If you are going to watch only one Christmas special this year, please let it be “Christmas Special 2012" from the British series “Call the Midwife.”Brits take Christmas television far more seriously than Americans. Mrs. Jenkins is no more open to being touched by Jenny than Jenny is to touching her. Tragically, Mrs. Jenkins is a character drawn, from her pram-lurking to her remarkable toenails, directly from Worth’s original memoir. Is her story given a more heart-wrenching but life-affirming conclusion for the purposes of this Christmas special than Mrs. Jenkins found in real life? We are all Mrs. Jenkins, in some way, at some time, just as we are all Jenny Lee and Sister Evangeline.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 18, 2020 14:03 UTC