The 12 Blogs of Christmas: Part 1

Seasons Greetings, folks! Welcome to my latest challenge: the 12 Blogs of Christmas. Will I be able to write 12 posts before the big day on the 25th? I'm not certain, but keep checking back to find out.

So far, one of the highlights of the season has been my introduction to the movie "The Bishop's Wife." This 1947 holiday film has a story similar to that of "It's A Wonderful Life", and in fact, features appearances by most of the child actors from Capra's more-famous movie. It's more than just a knock-off though. Staring Cary Grant as the angel sent to assist the over-worked Bishop played by David Niven, I would recommend it to everyone looking for a new Christmas-favorite.

Of course, I have also been busy exploring the DVD of this summer's block-buster, "The Dark Knight." I'm so glad to finally have that film as part of my collection. They did an incredible job of being the world of Gotham to life, and almost made me forget about past Batman-stinkers like "Batman and Robin."

Yesterday was my niece Grace's big 8th birthday! I was there for her party a few weeks ago, so I know that she had a blast and received a lot of good stuff. I hope that the actual day was just as much fun.

More to follow as we approach the 25th....