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The holidays have officially arrived, which is awesome.

I love the holiday season.

I'm one of those people, one of those annoying people that I probably put Christmas lights all

over my house if I had a house, but I live in a flat.

Anyway, I always kick off the holiday season by watching my favorite holiday film of all

time, which is not, it's a wonderful life, or a Christmas story,

or White Christmas with Bing Crosby and Danny Kay,

which should be on your list if you've not seen it.

It's very much on mine, but it's not my number one.

Not even The Grinch Who Stole Christmas is my number one.

Instead, my favorite holiday film of all time is,

drum roll please, a Muppet Christmas Carol. Yeah, really. Let's talk about it. From the very start of this incredible display of

traditional analog stage-based storytelling. We start off

with a well-balanced arrangement of familiarity and whimsy, and yes, I am talking about a Muppet

Christmas Carol. And the musical numbers, my goodness, the musical numbers really make this film.

And the first one, which is all about Mr. Scrooge, played by Michael Cain, if you can even

believe it, please see this film if you've not seen it, opens with a killer line about the

wicked insidiousness of being alone. It says, when a cold wind blows, it chills you,

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