Spooky Holidays 2011/12

[A Cousin]

Great siggy, Silktie!

My siblings and I donate to charity for presents as well. It started with my brother donating through Heifer International and now we all have our own charities. It's a great alternative.

Hmmm...holiday movies...

I like just about any adaptation of A Christmas Carol. If any of them comes on the TV, I'll watch it. I think I really respond to the Christmas ghost story aspect of it in the same way that I really love Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands.

I am especially fond of Scrooged but I think that has as much to do with David Johansen as The Ghost of Christmas Past as anything else. He's hilarious! ("Go back to Joisey ya moron!")

Last year, we watched Robert Zemekis' animated version with Jim Carrey but it was too scary for the kids! I thought that it was one of the better adaptations of the book for that very reason, but we will just have to wait another couple of years to watch it again. Not a huge Jim Carrey fan anymore, but the rest of the cast is really incredible.

I also really like the Scrooge musical with Albert Finney. He was very young for the role (34 at the time), but is a great Scrooge. Its another one with an incredible cast. Alec Guinness is the best Jacob Marley ever.