Friday Movies: Charlie Wilson's War

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‘Tis the season to empty out cupboards and closets of seasonal boxes. And this year, we’re doing it!

These amiable creatures, representing characters from Alice in Wonderland and The Nutcracker, come from a midtown shop called The Gazebo, where you could have quilts made to order. (The shop is no longer with us.) Stuffed dolls make for odd Christmas tree ornaments — they’re a little on the large side, for one thing — but we’ve come to love them. One year, we even gave them their own small tree.

We’re much too low-key to do anything like that now.

Meanwhile, at the movies:

¶ Charlie Wilson’s War.