' I realize that when I met you at the turkey curry buffet, I was unforgivably rude, and wearing a reindeer jumper.'
Mark Darcy
Some FH readers may remember my writing that the site initially began as an escape. I'd moved to a new job, left my friends, family and a long term relationship in the city, to move to a small rural town surrounded by fields filled with crops and cows.
Feeling isolated and alone, and without many outlets for a creative, and newly out twenty something, the seeds of FH were planted. It began first, with a yahoo group, a place to store images of the male form that I loved and wanted to save. A couple of years later, it morphed into the blog that you're reading today.
During those early years in the country I spent my first few Christmas's alone. The first two were due to my job. Since I was new, I usually ended up having to work or do on-call over Christmas, which I couldn't travel to friends or family until after the 26th. Twice, I got stuck at home when snow storms prevented my doing the long drive home.
Those were the worst. When I worked, I knew that Christmas was just delayed. My family usually waited to have their big dinner and gift exchange until I arrived. When I stuck at home, Christmas went on without me, and my dinner was whatever little I had left in the fridge. I remember one year in particular, packing the car with presents, putting my two dogs in and heading to the highway. After about five minutes on the highway, the snow was coming down so hard I had to turn back due to lack of visibility.
My only consolation at the time was a new DVD player and a selection of Christmas movies I collected and was given as gifts. Two of my favorites were Bridget Jones Diary and Love Actually. My favorite characters in both were played by Colin Firth and a Christmas crush was born.
Love Actually (2003)
Although its been awhile since I've seen either, I watched both every Christmas through the mid to late 2000's. I loved seeing Mark Darcy in his reindeer jumper in Bridget Jones and when Jamie traveled to Marseille to propose to Aurelia in Love Actually, Although I do many posts in the 12 Days series, I try to find an actor or a movie I have a connection with for December 25. Colin Firth, and these two Christmas films certainly fit the bill.
'Beautiful Aurelia, I've come here with a view of asking you to marriage me. I know I seems an insane person - because I hardly knows you - but sometimes things are so transparency, they don't need evidential proof. And I will inhabit here, or you can inhabit with me in England.'
Jamie Bennett
Like every 12 Days post, in addition to spotlight an actor and their role in a holiday film, I also want to unwrap their on-screen nude scenes. Luckily, Mr. Firth had quite a few. Check some of my favorites in my Actors & Skin piece on the NEXT PAGE HERE:
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