personally and i do not like a lot of b or w movie and but there something magical about this movie . the movie start with elizabeth lane ( barbara stanwyck ) . liz write a magazine column about how she the martha stewart of connecticut . of course and she lie . this become a problem when her publisher and mr yardley and ask her to play host to a navy sailor over christmas . in addition and mr yardley and who go to be alone for christmas and invite himself up to the farm for the christmas party . from there and thing just go crazy . since the movie be set on a new england farm and the movie have a warm holiday feeling . plus and the character be hilarious . mr. yardley be always shout order and and liz friend felix be always yell catastroph . when thing go wrong . finally and the movie end the way a christmas movie should end while a jolly fat man laugh and shout what a christmas . in short and no matter what age you be and you will love this movie .