Today is December 1st so I’m going to start watching my plethora of Christmas movies. I love Christmas movies and I’m not sure why. Maybe they remind me of the magic of the season that has been missing from my life for so many years. Maybe so many of them remind me of my childhood. Whatever the reason, I love them
Today I watched one of my favorites. A classic TV movie from 1972…The House Without a Christmas Tree, which is based on the book of the same name by Gail Rock. This one only came out on DVD a couple years ago and I ordered it immediately. I knew it had to be part of my collection.
I remember watching this one when I was a wee, little hillbilly and it broke my heart. It’s about a little girl (Addie) in Nebraska who’s mother died during childbirth. Her father is left so bitter by her death that he never lets Addie have a Christmas tree. She plots and plots to get a tree. She even has the carolers from school come to her house to sing to her father...."O Christmas Tree". What a little schemer. In the end she finally wins a tree in a school contest. In the end her father does finally come around and realize that he can't mourn his wife forever and needs to be there for Addie.
It’s a story of love, hope, loss, and understanding and still brings tears to my eyes at the age of 41. Now it touches my heart and make it glow with happiness instead of making me sad. It’s a simple story with a huge meaning.
Thanks to the glory of youtube, I was able to find a video to give you a glimpse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvuKWyZCvUw
Today I watched one of my favorites. A classic TV movie from 1972…The House Without a Christmas Tree, which is based on the book of the same name by Gail Rock. This one only came out on DVD a couple years ago and I ordered it immediately. I knew it had to be part of my collection.
I remember watching this one when I was a wee, little hillbilly and it broke my heart. It’s about a little girl (Addie) in Nebraska who’s mother died during childbirth. Her father is left so bitter by her death that he never lets Addie have a Christmas tree. She plots and plots to get a tree. She even has the carolers from school come to her house to sing to her father...."O Christmas Tree". What a little schemer. In the end she finally wins a tree in a school contest. In the end her father does finally come around and realize that he can't mourn his wife forever and needs to be there for Addie.
It’s a story of love, hope, loss, and understanding and still brings tears to my eyes at the age of 41. Now it touches my heart and make it glow with happiness instead of making me sad. It’s a simple story with a huge meaning.
Thanks to the glory of youtube, I was able to find a video to give you a glimpse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvuKWyZCvUw
If you can find it watch it. It's a great little story!!!
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