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Hello RTV people! Time once again to dedicate a page to Christmas fun! A fantastic quote from one of the greatest authors of all time who gave us the time-honored story of "A Christmas Carol". One of my favorites. Every year I do a Holiday page designed to give each other well wishes and greetings for the season, of course. But it's also to share our favorite things.... "These are a few of my favorite things" (HEY! Maybe THIS line is the reason "The Sound of Music" is considered a Christmas movie). Nice try, but... no. Anyway, I have a lot of favorites in the way of movies and music and books. I was reminded this week of a song/book that was made into a movie a few years back that always makes me emotional... but in a good way. And a sad way. It's the tale of a little boy who wanted nothing more than to give his mother something special for Christmas: a pair of shoes. If that doesn't bring a tear to your eye, you have no heart. The movie, which stars Rob Lowe and Kimberly Williams, brought this song to life in a beautiful way. The synopsis from IMDb reads: "A young boy tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for his dying mother, while a lawyer tries to deal with the break-up of his marriage. Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second, lawyer Robert Layton and his wife Kate are slowly drifting apart and the matter comes to a head during Christmas when Kate takes over for Maggie for the school choir and declines a job in Robert's firm. When Robert's mother passes away, he begins to reconsider things and his and Nathan's paths cross on Christmas Eve as Nathan tries to raise the money for the shoes and Robert tries to get a present for his daughter." Beautiful story which, I warn you, will make you cry unless your heart is made of stone. But so worth the watch. Let's lighten the mood with one of my all time favorite goofy songs done by a cappella group "Straight No Chaser". I'm sure I'll have more to contribute in the comments as the week goes on. Also, come Saturday next week, I'll be posting the New Years Eve page which will include commentary on great TV moments (I can think of a couple) for the year 2022. Be thinking about what you'd like to contribute to that list. Merry Christmas!
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