#11

Here’s #11 from AV Club’s Top 25 Holiday Movies: Carol, from 2015, a romantic period drama set in New York City during the Christmas season in the early 1950s; based on the 1952 romance novel The Prince Of Salt by Patricia Highsmith. The film stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, Kyle Chandler; the film received numerous award nominations in both the US and Britain • Since 2002 December 12 is National Poinsettia Day in the US. The date marks the death of Joel Roberts Poinsett, the SC Congressman credited with bringing the poinsettia to the US from Mexico • Some shopping and a stop at our favorite garden store today. We almost drowned in the sea of poinsettias! • Peace & Love