Destination 2021: What we’ll do differently next year
As 2020 shudders to an end, many of us will be eager to move on, hoping that 2021 shows a path out of a pandemic that has upended our way of life. In that spirit, we asked Monitor writers and editors, near and far, to reflect on what COVID-19 has taken away and what, paradoxically, it has given us. It’s a journey into what we yearn to experience again and what we have come to appreciate most, to the point where we may no longer feel the urge to revert to old ways when the risk recedes.
Santa-approved films to chase away the 2020 blues
By Dana Barbuto
We could all use some holiday cheer in 2020, and luckily, you can find some in front of a screen. Pour the eggnog, spike it if you choose, and get all nestled and snug on your couch to watch one these new Santa-approved Christmas-themed movies: Godmothered
Eleanor (Jillian Bell), an aspiring fairy godmother, is on a mission to give a happiness makeover to a reluctant Mackenzie (Isla Fisher), a 40-year-old single mom and widow who lives in Boston in this fantasy comedy. The movie was filmed across the city in January through March. From Charlestown to Copley Square, director Sharon Maguire (“Bridget Jones’s Diary”) bathes the city in a cheerful holiday glow with twinkling lights and rows and rows of festive garland. Other scenes were shot at City Hall, Boston Common and the North End. A deconsecrated church in Lowell was used for the interiors of The Motherland, the make-believe world where fairy go
WINDSOR, ONT. The holidays are different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the best of the season. CTV Windsor staff members are sharing their favourite movies, books, songs, food and other holiday traditions. Happy holidays!
Jim Crichton, CTV Windsor anchor, News at Six
Favourite Christmas movie: ‘Christmas in Connecticut’. This may be a little obscure, but I’m a big Barbara Stanwyck fan. It’s a Christmas comedy of errors. Her character is a single newspaper columnist who paints a perfect picture of a house in the country, adoring husband, Christmas dinner, chestnuts roasting on the open fire and presents under the tree. It’s all a fiction. Then her publisher announces, sounds nice, he’s coming for Christmas!
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