Review: The Christmas Candle (2013)

Woo! I'm finally back to reviewing! I'm sorry for this (many) months hiatus. Hopefully now, I'll be back to doing reviews more consistently. I have plenty of period dramas that I want to watch, so this will hopefully be the first in a long line of new reviews.

But anyways. I've heard a lot about The Christmas Candle lately, it being the Christmas season and all. I had heard that people seeing the movie (not the critics, however) liked the movie, that the costumes were good, and that it was an overall good, Christian movie. My parents and I went to see it in a theater that was playing it (which which had to do a little bit of driving to since it was only released in selected theaters) and we all watched it together one Sunday afternoon, which happened to be the first day of Advent.

Synopsis

Promotional Picure

When Gladbury's minister dies, Lady Camdon of Gladbury invites and persuades a young minister, David Richmond, to fill the position. Upon arriving in Gladbury, David learns of the Christmas Candle story: every twenty-five years, an angel blesses one candle (The Christmas Candle) which is given to one person who is granted a miracle. When David arrives and tries to modernize the town of Gladbury and disprove the story of the Christmas Candle, much to the chagrin of the townspeople, the Christmas Candle goes missing.

Merry Christmas!

O Come All Ye Faithful 

Joyful and triumphant, 

O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem. 

Come and behold Him, 

Born the King of Angels; 

O come, let us adore Him, 

O come, let us adore Him, 

O come, let us adore Him, 

Christ the Lord. 

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

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 God Bless,

Review: A Christmas Carol (1999)

Box Art of DVD

And just in time for Christmas! For a special Christmas review, I present you with a review of another version of A Christmas Carol. If you remember, I reviewed in June of 2011 the 2009 movie starring Jim Carrey and gave it a bad review (let's face it, not even Colin Firth could save that movie). But this time (and for Christmas, not in the middle of June like last time), I'm reviewing a version of A Christmas Carol that I could expect more out of: the 1999 version starring Patrick Stewart. I had seen parts of this version, but not the whole thing until last week. So now that I've seen it, I can review it!

Synopsis
Taken from my review of A Christmas Carol (2009)
It's Christmas time and everyone is in a great mood except for Ebenezer Scrooge, a stingy old man who does not like Christmas. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business partner who announces that Scrooge will be visited by three more ghosts.

A Victorian Christmas (Lots of Pictures)

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,
How lovely are your branches!
In beauty green will always grow
Through summer sun and winter snow.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
How lovely are your branches!

Hope that everyone is well as the Christmas Season begins! Over the weekend, my parents and I went were out of town and we went to the home of a senator from the 1860s. Each year, they decorate the house with all sorts of Christmas trees and other Christmas decorations. The house has a lot of donated period furnishings too, so I spent a good part of the time there simply taking pictures. Here are some of the pictures! Some of them are of pieces of furniture in the house and might not necessarily be Christmas decorations.

One of the smaller Christmas trees.

Love the piano they had there! It was so nicely decorated with lace and Christmas decorations.

Merry Christmas!

 God Bless,