Don't Let the Holidays Pass You By "While You Were Sleeping"!

OK, you got me. This week’s article is not officially a Christmas movie, but it does take place over Christmas and the holidays are celebrated in the movie. It also has a message that is more than appropriate at this time of year. While You Were Sleeping shows us how important families are and the importance of being with the ones you love during the holidays and throughout the year.

Happy Holidays!!

Lucy…..Sandra Bullock
Jack…..Bill Pullman
Peter…..Peter Gallagher
Ox…..Peter Boyle
Elsie…..Glynis Johns
Saul…..Jack Warden
Jerry…..Jason Bernard
Joe Jr……Michael Rispoli
Ashley…..Ally Walker


Lucy: There are two things that I remember about my childhood. I just don’t remember it being so orange. First, I remember being with my dad. He would get these far-off looks in his eyes, and he would say ‘Life doesn’t always turn out the way you planned.’ I just wish I had realized he was talking about my life, but that never stopped us from taking our adventures together. He would pack up our sometimes working car and tell me amazing stories about strange and exotic lands as we headed off to exciting destinations like Milwaukee. It’s amazing how exotic Wisconsin isn’t. But my favorite memories are the storied that he’d tell me about my mom. He would take me to the church where they got married, and I’d beg him to tell me more about the ceremony and about my crazy uncle Irwin who fell asleep in the macaroni and cheese, and I’d ask my dad when he knew he truly loved my mom and he’d say, ‘Lucy, your mother gave me a special gift. She gave me the world.’ Actually, it was a globe with a light in it, but for the romantic that he was, it might have been the world. Well, the first time that I saw him, he didn’t exactly give me the world. It was a dollar fifty for a train token. I looked forward to it every single day. He started coming to my booth between 8:01 and 8:15 every morning, Monday through Friday. And he was perfect… my prince charming. We’ve never actually spoken, but I know someday we will. I know it. I know that someday I will find a way to introduce myself and that it’s going to be perfect. Just like my prince.

Lucy: I'm a lot like my dad: brown hair, flat chest.

Lucy: I bet you were wondering what I’m doing here in the middle of the night. Well, I thought I should introduce myself. My name is Lucy. Lucy Elenore Moderatz. Umm, I think you should know your family thinks were engaged. I’ve never been engaged before. This is very sudden for me. Um, what I really came here to tell you is that I didn’t mean for this to happen. I don’t know what to do. If you were awake, I wouldn’t be in this mess. Oh…not that I’m blaming you. I’m sorry. It’s just that when I was a kid, I imagined what it would be like or what I would have when I got older. And you know, it was normal stuff. I’d have a house and a family and things like that. It’s not that I’m complaining or anything, because I do have a cat. I have an apartment. I have sole possession of a remote control. That’s very important. It’s just that I never met anybody I could laugh with. Do you believe in love at first sight? Nah, I betcha don't. You're probably too sensible for that. Or have you ever, like, seen somebody? And you knew that, if only that person really knew you, they would, well they would of course dump the perfect model that they were with and realize that YOU were the one that they wanted to… just grow old with. Have you ever fallen in love with someone you haven't even talked to? Have you ever been so alone you spend the night confusing a man in a coma?

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