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Below is a list of my favorite Christmas movies . . . or movies set around the Christmas holidays:

scw1842
19 Jul 2019, 19:05
Social Class and the Bennet Family in "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE"
Cheapside WAS NOT the poor side of London. If it was, the Gardiners WOULD NOT be living there. The street of Cheapside was a financial district in London for merchants.
Nancy Couch
20 May 2018, 20:04
"Shifting Heirs and the Ferrars Estate"
Thank you for the excellent explanation helenajust.

I have a quick question that has bothered me for quite some time. In the movie Sense and Sensibility, directed by Ang Lee starring Emma Thompson,…
Clarry Henry
13 Feb 2018, 21:18
Social Class and the Bennet Family in "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE"
Cheapside is the poorer side of London
Clarry Henry
13 Feb 2018, 21:17
Social Class and the Bennet Family in "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE"
I've always wondered at people's assumptions about Elizabeth's position as she herself states to Lady Catherine De Bourgh, "He is a gentleman, I am a gentleman's daughter". I enjoyed this post as an…
Linda Kalnins Roy
3 Feb 2018, 03:20
Social Class and the Bennet Family in "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE"
Can someone tell me why the Bingley sisters snickered when they were told the Gardiners lived in Cheapside? I am completely unfamiliar with London and in the 1995 version, they had a very nice home…