Lessons from the Grinch
What’s your favourite Christmas or Holiday movie? Is it It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)? Maybe Miracle on 34th Street (1947)? Or do you always watch A Christmas Story, filmed around 1983 and partly in dear old St. Catharines. A Christmas Carol (1951) tops many of your lists, no doubt. Mine’s still How The Grinch Stole Christmas, that first aired in 1966 when I was one year old. Like so many holiday-themed classics, “The Grinch” celebrates the importance of family and caring for others. The part that I looked forward to seeing the most every year, and this is one of my first memories growing up, is that moment when sweet little Cindy-Lou who finally got through to that curmudgeon: it is not your presents that matter, it’s your presence.
Thank you to all of you for your presence in this Club of ours, for your support and dedication to the works or our organization throughout the year, and for creating a warm and welcoming space for each other and especially for our new members. Finally, and most of all, thanks for looking out for your club mates and others who may be struggling right now.
Looking forward to seeing many of you at the Festive Dinner party and if not there, then let me say it all now:
Merry Christmas
Happy Hanukkah
Happy Holidays
And all my wishes that you’ll be able to share everything you hope to in the New Year.