Too, I can easily imagine the joy your gifts brought all those deserving people. Bless you for your big heart. And I know that you got as much out of GIVING as they did in recieving. That is the best gift of all... making someone else happy. big ol' hug to you and Merry Christmas! Karen

I must say my all time favorite is It's a Wonderful Life. The story has so much meaning to me. Whenever I think at the end all the community coming to help George out with all the money to make up the difference in his Uncle's bookkeeping mistake. (Darned ol' Mr. Potter!) I can't help but always remember when I was a young teen and my Dad getting layed off from his job. He was a maintenance worker at a local hospital. He was given the boot just a few weeks before Christmas. With 4 kids and a mortgage was so much to bear before Christmas. The hard thing too is that he had already been diagnosed with Parkinsons disease (he was in his mid to late 30's). Well, he was loved by all the employees there. He was President of the Employee's Association and set up many wonderful outings to plays, comedy, etc.. So, when news got out one of his co-workers came over just about a week or two into December. He presented my Dad with a small gold papered box. Inside was $1800 CHC (cold hard cash)! He was moved to tears! All the employees pitched in money to help us out! WE were all excited and even fanned the money out on the ground and took a picture of it! So, whenever I see that movie, it brings me to tears of the goodness of people's souls coming to help a friend in need. The saying, "What goes around, comes around." always rings true with me! Love, Jules

Sorry to say this Mike, but I was one of the kids who would try to egg on the other kids into licking the pole. PS stay away from the furnace. One new movie that I've seen the last couple of years is called SILENT NIGHT. Starring Linda Hamilton, it's set at Christmas 1944 during the battle of the bulge. A group of American and German soldiers meet up at a house in the forest. Enemies at first, they slowly become comrades. It's a great movie. John

Good Thread!! My favorite movie that I must watch every year, since I saw it on T.V. when I was really little, was "Santa Clause the Movie" It has Dudley Moore in it, as well as John Lithgow. My tape is getting pretty old, but I love that movie soooo much. Has anyone seen the Wookie Christmas Special? It's absolutely hysterical. My BIL is a Star Wars fan and just happened to get his hands on a copy of this. Harrison Ford doesn't even like to awknowledge this film, that's how "bad" it really is. Think about a half hour of wookies "talking". Hehe, Happy Holidays!!