Four Classic Christmas Films


This Christmas I watched Elf as I often do. I also watched It's a wonnderful life as happens sometimes. Then I also watched Christmas with the Kranks which I have seen more than once (I first read the John Grisham book, Skipping Christmas) and a new one to me Fred Claus which has a good concept and some pretty funny moments 

Great Children's Books

I picked up these excellent small paperbacks for kids today at The Works




Happy Christmas from Focus 1972

Winter Landscape George Smith 1752

 


Train in the snow 03 Monet

 

Claude Monet, 1875, Train in the Snow

The Train in the Snow (Le train dans la neige) is a landscape painting by the French Impressionist artist Claude Monet. The work depicts a train surrounded by snow at the Argenteuil station, France. Art historians see the work as a significant example of Monet's efforts to integrate nature and industry in his work. Many historians believe that Monet, out of all of the notable nineteenth century artists, made the most paintings of trains in his lifetime. Art historians typically emphasise the dividing lines of the piece created by the fence, trees and tracks as well as the dark smoke produced by the locomotive. However, these historians derive different meanings from the painting, though they all reference themes of industry and motion. Scholars also note the important connections between Monet's painting and contemporary works of literature, particularly those of the writer Emile Zola.