A Film Education

Last night we had a friend over, a film student at the University who Hillary felt was lacking in his exposure to some pretty essential Christmas movies.  We were happy to watch some of our favorites again.  We started late in the afternoon with White Christmas.



That was pretty much the way every musical number went down.  I'm happy to report that David enjoyed the movie very much.  It's always fun exposing people to classics for the first time.  You're giving them the gift of a lifetime of enjoyment.

In between performances, Ella colored, and before we put the kids to bed we enjoyed a presentation of Good Night Moon, courtesy of HBO Family.  I had to take a picture of James watching.  I always want to remember his big, blonde head tilted back looking intently at the television.

Next up...

Before last night, I had not watched this movie this Christmas season.  Oh, how I love it.  It is so good.  Some movies are so great because no matter how many times you've seen them, you notice and appreciate new things each and every time.  Jeffrey made it in time for this one; he said it was much better than he was expecting.  This is high praise coming from him.  Another convert.

Will he ever realize how wonderful his life really is?

Might be my favorite picture from the night.

Each expression is so unique.

And though David might have been lacking in his exposure to some classic Christmas movies, he has done an excellent job on the promotional video for the documentary of Christian Schmidt's life.  I am really looking forward to his finished work, and I'm so thankful to Christian and his parents for allowing everyone a look into their private pain so that others might glorify God.  You should definitely take the time to watch it.