Looking for some last minute Christmas stocking stuffers? Check out these books
Books make great last-minute stocking-stuffers. Here are a few suggestions for every type of reader, young, old and everything in between. Hint: You can also use this column for some ideas on how to spend those book store gift certificates that you find in your own stocking this year.
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Some family members won t be there. Others are coming, regardless of whatever s going on in the country. Still others are sending their regards and a box of presents, which is something you might do, too. And here s the good news: books are easy to wrap, easy to box, and easy to ship. Why not try one of these great books for that person who can t make it to your table this holiday season?
We’re in the final countdown before the big day and I thought it would be fun to do a list. Tis the season and this week’s theme comes courtesy of memories of 411mania’s old Top 5 lists of yesteryear. Some of you newcomers may not know this but we used to do a weekly Top 5 list every Friday in the Movie/TV section that tackled fun subjects like the one I’m about to dive into. We’d get 4 or 5 writers and present our selections while you, the reader, would spit on our selections and tell us why we sucked in the comments. It was pure holiday magic.
MORE During his online visits, Santa Ed Taylor appears from the North Pole with the shimmering Aurora Borealis appearing through the windows of his digital background designed by his wife. Going virtual this year has allowed him to more than quadruple the number of visits he usually has from 100 to some 400. Photo courtesy of Ed Taylor.
Jolly Old St. Nick is still coming to town this pandemic Christmas straight to living rooms via Zoom, Skype, etc. With 2020 being a tough year emotionally and economically, Santa Ric Erwin, who’s based in Hemet, California, says digital visits have been a lifesaver on several fronts. “My economic season was saved. My emotional season has been salvaged. And I’m really having a ball.”
Groundhog Day (1993) ★★★
Grown Ups (2010) ★
Paramount Thur. 10:30 a.m.
Paramount Thur. 6 p.m.
TCM Sat. 3:45 a.m.
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EPIX Mon. 6:05 p.m.
Happy Feet (2006) ★★★
BBC America Wed. 12:04 p.m.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) ★★★
USA Fri. 11:55 a.m.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) ★★★
Syfy Wed. 8 p.m.
USA Fri. 6:35 p.m.
USA Sat. 2:10 p.m.
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Syfy Thur. 2:28 p.m.
USA Sat. 8:30 p.m.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) ★★★
Syfy Wed. 11:29 p.m.
Syfy Thur. 11:26 a.m.
USA Sat. 5:40 p.m.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) ★★★
USA Fri. 3:35 p.m.
USA Sat. 11:10 a.m.
Keeping holiday spirit amid pandemic
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Sue Lundschen, 6, drops her letter to Santa Claus in a mailbox while visiting with him in Kirby on Dec. 10. Former Kirby city councilman and retired police officer Ernest Spradling brought joy to Kirby residents for the second consecutive year by posing with them as Santa at his house.Marvin Pfeiffer /Staff photographer
Parents and children stood on the sidewalk in near darkness, waiting for their turn to walk onto Ernest Spradling’s front yard. Two bales of hay sat bathed in white Christmas lights that illuminated the area. There behind the bales stood the center of attention.