Have yourself a merry little (or great!?!) Christmas!!

 To all of you:

 A Merry Christmas!

~ Lana Turner ~

To all fans of horror films & musicals:

~ Boris Karloff & Ginger Rogers  ~

To all dog-lovers: 

~ Ava Gardner and a little pal ~

To all cat-ladies and -gentlemen 

(and my friend Kate - I'm afraid I don't know who's YOUR favourite, dear..):

~ Young Elizabeth Taylor - with an even younger friend.. ~

To Dawn: 

~ Gene Tierney - a little colour for you my noirandchickflicks - friend  ~

To Patti:

~ No sun picture - but: Bette Davis - always in the middle of attention.. ~

and to Michelle:

~ Bette Davis and a cat (!)..  Thank you for all Cat-Thursdays!! ~

To Monty:

~ Carole Lombard - with a Hungarian Christmas Wish ~

To our birthdaychildren:

 ~ It's Humphrey Bogart's birthday! Stephen Bogart and Lauren Bacall are celebrating with him.. ~

To all of you - no matter what age or species:

~ Shirley Temple and a wellbehaving little friend.. ~

And to me:

 ~ One of my favourite Christmas pictures: an actual snap shot of Marilyn Monroe at Milton Greene's house celebrating a no-publicity-Christmas with him and his family and friends.. ~

Thank you very much for listening!

And again: A Merry Christmas to you!!

Yours

Irene

And at last a really cute series of pictures - showing NOT me - but Diana Dors:

Completely having kittens.. ..with Romy Schneider - and christmas with Alain Delon

Again some cat pictures..

And this time I wrote a lot more..

oh - and christmas has a big part, too!!

This is part of a meme hosted by Michelle @ THE TRUE BOOK ADDICT

Because christmas is near Michelle asked us to post some christmas cat pictures - but I hope it's alright to post a mix of star with cat(s) and same star in christmas setting pictures..

My star of this week is one of my favourites - who I believe not so many of my US followers will know - for she worked mostly in European films with some rare visits to Hollywood.. She is one of my favourites - my ideal and I love her with all my heart:

Romy Schneider

This is from BOCCACCIO '70 (1962) - to be specific the segment by Luchino Visconti:

~ this is how I love to write, too: lying on the floor one (or two) cat(s) very close to me- and everything else I need in reach - skip the cigarette - I ceased smoking when I started living with my two girls.. ~

Here she is with the director and some kitten:

~ beautiful, hm? ~

There is a series of pictures of her with a cat that I adore:

In my opinion Romy Schneider was one the (if not THE) most beautiful women in the world - especially her eyes were amazing.. This is my favourite picture of this photo series:

and now:

The christmas part:

When Romy Schneider and Alain Delon were engaged to be married they did a series of pictures together showing a quite normal christmas time:

In Austria and Germany (I am not sure about other countries..) one important part of getting ready for christmas is christmas baking - biscuits are really essential..

I think it looks like they had quite a good time..

In "my" part of the world the christmas tree won't be established until the 24th of December. Triming the tree is sometimes a good cause to argue -

I guess making a "perfect holiday" means very often frayed nerves..:

- but it also can mean lots of fun:

Oh - and then christmas eve! The presents!

Of course you have to say "thank you" properly..

- It is after all as we say in Germany "Das Fest der Liebe" = "The Holiday of Love"...

Thank you very much for listening!

Yours

Irene

A Merry Christmas to everyone!

To every follower and every person who stumbles by:

A Merry Christmas to you and your love ones!

With Love,

Frl. Irene