I only have a couple of Christmas traditions, not many but I do like to stick to them. I watch certain films, I insist on seeing the Queen’s Speech at 3pm on Christmas Day and I enjoy some indulging…
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
20 December 2011 by 1 Comment
Last week I wrote about my favourite movie Santas and as usual I ranked my top ten in alphabetical order. Had I ranked in order of preference there would have been no problem at all in choosing my number one…
The Santaland Diaries
19 December 2011 by Leave a Comment
One of my favourite memories from childhood is of visiting House of Fraser in Glasgow every Christmas Eve. Normally the Salvation Army brass band would be playing at the entrance…
Top Ten: Movie Santas
16 December 2011 by Leave a Comment
Christmas is a time for giving and sharing, and being with family. Most Christmas movies tend to focus on this sentiment, others are more action packed and involve buildings blowing up. It doesn’t matter to me which camp they fall into I love them all…
White Christmas
15 December 2011 by Leave a Comment
I’ve been wondering for a while about how I score my reviews. I don’t have a checklist or criteria, I go on gut instinct and although I think that works most of the time…
Top Ten: TV Box-Sets
14 December 2011 by Leave a Comment
As I mentioned earlier, I’ve started watching TV in a completely new way. I very rarely actually sit down and watch a programme as it is transmitted and there’s several series that I’ve barely seen on television at all..
Skipping Christmas
13 December 2011 by 1 Comment
I love Christmas, as is probably evident from the fact that I’m running a 12 Days of Christmas series. I love the gifts, the sentimentality and the sheer corniness of the whole season. I cry at films like Miracle on 34th Street and White Christmas…
The Muppet Christmas Carol
12 December 2011 by 2 Comments
Ever since I set up LouiseReviews there’s been one film I’ve been desperate to review and share with you all. Starting the website in July however did mean that I was at exactly the wrong time of year to review The Muppet Christmas Carol….
It shouldn’t be this hard to find a Christmas book…
9 December 2011 by Leave a Comment
I started planning my 12 Days of Christmas feature in a little tinselly flurry. I was going to have so many posts that it would take me months to write them all…
Delia Smith’s Christmas
8 December 2011 by Leave a Comment
It’s coming up to Christmas and I’m starting a new series – The 12 Days of Christmas. There’s going to be book reviews, movie reviews, thoughts on the best Christmas movies and some Christmas present suggestions. Up until about two weeks ago I hadn’t really started …