Monday 22 December 2008

Christmas again...



Christmas again. I always tend to be a bit optimistic about the true message of Christmas. Luck many others I get sucked into the blatant commercialism but come to 11.3o on Christmas Eve when I wrap up against the cold and head of to church for the Midnight Mass I know that I have not forgotten what it is about. This year is more difficult. I have friends who are unemployed, a friend who is coping with his lady's descent into mental illness and I have just had to make one of the most painful decisions of my life. I still don't doubt the true meaning of Christmas and the message of Frank Capra's IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE seems particularly pertinent this year as the banks collapse and people lose theie homes and jobs. I just can't help feeling that, just perhaps, the alternative reading of IT A WONDERFUL LIFE as a sort of proto INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS where the expression on James Stewart's face athe finale is one of trapped desperation rather than joy seems more significant than usual.




Have a good Christmas and thanks for reading this blog. Hopefully next year I'll be able to get back to regular reviews. Stick with me,

3 comments:

Mercurius Aulicus said...

Merry Christmas to you, Weaverman, and a Happy New Year. I look forward to reading more of your film reviews (and I am sorry to see the demise of Fleapit Annex and Ghosts in the Library).

I'm sorry to hear that your Christmas is more challenging than usual - for what its worth, you will be in my prayers.

Cerpts said...

As always, I wish you the best and hope it's a Merry Christmas!

Weaverman said...

Many thanks Mild Colonial. My Best wishes to you and all my other colonial pals. Fleapit Annex will be returning at sometime - probably incorporating the Library.
I just hated seeing them neglected.
I continue to read your blogs and enjoy the wisdom and sanity therein.

Hopefully, plans are afoot to deal with some of the pressures that have assailed me in the last few months.

As Cerpts said on his blog - some of us have not had a good year but,hopefully, the only way is up!