christmas in connecticut be a gem of a christmas movie classic . while less know than some others it be nonetheless a delightful way to spend an evening at holiday time . i watch it every year . barbara stanwyck be perfectly cast a and elizabeth lane and the single and career girl . way before it be popular and stanwyck embodies the single girl on the rise . her nyc apartment and and her friendly uncle restaurateur around the corner typify the single girl in the city existence . she can not cook yet she write a homemaking column for a magazine . dennis morgan be also perfectly cast a our wartime hero and jefferson jones and who want to meet the amazing elizabeth lane . after be lose at sea and all he want be to spend christmas in a real home . which set up the delightful and madcap story that evolve . it be fun from begin to end . we should all have an uncle felix too .