It's Coming on Christmas
"It's coming on Christmas. They're cutting down trees." Do you know which movie that's a quote from? It's a quote from my favorite movie, "You've Got Mail." Meg Ryan's character, Kathleen Kelly, is reminiscing about her mother while she's decorating a Christmas tree in her book store window. " It's coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees. Do you know that Joni Mitchell song? "I wish I had a river I could skate away on?" It's such a sad song, and not really about Christmas at all, but I was thinking about it tonight as I was decorating my Christmas tree and unwrapping funky ornaments made of Popsicle sticks, and missing my mother so much I almost couldn't breathe." That is my all-time favorite movie. I have probably seen it a hundred times and even listened to the directors' comments through the whole thing. I can quote many parts of it, and often do, as it runs in the backgrou...