On 12th day of Christmas … I watched “The Hard Luck Kid I” (That Girl) and “The Hard Luck Kid II” (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)

We are by nature a communal nature a communal species and never more so than at Christmas when the idea of being alone is anathema and we (for the most part anyway) seek out friends and family for some festive communal togetherness. That’s not always the case with some people, Continue Reading

I’m dreaming of a romantically cookie cutter festive season: James Franco hilarious parodies every Hallmark Christmas movie

SNAPSHOTEvery Christmas season, we can be sure that Hallmark Channel will have more than enough heartwarming holiday films to keep us entertained all month … And yes, these Hallmark holiday movies are super fun to watch, but we can’t help but notice they all seem a little similar. SNL hilariously Continue Reading

Santa’s in trouble? He needs some of Russell’s Christmas Magic by Rob Scotton

You’d think, given the miles he has clocked up over the many centuries that Santa has been delivering presents all around the world that he’d have the whole sleigh maintenance thing down pat. And yet, time after narratively convenient time, the big red guy’s sleigh inevitably comes a cropper, dragging Continue Reading

Christmas Comes to Moominvalley (adapted from the Tove Jansson classic) by Alex Haridi & Cecilia Davidsson / illustrated by Filippa Widlund

The chances are that if you haven’t heard of Christmas, then you have been living under the proverbial rock, without deliveries of junk mail or without access to a streaming platform or no nearby mall or singing angels in the sky announcing the saviour’s birth (you know, it happens ALL Continue Reading