Best-bets for Dec. 25: morning parade, night-time trauma
1) “Call the Midwife,” 9 and 10:30 p.m., PBS. Each Christmas Day, “Midwife” (shown here) has a movie-length film, stuffed with emotion and, at times, agony. There’s plenty of distress in this year’s well-made film: A pregnant ex-con is homeless; a dad, unable to cope with his daughter’s birth defects, stumbles into alcoholism. But there’s also joy and warmth … plus heroics from a starchy administrator. Read more…
