What did I do for this Christmas? Absolutely nothing, which would the main goal for Christmas but it something I've been doing for the last 3 mo. I did get to do nothing at my parents house which is much more welcome than by myself. We had a small dinner, since I'm now on a much more limited funding than before unemployment. Mom made some Home and potatoes. We watched I three of the four versions of Miracle 34th Street, Carol Burnette's Bio, and a look at the vaudevillians that made the jump from vaudeville to radio and then television.
Of the three version I saw of 34th street, I think I'm more partial to the Natalie Wood version. It could be that I'm just old and remember it better, but somethings in the '90s version just made it hard to push that I believe button. In the '47 version and on the '73 version there was a drawing together of the lawyer and the critical mom but no wedding bells and that is just fine by me. Plot was there and maybe because of the cultural climes of the day, figured that the lawyer dude was going to marry the woman, okay in the '79 version we didn't really care if he just moved in and played the father while the couple lived in sin. I the '90s version I didn't see alot development as far as the two adults were concerned. Not enough be anything but cinical of an impromtu wedding after midnight mass, of which none of the participants were aware of. Yup I said to myself, this is a marriage that should last as long as any hollywierd dating. I also liked Santa speaking some random foreign tounge while the girl watches from the sideline.