
White Christmas 1954 is a flashy musical about two army
buddies, Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, trying to help their old commander, now
retired and running a lodge in Vermont. Entertainers, the two men put on a
musical show. Lots of silliness and fun for the whole family. Vera-Ellen, and Rosemary
Clooney, who is George Clooney’s aunt, round out the cast. Written by Norman
Krasna, Melvin Frank, and Norman Panama.
Borrowed Hearts. 1997 Roma Downey and Eric McCormack.
A TV movie written by Pamela Wallace and Earl Wallace. This is a sweet holiday
romance suitable for adults and kids. A young woman with a seven-year-old girl
is trying to save money for a down payment on a home. A company executive has
led an important business client to understand he has a family, he doesn't. The
client is coming to visit over the holidays, so the executive agrees to pay the
woman and child to pose as his family for Christmas, complications arrive.
A Christmas Carol 1951 British. Called Scrooge in the UK.
Charles Dickens' famous tale, there are many remakes of the story, but this is
my favorite. Alastair Sim's Scrooge is wonderfully creepy. Written by Noel Langley.
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1944/1948)
This is the classic cartoon and can be seen on YouTube. I like this for any
child who might be teased and for the mockers in the group, hope they will see
that everyone has value even if they are different. The song was written by
Johnny Marks.
The Angel and the Bad Man 1947 John Wayne and Gail Russel, if you
haven’t seen her, she will be a pleasant surprise. Written by James Edward
Grant. This isn’t a Christmas movie. It’s a wonderful romance about a wounded
bad man and a Quaker woman who nurses him.
Love this one 😊
For something completely
different and not for young kids:
Die Hard 1988 Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, and
Alan Rickman. Christmas in L.A. and there’s an employee party on the 30th floor
of a corporate building when it is taken over by ruthless terrorist. Everyone
at the party is held and only NY cop Bruce Wills is there to save the day.
There are several enjoyable sequels, but for me this is the best one. Action
galore and snappy dialogue, written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza.
If you’re looking for a feel-good
holiday read check out my
Sierra Creek Series, Her Country Heart Book Christmas Edition 1 of 4 of the
Sierra Creek Series. Downsized, she
lost her apartment in the city and returned to the small-town of Sierra Creek
to find a fresh start. However, she's in the way of cowboy Wyatt Cameron’s
plans and as executor of her grandmother’s estate, he has the power to send her
packing
What can she do to change his mind?
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