So does your family treat Academy Awards night like a holiday? Well apparently mine does.

You know as a parent you always hope that your children will share some of your interests.

If you are a mechanic you probably hope your son enjoys working on cars.

If you are a a voracious reader you hope your child inherits your love of books.

And clearly if you are a deeply religious person you hope your children embrace your faith.

In my case what I wanted to share with my daughter was a love of movies.

I took her to her first movie in a theater when she was about three years old.

It was Walt Disney's Peter Pan. A movie that I had loved as child and hoped she would as well.

Instead when she finished the few treats I bought for her at the concession stand, she stood up and said "go home now" and started walking out of the theater.

Nothing I could say or do would convince her to stay.

However that was the LAST movie she ever left early.

She became my constant companion during Saturday afternoon matinees and we watched hundreds of movies together. It became our thing.

As many of you know she now often works on movie or television productions, and if not that is working behind the scenes during performances in theaters all across the country.

In other words my daughter's love of theater and movies makes mine look tiny and somewhat adorable by comparison.

However even I did not realize to what extent the importance of movies played in my daughter's life until she walked into my office the other day and announced that we were watching the Oscars together today.

As it turns out my daughter considers today to be more sacred than any religious holiday, birthday, or anniversary imaginable. She in fact clears her schedule of work commitments just so she can watch the entire thing every year, including the pre-show, from start to finish.

In times past she usually engaged in this ritual with friends, but currently most of them are either busy or out of town. And that leaves me.

I, of course, felt honored that she wanted to spend what is clearly a special day with her father. But that was when I thought there was some kind of choice.

There isn't.

I attempted to argue that today is my day to watch the Walking Dead, which is my favorite show right now, but she said I could DVR it. Which of course I can, I guess.

I also attempted to argue that I really don't enjoy all of the glad handing, oohing and aahing over dresses, and over long speeches that take place during the Oscar ceremony, but then she gave me a look like I had just run over her dog, so I kinda let that go.

Then my daughter reminded me that she is about to accept a big job that will take her out of state for several months at a time, and that she might even have to relocate to another part of the country, and  then I knew I was toast.

So anyhow tonight I will be watching the entire Academy Award broadcast, from start to finish, including the pre-show. Whoopee.

In my defense I really just wanted somebody to go to the movies with me.

Who knew?