This is a funny, witty, surprisingly risqué, classic Christmas film. It's a little hokey but, if you really think about it, that fact makes it even more entertaining since it is a very good representation of what we're all searching for during the holidays; laughter filling a warm home with a perfect wintery wonderland outside our frosted windowpanes. Yes, this is one of those films that will make you long for the Good Ol' Days (which we sometimes forget were created in glorious black and white by georgeous Hollywood actors - like Barbara Stanwyck)

A fun and frivolous little holiday movie starring a plucky Barbara Stanwyck. Farcical and zany, Christmas in Connecticut zips right along leading Liz from one implausible situation to the next as she struggles to save her job by pretending to be a Connecticut housewife who is an extraordinary cook when in reality she's an unmarried New York writer. Christmas in Connecticut isn't quite in the same league with classics like It's a Wonderful Life, but it's worth a watch as a rom-com double feature with a film like the Holiday (2006).

Barbara Stanwyck plays a smart New York writer pretending to be the Martha Stewart of 1942. Although she can't cook, her column is based on the free recipes and advice she receives from good friend and restauranteur "uncle Felix". Her bluff is called when the publisher orders her to entertain a war hero at her Connecticut farm for Christmas. Little does the publisher know that the farm, husband, and even baby are all make-believe. With her and her editor's job on the line, Stanwyck and uncle Felix have to think fast. An excellent farce whose witty script stands the test of time. Enjoy!

An entertaining funny Christmas classic which I think is sometimes overlooked because of other Big Christmas titles such as Scrooge, It's a wonderful life etc.

I do not understand the hype around this movie. I thought that it was very poorly made.

A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.