Christmas Links #8


"A school Christmas concert audience couldn't help falling in love with a boy who went on stage as Elvis Presley instead of Elvis the Elf."

"Christmas has come early for an Auckland man who's been reunited with his cat who went missing 14 years ago."

From The New Yorker: "Our critics rank their favorite movies of the year."
Editor's Note:  Here's a Letterboxd list.

"These events are meant to make Christmas magical, and while many do, a few fall spectacularly short. Here, in no particular order, are some of the worst offenders."

"Michelle Pfeiffer’s familiarly overworked, taken for granted mom stands out from the typical holiday fare."
Editor's Note:  I loved it.  It's a bunch of actors who usually spend their time in costumes and indie dramas or both having a marvellous time making a Hallmark movie with high production values.  Come for Felicity Jones's American accent, stay for Chloe Grace finally playing her truth.

"A festive exhibition at the Museum of Cambridge is taking a look back at Christmas 100 years ago.  Tom Jackson spoke to engagement officer Alex Horn about the most wanted gifts of the 1920's."

"The Mari Lwyd is a Welsh tradition in which a group of people carry a horse skull mounted on a pole — draped in a white sheet with the operator hidden underneath — to your door at Christmas and demand entry through song."

"Made of more than 160 traps, it's the second year of a new holiday tradition for Prince Rupert."

"The architect, whose work included the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA, died after a brief illness."

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