You know that sometimes annoying song about the “Twelve Days”? We’re using it to highlight 12 Christmas movies that fit the lyrics of the song, more or less…

THE BISHOP’S WIFE (1947; Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Gladys Cooper; directed by Henry Koster)

The 12 Days of Christmas Movies:  A Partridge in a Pear Tree | Two Turtle Doves | Three French Hens | Four Calling Birds | Five Golden Rings | Six Geese a-Laying | Seven Swans a-Swimming | Eight Maids a-Milking | Nine Ladies Dancing | Ten Lords a-Leaping | Eleven Pipers Piping | Twelve Drummers Drumming

Dave is a graphic designer (www.dhdd.net) and movie lover, and the caretaker of “The 3 Benny Theater” (also known as his living room). The moniker was inspired by an extinct movie house–The 3 Penny Theater–and by his black Manx cat, Benny. Favorite films: North By Northwest, The Third Man and The Dekalog.