Repost: A Christmas Story (December 3rd at the Capitol Theatre)

[A CHRISTMAS STORY screens Saturday December 3rd at 1:00 pm at the Capitol Theatre.]

Review by Joanna Wilson
from ChristmasTVhistory.com


This feature film was initially released into theaters in 1983 but has since earned its top spot as a favorite Christmas tradition because of its repeated broadcasts on television.  In fact, it has been airing as a 24 hour marathon on Christmas every year since 1997 on one of the Turner Broadcasting channels. This popularity as a favorite holiday tradition can be measured as the annual 24 hour marathon continues to achieve higher and higher TV ratings with each successive year. That’s not bad for a movie made almost 30 years ago!

Repost: A Christmas Story (December 12th at the Cedar Lee Theatre and December 14th at the Capitol Theatre)

[A CHRISTMAS STORY screens Thursday December 12th at 7:00 pm at the Cedar Lee Theatre and Saturday December 14th at 10:00 am at the Capitol Theatre.]

Review by Joanna Wilson
from ChristmasTVhistory.com


This feature film was initially released into theaters in 1983 but has since earned its top spot as a favorite Christmas tradition because of its repeated broadcasts on television.  In fact, it has been airing as a 24 hour marathon on Christmas every year since 1997 on one of the Turner Broadcasting channels. This popularity as a favorite holiday tradition can be measured as the annual 24 hour marathon continues to achieve higher and higher TV ratings with each successive year. That’s not bad for a movie made almost 30 years ago!

Repost: A Christmas Story (December 15th at the Capitol Theatre and December 23rd at the Cedar Lee Theatre)

[A CHRISTMAS STORY screens Saturday December 15th at 10:00 am at the Capitol Theatre and Sunday December 23rd at 7:00 pm at the Cedar Lee Theatre.]

Review by Joanna Wilson
from ChristmasTVhistory.com


This feature film was initially released into theaters in 1983 but has since earned its top spot as a favorite Christmas tradition because of its repeated broadcasts on television.  In fact, it has been airing as a 24 hour marathon on Christmas every year since 1997 on one of the Turner Broadcasting channels. This popularity as a favorite holiday tradition can be measured as the annual 24 hour marathon continues to achieve higher and higher TV ratings with each successive year. That’s not bad for a movie made almost 30 years ago!

Miracle on 34th Street (December 18th at the Capitol Theatre)

[Miracle on 34th Street screens on Sunday December 18th at 10am at the Capitol Theatre]

Review by Joanna Wilson
from ChristmasTVhistory.com

1947's Miracle on 34th Street with Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle and young Natalie Wood as Susan Walker

Miracle on 34th Street begins on Thanksgiving Day as a man named Kris Kringle fills in as a last minute substitute for Santa Claus at Macy’s annual parade.  Later, Kris is hired for the job of their store’s Santa Claus.  The parade’s director, Doris Walker introduces her daughter Susan to the charming Kringle but he is crushed to learn the little girl lacks the imagination to believe in Santa Claus.  Meanwhile, Macy’s department store has tremendous success with Kris as their store Santa until it becomes known that Kris actually believes himself to be the real Santa Claus.  The story builds to a courtroom scene where Kris has to not only defend his sanity to a judge but his lawyer is asked to prove that Kris is the one and only Santa Claus!  But the climax of the story arrives a little later when young Susan’s faith in Kris is put to the test.

A Christmas Story (December 10th at the Capitol Theatre)

[A CHRISTMAS STORY screens Saturday December 10th at 10:00 am at the Capitol Theatre.]

Review by Joanna Wilson
from ChristmasTVhistory.com


This feature film was initially released into theaters in 1983 but has since earned its top spot as a favorite Christmas tradition because of its repeated broadcasts on television.  In fact, it has been airing as a 24 hour marathon on Christmas every year since 1997 on one of the Turner Broadcasting channels. This popularity as a favorite holiday tradition can be measured as the annual 24 hour marathon continues to achieve higher and higher TV ratings with each successive year. That’s not bad for a movie made almost 30 years ago!