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Matt Roush says...

TCM’s yuletide marathon of holiday-related movie classics began over the weekend and continues through Christmas Day. Tuesday’s highlight is the beloved 1944 Judy Garland musical (8/7c), directed by her then-husband Vincente Minnelli, that introduced the haunting “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” to the pantheon of immortal holiday songs. Followed by another Garland favorite, 1949’s In the Good Old Summertime (10/9c), co-starring Garland and Van Johnson as workplace rivals who are secretly pen pals, a farcical situation (earlier dramatized in The Shop Around the Corner) that culminates at Christmastime and would later serve as inspiration for You’ve Got Mail and the Broadway musical She Loves Me.

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