Christmas in Marlow-land
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This time o' year always reminds me of
1) The Christmas Play in Wade Minster, from "End of Term" (which I don't have atm as my copy gave up the ghost and fell to pieces >:( ) ;
2) The unconventional Christmas Dinner in a cave, with poor old Ann staying home in case the phone rings :( , from "Run Away Home"; but mostly
3) "Peter's Room". For me, this is the most magical of all those magical books. I must admit I've always skipped the bits in Italics, so I still don't know what fantasy it was that they acted out that Christmas, even though I've read it dozens of times. Don't care, either. The wonderful descriptions of the day-to-day Marlow (and a bit o' Merrick) winter doings are enough to keep me going :)
1) The Christmas Play in Wade Minster, from "End of Term" (which I don't have atm as my copy gave up the ghost and fell to pieces >:( ) ;
2) The unconventional Christmas Dinner in a cave, with poor old Ann staying home in case the phone rings :( , from "Run Away Home"; but mostly
3) "Peter's Room". For me, this is the most magical of all those magical books. I must admit I've always skipped the bits in Italics, so I still don't know what fantasy it was that they acted out that Christmas, even though I've read it dozens of times. Don't care, either. The wonderful descriptions of the day-to-day Marlow (and a bit o' Merrick) winter doings are enough to keep me going :)
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Date: 2008-12-29 10:51 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2008-12-29 11:26 am (UTC)(frozen) no subject
Date: 2008-12-29 11:52 am (UTC)And a bloody happy new year to you all, you pack of pretentious posers. I'll crawl back under me rock now. Been nice knowing you.
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Date: 2008-12-30 09:51 am (UTC)The bit that strikes a cord with me in the Christmas dinner scene in Runaway Home, is that it's the magic type of day that accidentally falls together and can never be repeated. I've had a few of those and have also felt that I wish it could happen again... but know that it cannot. Reading that scene makes me so nostalgic for those few perfect days of my own.