(courtesy AppleTV+) If ever any pop culture property had a hold on what a Christmas tradition is, it’s Peanuts. The iconic and much-loved comic strip by Charles M. Schulz has become almost as well known for its exquisitely well-drawn and joyously nuanced television specials such as A Charlie Brown Christmas, Continue Reading
Imagine how love makes us real: Festive thoughts on The Velveteen Rabbit
(courtesy IMP Awards) I have read so many books in my life that remembering ones that particularly struck me, even as a child, isn’t easy. But one of the twenty or so books that has stuck to my head and my heart like storytelling super glue is the moving 1922 Continue Reading
On 12th day of Christmas … I listened to Songs for Christmas by Christina Perri
(courtesy Apple Music) Have you ever sat back and watched a Christmas special, especially a British one with its earthy humanity and whimsical sense of joy and felt like someone was giving you a great, big soul-reviving hug? If you have, and here’s to everyone being so beautifully treated, you Continue Reading