My go-to movie to get me in the Christmas spirit is, aptly, a ghost story: The Amazing Mr Blunden. I first saw this when I was at junior school - it was such a treat to gather in the assembly hall and watch a film instead of doing schoolwork!
A Salvation Army band plays God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman whilst a white-haired man in a top hat and cape walks through a street market as snow falls around him. He visits a widow and her children to tell them about a job as caretakers of a derelict, partly fire damaged country mansion. Whilst the mother is out of the room, the man asks Jamie and Lucy if they'd be afraid if they saw a ghost...Two children were killed in a fire at the mansion one hundred years ago and Mr Blunden wants Jamie and Lucy's help in making amends for that fateful night.
I love, love, love this film. The cast are perfect, the setting is so atmospheric and the incidental music totally adds to the mood of each scene.Incidentally, the film is based on a book (see, it's not just recent books like Harry Potter or Twilight that have made it to the big screen). The Ghosts is by Antonia Barber, and I managed to track down my very own copy of couple of years ago.
What's your favourite movie to watch at Christmas?
