The winner for Monday’s giveaway will be posted this afternoon, so be sure to check back to see if you have won. This morning I am starting giveaway #2, which is a DVD of my favorite Chrsitmas movie. I discovered Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” when I was about 8. I imagine I have read it at least 20 times over the years. I have this tendancy to re-read books I enjoy and I am always reading something, or maybe 2 or 3 somethings, so having read a book I really like 20 times is not unusual for me. [ask me how many times I have read “The Lord of the Rings Trilogy” – go ahead, ask me!] There have been many movie versions made of this book, but hands down, this one, starring George C. Scott is my favorite. It was a made for TV version, first aired in 1984 and I adored it from the first airing. [In 2004 NBC’s musical version stunk up the place – my review of that can be found here.]
I think I love this one so much because of all the versions, it feels most like the book to me – and hello? George C. Scott? Patton makes the perfect Scrooge ya know? [and just so you don’t think I am totally sappy, my second favorite Christmas movie is probably National Lampoon’s “Christmas Vacation”]
I want to share my favorite Christmas movie with one of my blog readers, so comment on this post between now and Saturday at midnight to enter. In your comment, tell us what is your favorite Christmas movie and why – or if you hate all Christmas movies, tell us that – we won’t judge! As before, if you link to the giveaway on your blog, or mention it by Twitter or Facebook, you get an extra entry – just make sure you leave a separate comment for each method you use to send people here. Again, only open to those with US mailing addresses. The winner will be announced on Sunday afternoon. Good luck everyone!
