Christmas in Connecticut

Journalist Elizabeth Lane is one of the country's most famous food writers. In her columns, she describes herself as a hard working farm woman, taking care of her children and being an excellent cook. But this is all lies. In reality she is an umarried New Yorker who can't even boil an egg. The recipes come from her good friend Felix. The owner of the magazine she works for has decided that a heroic sailor will spend his Christmas on her farm. ...

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Holiday Inn

Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire star in Holiday Inn as a popular nightclub song-and-dance team. When his heart is broken by his girlfriend, Crosby decides to retire from the hustle-bustle of big city showbiz. He purchases a rustic New England farm and converts it to an inn, which he opens to the public (floor show and all) only on holidays. Well, it seems that Astaire wants to make a film about Crosby's inn, starring their mutual discovery Reynolds. ...

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Scrooge

Widely considered to be the definitive of the many film versions of Charles Dickens' classic novel is this 1951 British adaptation, starring Alastair Sim (entitled "Scrooge" in its U.K. release). Sim plays Ebenezer Scrooge, a London miser who, despite his wealth, refuses to make charitable contributions and treats his sole employee, Bob Cratchit, as an indentured servant. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his late business partner, ...

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It's a Wonderful Life

This is director Frank Capra's classic bittersweet comedy/drama about George Bailey (James Stewart), the eternally-in-debt guiding force of a bank in the typical American small town of Bedford Falls. As the film opens, it's Christmas Eve, 1946, and George, who has long considered himself a failure, faces financial ruin and arrest and is seriously contemplating suicide. High above Bedford Falls, two celestial voices discuss Bailey's dilemma and decide ...

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Animated Christmas Specials!

Happy Holidays from Gen X Media! Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Jack Frost Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol Cricket on the Hearth The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus Little Drummer Boy Santa Claus is Comin' to Town 'Twas The Night Before Christmas How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Year Without a Santa Claus Frosty's Winter Wonderland Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July Rudolph's Shiny New Yea ...

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Jimmy's Grow Your Own Christmas Dinner

Our Christmas dinner feels like it's been around forever, but in fact much of it is a surprisingly recent invention. In this one-hour programme, Jimmy Doherty tries to find out where the food on our Christmas plate comes from historically, and how it has evolved in the age of mass production. To find out, Jimmy has spent months growing and making his own traditional dinner from scratch - to discover if it tastes better than the modern turkey and ...

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