Christmas Movies

We only have a few days left!!  The stockings are hung, the presents are wrapped, the cookies are baked and eaten.  It's the perfect time to sit around and snuggle up with the family and watch movies!  My family has a really fun movie that we watch every year together, but there are a few other movies I can't get through Christmas without...

And our family's absolute favorite:

Down South

Last night was a night of epic proportions.  It was a late late summer (or early fall...seasons around here can be so confusing) Friday night, and I got home around 6:15PM to my little family.  Alli was in the midst of Lego Harry Potter on the iPad, and her daddy can't help but play along.  My sister was off work and home for the first night in a long time, so we had a bit of a lazy night catching up on our good (bad) TV.

About 8PM, I begged Ryan to dig through the boxes that have overtaken our garage (more on that at some point...) to find my all time favorite movie in the entire world, Gone With The Wind.  Alli pretty much heads to bed between 8:30PM and 9PM most nights, but I gave her a pass to watch some of my favorite movie with me.

I was so glad Lindsey was there, but I really missed my mom while I was watching it.  We quote nearly 30 lines from this movie on a regular basis in my family, and it seems like it was always on in the background when I was growing up.  I talked Alli through it a little, telling her what was going on and who the characters were.  She was pretty glued most of the time.  In the first scene where Rhett Butler is at the bottom of the staircase at Twelve Oaks, I informed her who he was, and she replied, "Oh, he's pretty."

Yeah he is.

She enjoyed most of the first part of the movie, but when the Civil War started getting a little too real, it was time for bed.  Lindsey and I stayed up until 12:30 and actually finished the movie in one sitting.  Pretty darn impressive.  I can't ever decide what my favorite part is.  Is it when he bids on her at the benefit when she's in mourning from her first husband?

Via

Is it when he leaves her on the road to Tara as the Yankees are taking over Atlanta and he's going to join the war?

Via

Or is it the epic scene where he carries her up the stairs?

Via

I guess I will just have to keep watching it over and over until I decide - which is no small feat given the 230 minute run time...

I'm so glad Alli seemed to enjoy her first pass at watching one of my favorite movies, and I do hope that one day she remembers watching it over and over with her mama like I do with mine.