The greatest thing about the Christmas holidays (other than pigs in blankets) is all-day reruns of classic movies.
When suffering a New Year's hangover, there's no remedy quite like Mary Poppins.
Without sounding like a bitter middle-aged spinster, they don't make films like they used to. And Mary Poppins is a prime example of this.
With a fun and unique story, fun and loveable characters and of course the memorable songs which defy time, it's a film which no amount of special effects and million dollar budget can compete with.
Any film which follows the story of a magical nanny who flies with an umbrella and owns a bottomless handbag has got to be a fun, family flick. But Mary Poppins is so much more than that.
It's a childhood classic which everyone loves to love, from grandparents to grandchildren. It inspires imagination within even the oldest and straightest watcher.
Julie Andrews and Dick van Dyke remain some of the greatest actors to this day thanks to their performances in this film, despite van Dyke's faltering cockney accent. Andrews creates an enchanting, pure but stern character as Mary Poppins and van Dyke is a loveable, cheeky chap as Bert.
From jumping through chalk pictures, tea parties on the ceiling and flying a kite there's a song for every moment, songs which are still memorable a year later when the Christmas rerun comes once again.
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