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JOAN COLLINS: From handing over the tickets and finding your seat to the anticipation and excitement of seeing the advertisements for forthcoming attractions, I've loved the whole experience of cinemagoing. However, I've noticed recently that films tend to be divided into a few rather predictable groups. First, the plot is free, as in the trailers on a recent outing to the theater. They were mainly science fiction: futuristic, computer-generated potboilers. The dismal films that make you completely dissatisfied, as many of those nominated for this year's Oscar competitions are included in the second camp.

What do these actors have in common? They all found fame in Christmas films before they hit adulthood, which has been immortalized on our screens. However, when the children actors hit the acting gold rush at an early age, their paths to follow wound up in different directions, with continued success for some and less positive results for others. So where are actors who played Sophie from The Holiday, Ralphie from A Christmas Story, Bernard the Elf from The Santa Clause, Eloise from Eloise at Christmastime and Kevin from Home Alone (left to right) now?