Hope everyone is still enjoying the holidays… This should be my last rant and rave of 2009:<\/p>\n
On to our second Christmas movie…<\/p>\n
When the four of us actually get together to watch a Christmas movie, there is a lot of thought involved. We have a lot of movies to pick from, since we have a lot of Christmas movies that we enjoy. My daughter and I tend to enjoy more movies than the two boys enjoy… Christmas in Connecticut<\/em> (with Barbara Stanwyck) is one of the Christmas\u00a0chick-flicks we love.<\/p>\n This year, I mentioned A Muppet Family Christmas<\/strong><\/em>, and the boys agreed that it had been several years since\u00a0they saw it. (My daughter and I watched it last year, which\u00a0reminded us how good this Jim Henson movie is.)<\/p>\n Again, my husband is a “technical gadget, wide-screen, perfect picture” sort of guy. So, I was a little hesitant when I got out our very old VHS version of\u00a0A Muppet Family Christmas<\/strong><\/em>. I taped it years ago when it\u00a0originally aired\u00a0on television… which of course means that I have all of the television ads (brought to us by Osh Kosh B’ Gosh and M & Ms!) as well as the VHS tracking problems. I knew that it would not be up to my husband’s “perfect picture” taste, but I also knew that it is a terrific Christmas movie.<\/p>\n We all really enjoyed seeing the Muppets in all of their splendor… Miss Piggy braving the snow storm to be with her true love –\u00a0Kermit (or as she would say “Kermie”), Big Bird making a home-made gift for the Swedish Chef\u00a0 – who was measuring Big Bird for the roasting pan, Fozzie Bear’s grandmother welcoming all of the unexpected guests into her home while ditching the warm-weathered plans she was looking forward to, the Fraggles explaining their “Pass It On” holiday, ETC.<\/p>\n After watching the movie, my husband decided that we do indeed need<\/strong> the DVD of this great Christmas movie, so off he went to buy it online. What a disappointment! Remember what I said about messing with perfection?!? Apparently, when Disney decided to sell the\u00a0DVD (remember\u00a0my previous entry: Disney bought the Jim Henson Company…)\u00a0they would not\/could not buy the rights to several of the songs,\u00a0and instead simply decided to cut out many scenes from the\u00a0original movie.<\/p>\n Let me keep this brief: If you have a VHS copy of the original movie, enjoy it\u00a0AND\u00a0treat it with care!\u00a0Needless to say, my husband did NOT buy the DVD. I’m guessing that Disney must not have the money to pay for the rights of those Christmas\u00a0songs… (Right! They certainly have the money to pay for all sorts of computer-generated movies, etc.)<\/p>\n Shame on you, Disney Studios, for messing with perfection!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hope everyone is still enjoying the holidays… This should be my last rant and rave of 2009: On to our second Christmas movie… When the four of us actually get together to watch a Christmas movie, there is a lot of thought involved. 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