Holidays

Not a fan of the holiday season as you all know who read me.
But I do admit there are two Thanksgiving movies that are 2 of my favorites, thanksgiving or not.

Home for the Holidays and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.

The movie, Home For The Holidays, was directed by Jodi Foster and stars Holly Hunter, Robt. Downey Jr, Ann Bancroft, and Charles Durning. The last two are big favorites of mine and they don't disappoint me here. Have you seen this one?

I relate to this movie on so many levels. The line, 'I look around and think, who are these people, where do I even come from'  I have uttered that line since the age of 14. This movie makes me happy though. 

Then there is Planes Trains and Automobiles.

This movie is everything one goes through who travels a great deal. 

When I saw it I was flying the majority of the week, getting stranded, stuck with a fat man next to me overflowing into my seat on the plane who CLIPPED HIS TOENAILS WHILE SITTING IN HIS SEAT!  I've been stuck in cities that I had no plans on going to only to be shuttled somewhere else or renting a car - just the whole damn movie was much like my life at the time. I've made friends with those stranded with me. I've done all of this movie, except blow up my car etc.  I love John Candy is this movie. You just want to hug the guy. Well, at least I do. 

 

I had horrific travel stories as everyone does who travels all week for a living. I also had some fun ones that started out as a nightmare like this one.  It makes me smile to this day. I often wonder if that older woman is still with us or the other is still up in Baltimore. 

That was one long day which was horrible but turned out very nicely. 

And as I always say to Rick, and I did it in high heels. 

You see Rick and I both traveled and told each other our horror stories. 

One Friday evening over a glass of wine we were both home and talking about our travel week. 

When he was done I said, "okay you win, but I did all that in heels" 

So that became a thing I'd say to one-up him and it never failed to make him laugh. Rick has used it as well.  Recently when he had his knee drained with nothing to drain he was hurting. I said to him that I have never had my knee drained. He said, "when you do, wear heels, so you can tell me how bad it was in heels." 

I threw a pillow at him. Yes, we are weird, that that sentence can make us laugh so hard. Inside joke, I suppose that just doesn't translate.

I'm queuing up my holiday movies for this thanksgiving. 

What are some of your favorite Thanksgiving movies?