A very merry and wondrous Christmas Day to all of you! This seems like a highly appropriate time to share my post for the Inklings link-up (see the rules to link up here!), as the December prompt is (fittingly) a scene by a Christmas tree.
I’m choosing to highlight the ending scene of the 2017 film The Man Who Invented Christmas. (Bit of a misnomer, by-the-by, since it is not, in fact, about the Man who invented Christmas; it’s about Charles Dickens. Not quite the same thing.)
This is a movie I only discovered a few Christmases ago, but it’s quickly wormed its way onto the list of movies we try to watch every Christmas. It’s about Dickens writing A Christmas Carol, but it also has bigger themes of forgiveness and second chances that I think are portrayed very powerfully. It’s just a really good movie on its own merits whether you enjoy Dickens’ work or not, and I would highly encourage you to check it out if you haven’t already.
Not to give anything away, but the last scene is such a perfect, Dickensian ending to the movie. From the snow, to the Christmas tree (which, as is mentioned in passing in the movie, was a very new thing in England introduced by the Royal Family – I really appreciate the detail of the Dickens’ Christmas tree in this movie looking very similar to the real-life illustration of the original royal Christmas tree), to the reading the review from Thackeray, to the toast – it’s all just perfect.
“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls – and those on the way – a toast: I wish you all many, many happy Christmases, and friendships, and great accumulation of cheerful recollections, and Heaven at last for all of us.”
Very merry Christmas to you all! Go enjoy the day (maybe watch The Man Who Invented Christmas, which I will be watching in a couple days after we watch A Christmas Carol itself).
What are your favorite Christmas movies? Have you seen The Man Who Invented Christmas?
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Merry Christmas, Lizzie!
I love this movie! Especially, as a storyteller myself, it’s very relatable! I have seen it twice, but unfortunately not yet this year. I think the casting is great, and I really enjoyed the plot and conflict.
Merry Christmas, Autumn!
It is a great movie, isn’t it? I love their intertwining of Dickens’ personal struggles with the process of writing the story; it was so creative and interesting, and also one of the (many) things about the movie which is quite relatable for storytellers!
I’ve been wanting to see this movie! I’ve heard a lot of good things about it. To answer your question, my favorite movie is The Nativity Story : )
I would definitely recommend it! I have not seen The Nativity Story…I feel like there are so many Christmas movies that I’ve just never watched!
*skims post*
Eeee, I really want to see this movie, so I am trying to Be Good and avoid spoilers. 😛
Merry belated Christmas!!
Oh, that’s very wise of you. This is one of the few movies that I didn’t have completely spoiled for me beforehand, and I’m really glad I didn’t. 😛 Let me know your Thoughts once you watch it!
Thank you, and same to you!
This is such a good movie!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Lizzie 😀
(This is Astrya, by-the-by, but no longer under a pseudonym. My latest post explains all ;))
May God bless your 2025!
Isn’t it, though? Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too, Hannah! (Ha, it’ll be weird to re-adjust to calling you by your actual name :P)
Thank you, and you too!