STORYLINE: Journalist Elizabeth Lane is one of the country’s most famous food writers. In her columns, she describes herself as a hard working farm woman, taking care of her children and being an excellent cook. But this is all lies. In reality she is an unmarried New Yorker who can’t even boil an egg. The recipes come from her good friend Felix. The owner of the magazine she works for has decided that a heroic sailor will spend his Christmas on *her* farm. Miss Lane knows that her career is over if the truth comes out, but what can she do? (IMDb)

    A stereotype with Christmas is Santa and his reindeer.  There are many holiday films in circulation without this stereotype.  Family is a common theme among holiday features (Almost Christmas 2016, The Family Stone 2005).  Perspective on life is another popular theme in holiday features (The Family Man 2000, It’s A Wonderful Life 1946).  1945’s Christmas in Connecticut, celebrating eighty years of cinena magic,  and falls under the umbrella of a rom com.

   There’s a certain charm to Christmas in Connecticut that rom cons of the modern era don’t have.  WW2 had just ended and America seemed to be wanting to have more uplifting viewing habits in the mid 1940s.  That is reflected in the charm of this holiday classic.

   The values of the time are fully featured as well.  The holiday classic is not a period piece looking back at a time period.  Instead it was a modern film, when it was made, was made to reflect its modern times. That would be no different then a film today capturing today’s political landscape, for instance.  This is just a side note that I noticed while I was rewatching the movie.

    In about six short weeks I will turn another year older. Why bring that up?  This eighty years piece of cinena history will be, officially, twice my age,  (Sarcastically, for those who don’t want to do that math I am in my late twenties).  There is a bit of fun in saying I am seeing a film, theatrically, that is twice my age.

   Until next time I will see you at the movies!

(Christmas in Connecticut continues my Retro Rewind holiday series.  Previous entries: The Polar Express (2004), The Addams Family Values (1993), and The Holiday (2006) These blogs are done as I see the films theatrically during the 2025 holiday season)