Sunday, November 21, 2021

"A Christmas Carol"--author Charles Dickens' classic Victorian-Era holiday novella became a memorable TV film starring the great George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge--stellar supporting cast features a talented ensemble of familiar film favorites

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    A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens. It was first published by Chapman & Hall on 1...
Thursday, November 18, 2021

"A Plain & Fancy Christmas"--by Cynthia Keller--a "switched at birth story" with a twist: at birth, the daughter of an Amish couple is given to a well-heeled New York family, and the city baby goes home to be raised in the Amish community--when the secret is revealed thirty years later, many lives are changed forever (see my review)

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    A Plain & Fancy Christmas Raised in a Pennsylvania Amish community, young mother Rachel Yoder has led a simple life within her cl...

"Let It Be"--The Beatles

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

"Land of Shining Water Series"--by Tracie Peterson--inspiring historical romance set in Minnesota close to the end of the nineteenth century--three strong, caring, hard-working women whose families toil as manual laborers wonder what changes the encroaching Era of Modernization will bring--can love find it's way among such a time of transition (see my reviews)

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    The Icecutter's Daughter A family promise and a lack of lady-like qualities have kept Merrill Krause single. When a chance at love ...
Tuesday, November 16, 2021

"A Christmas Memory"--by Truman Capote--celebrated author's autobiographical holiday tale became beautifully realized Hallmark TV film starring the incomparable Patty Duke

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    A Christmas Memory First published in 1956, this much sought-after autobiographical recollection of Truman Capote's rural Alabama...
Monday, November 15, 2021

"The House Without A Christmas Tree" and "The Thanksgiving Treasure"--author Gail Rock's beloved books were filmed as touching, heartwarming TV movies featuring outstanding performances by Jason Robards and Mildred Natwick

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The House Without a Christmas Tree It’s Christmastime in 1946, and all Addie wants is a pair of cowboy boots and a Christmas tree Ten-year-...

"The Thorn Birds"--by Colleen McCullough--one of the most beloved novels of all time--sweeping family saga of dreams, titanic struggles, dark passions, and forbidden love in the Australian Outback--filmed as smash hit, award-winning TV mini-series starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward

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  The Thorn Birds The Thorn Birds is a robust, romantic saga of a singular family, the Clearys. It begins in the early part of this centu...