Fun fact: Zuzu (Karolyn Grimes) is still alive and well. I emailed her back in the 90s before she undoubtedly had to cut off this new-fangled direct approach to tell her how wonderful I thought she was. We had a bit of back and forth for a short time.

I was overjoyed to discover that she’s still alive some 30 years later!

I still watch the movie every year. It’s not Christmas without it.