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Staff Picks –Holiday Movies & Songs Krystal Wilson
Director of Communications
Jimmy Stewart’s charming good looks make It’s a Wonderful Life a holiday favorite.
Who doesn’t love a good Will Ferrell
Movies Kristen Runde movie?! Each year, our family enjoys
Communications Specialist the silly and sweet holiday spirit of the
Emily Wallace movie Elf. It cracks me up to hear the kids
Sun Rays Managing Editor Definitely A Christmas Carol, but it has quoting the movie for the next month,
to be the 1951 version with Alastair Sim, “Santa! I know him! I know him!” or
It’s a Wonderful Life – A little sappy at who embodies Scrooge. I particularly like “I like smiling. Smiling is my favorite.”
times, but Jimmy Stewart was so hand- the grubby atmosphere of the film, which Holiday songs: anything from the Jimmy
some back then, who cares? surely captures a cold winter in London Buffet Christmas collection.
in 1840. Mr. Sim also plays a redeemed
Jim Romine Scrooge wonderfully! Jenny Phillips
Executive Director Director of Lifestyle and Activities
While it is a goofy movie, I have always My favorite holiday movies include The
enjoyed A Christmas Story. This is the Nightmare before Christmas; Elf; The
great tale of a little boy named Ralphie Family Stone and Home for the Holidays
who wants only one thing for Christ- (I love anything that highlights dys-
mas: a Red Ryder BB gun. Ralphie’s functional families during the holiday
desire is rejected by his mother, his season); How the Grinch Stole Christ-
teacher and even a department store mas (2000); and The Muppet Christmas
Santa, all with the same warning: Carol. I love to sing carols with my
“You’ll shoot your eye out!” family: Silver Bells, Jingle Bells, White
Christmas, Joy to the World. We have a
Linda O’Mary Alistair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge friend who puts on an awesome Christ-
Fitness Center Monitor mas party where we gather around the
Dawn Pehl grand piano and sing carols. Carol books
My favorite Christmas movie is It’s a Director Of Accounting are even provided for those of us who
Wonderful Life, with Jimmy Stewart. forget the words to songs!
Its message is timeless and gives great My favorite holiday movie is Polar Express.
hope to all. Songs
Jaime Calder,
Vicki Simons Sun Rays Features Editor Carl Zimmerman
Member Services Coordinator I absolutely love The Nightmare Before Community Standards Director
Christmas, a beautiful movie done entire-
My favorite Christmas movie is Christ- ly in stop-motion animation. In the film, Favorite holiday song: Merry Christmas
mas Vacation with Chevy Chase because holidays all exist in their own unique, from the Family, Montgomery Gentry,
Clark Griswold is my husband’s idol (not magical worlds. When Halloween Town 2007
really, but the movie cracks him up every unexpectedly collides with Christmas
time). Also, Beverly D’Angelo is from my Town, disaster occurs. Perhaps retailers Cedric Claiborne
hometown of Columbus, Ohio. Suppos- who insist on putting Christmas trees up Staff Accountant
edly she went to my high school for one in October should take note!
year, although I don’t remember seeing Favorite Christmas song: Have Yourself a
her there. Merry Little Christmas by John Williams
ONLINE: SCTEXAS.ORG Catrin Dubois
LMH Superintendant
Favorite holiday song: Merry Christmas
from the Family, Robert Earl Keen
Dick Baker
Communications Assistant
My favorite Christ-
mas song is Bing
Crosby’s recording
of White Christmas,
which I suspect is
also the favorite
of my generation.
There are many recordings of this song,
but I believe “Der Bingle’s” soundtrack
looms large over the rest.
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