Who picked these movies?

Xmas Eve is almost over and I’m breaking out my Xmas movies. First on my list is Comfort and Joy, a Bill Forsyth movie that I was looking for for years until I finally found it on a Region 2 DVD. It’s actually kind of sad so I wonder why I watch it. The second is A Christmas Carol, the old one from 1951 with Alastair Sim. This is one of the movies that I watched when I first found out I had leukemia and wasn’t sleeping well that actually put me at ease. Croupier was another, and there were a series of webcomics, mostly gone now, that also distracted me and kept me from worrying. And the third movie (there must be more) is Love, Actually. I think I can watch this movie without getting sentimental now.

Anyway, as I was typing this, it’s now crossed over into Xmas. Merry Xmas for those of you who believe in that sort of thing, and Happy Chinese Food Day for those of us who are going out to eat. I’m helping a buddy uphold a sacred Jewish tradition by eating Chinese food, but then again he’s the guy who told me I should only eat bacon cheeseburgers because the bacon and cheese canceled each other out and made the hamburger kosher. Just in case you were wondering, I had a bacon cheeseburger for lunch ($5 including a soft drink) and for dinner last night ($40 including adult drinks).