Announcing "Oscar Takes A Holiday!"

If you pay any attention to popular culture, you’re probably aware that we’re in the middle of what’s known as “awards season,” which culminates on February 24 with the Academy Awards ceremony.

We have mixed feelings about the Oscars, since the academy sometimes gets it wrong.  For example, how is it that Cary Grant never won an Oscar (and only received two nominations)?  Yet we always end up watching the ceremony (or at least part of it) every year.

Lots of Academy Award winning actors, directors and writers have also worked on holiday movies, specials and episodes.  Some movies that take place at Christmas have even won Oscars. Perhaps the most obvious example is Edmund Gwenn’s performance as Santa Claus in Miracle On 34th Street, which earned Gwenn a Best Supporting Actor statuette.  

So all this month, leading up to the Oscars ceremony on February 24, we’ll be posting new reviews of holiday programming that features contributions from Oscar winning talents. Expect reviews of well-known films, episodes and specials and some things you never heard of.

Please check back this Monday, February 4 for the beginning of “Oscar Takes A Holiday!”