If this is the Paul Puglia I know from working at the 'dying computer business' and living in NF CT, glad to see you landed on your feet and are doing well.
Keep the articles coming and best to the family.
Thanks Mike for sharing this with us. I too am a big fan of both these movies and look forward to watching them every December, and usually more than once.
Your last paragraph hit the nail on the head as to how they affect many of us, including myself. Watching them is an annual reminder to be a better person and to give more of oneself. I do remember the first time I saw It’s a
Wonderful Life. It was 1983 and my wife and I were dating. We were sitting on the couch and the movie was on PBS. I believe it had just been re-released. Once VCRs became available, my wife bought me the tape and I’ve watched it every year since. Now of course it’s usually aired on NBC on Christmas night but I watch it earlier in the season on Amazon Prime, red eyes and all. There are several versions of A Christmas Carol and I usually watch as many as I can each season. My favorite is the George C Scott version which came out in the mid-80s and was solely sponsored by my employer, IBM. As a new employee, watching it then made me proud to be an ‘IBMer’. Today, I watch it for the message it sends. I’ve also come to enjoy the musical version which was entitled, Scrooge. One of the songs in the movie, Thank Ya very Much, comes to mind often and I sing it out loud. And lastly, for comedic relief, I will watch the Muppets version usually with my daughters who are now grown women. Of course there are other annual Christmas favorites which date back to our childhood, such as Charlie Brown Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. These shows have similar messages of redemption and ‘finding the true meaning of Christmas’, and I watch them annually usually with red eyes at the end.
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If this is the Paul Puglia I know from working at the 'dying computer business' and living in NF CT, glad to see you landed on your feet and are doing well. Keep the articles coming and best to the family.
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Thanks Mike for sharing this with us. I too am a big fan of both these movies and look forward to watching them every December, and usually more than once. Your last paragraph hit the nail on the head as to how they affect many of us, including myself. Watching them is an annual reminder to be a better person and to give more of oneself. I do remember the first time I saw It’s a Wonderful Life. It was 1983 and my wife and I were dating. We were sitting on the couch and the movie was on PBS. I believe it had just been re-released. Once VCRs became available, my wife bought me the tape and I’ve watched it every year since. Now of course it’s usually aired on NBC on Christmas night but I watch it earlier in the season on Amazon Prime, red eyes and all. There are several versions of A Christmas Carol and I usually watch as many as I can each season. My favorite is the George C Scott version which came out in the mid-80s and was solely sponsored by my employer, IBM. As a new employee, watching it then made me proud to be an ‘IBMer’. Today, I watch it for the message it sends. I’ve also come to enjoy the musical version which was entitled, Scrooge. One of the songs in the movie, Thank Ya very Much, comes to mind often and I sing it out loud. And lastly, for comedic relief, I will watch the Muppets version usually with my daughters who are now grown women. Of course there are other annual Christmas favorites which date back to our childhood, such as Charlie Brown Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. These shows have similar messages of redemption and ‘finding the true meaning of Christmas’, and I watch them annually usually with red eyes at the end.
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