Happy Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice. As I sit hear listening to Tori Amos’s Midwinter Graces, watching the sun already set low in the west, I’ve got to thinking about some of my favorite Christmas movies, and how dark they are. Like Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. I’m fond of singing “Make-ing Christ-mas, Make-ing, Christ-mas, la la la!” whenever engaged in activities like cookie baking or gift wrapping. And I have Jack Skellington on my tree for good measure. One of my other all-time favorite Christmas movies (yes, it takes place at Christmas, so it counts!) is Tim Burton’s Batman Returns (notice a common thread, here?). What can I say. Michelle Pfeiffer’s performance as Catwoman will always be my favorite interpretation of that character. As Bruce Wayne says to Selena Kyle, “You’ve got kind of a – kind of a dark side, don’t you?” Indeed I do.
