ROCKLAND — Three classic holiday movies will be presented in December at the Strand Theatre, thanks to a sponsorship by TCM (Turner Classic Movies).  

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) will be presented on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 3 p.m.

Starring Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, and Mary Astor, the film is a classic MGM romantic musical comedy that focuses on four sisters on the cusp of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. Meet Me in St. Louis spotlights the sisters’ education in the ways of the world, which includes, but isn’t limited to, learning about life and love, courtesy of the prototypical boy next door. In the end, love — accompanied by song, dance and period costumes, all in Technicolor — conquers all. Judy Garland sings “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas!” in this holiday favorite.

Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, and Wendell Corey star in Holiday Affair (1949), which will screen on Sunday, Dec. 15, at 3 p.m.

In the film, charming seasonal clerk Steve Mason (Robert Mitchum) catches beautiful Connie Ennis in a fraudulent shopping scheme during the busy Christmas rush. But when he discovers that Ennis is a war widow and single mother, Mason takes pity on her and can’t bring himself to turn her in. His supervisor takes notice and fires him on the spot. Mason befriends Connie and her young son, Timmy, and may complicate her plans to marry boring nice guy Carl Davis.

And on Sunday, Dec. 22, at 3 p.m., Christmas in Connecticut (1945) will be presented.

While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones (Dennis Morgan) grows familiar with the “Diary of a Housewife” column written by Elizabeth Lane (Barbara Stanwyck). Jeff’s nurse arranges with Elizabeth’s publisher, Alexander Yardley (Sydney Greenstreet), for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth’s bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Yardley hastens to arrange a publicity ploy by setting up single, nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.

Tickets are $8/General Admission Matinee, and $7/Strand Members, and will be available at the box office 30 minutes prior to show time. For more information, visit www.rocklandstrand.com  or call (207) 594-0070 EX 3.

The Strand Theatre is located at 345 Main St., Rockland.