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Saturday, December 21, 2013

A Visit From St. Nicholas

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The Coming of Santa Claus by Thomas Nast, 1872 On 23 December 1823 the poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas", now better known as ...
Friday, December 20, 2013

"Underneath the Tree" by Kelly Clarkson

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I was meaning to write a blog post on Scrooge (1935), the first talkie adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol , but my brothe...
Thursday, December 19, 2013

"Christmas is All Around" from Love Actually

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One of my favourite modern Christmas songs did not start out as a Christmas song. One of the many subplots in the film Love Actually (2003)...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

"Merry Christmas Will Do" by Material Issue

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One of my favourite songs for the holidays is one that is not exactly well known. "Merry Christmas Will Do" is a song by power pop...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

A Review of The Mitford Society (Volume 1)

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For siblings the Mitford sisters, the famous daughters of  David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale and Sydney Bowles, were a diverse lo...
Monday, December 16, 2013

The Late, Great Peter O'Toole

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Legendary actor Peter O'Toole died Saturday, 14 December 2013, at the age of 81 after an extended illness. He played T.E. Lawrence in ...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

The Late Great Joan Fontaine: More Than The 2nd Mrs.de Winter

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Joan de Havilland, better known by her stage name Joan Fontaine, had a truly singular career. At age 24 she became the youngest winner of t...