Merry Christmas
I had initially thought of not posting on Christmas because what can you say that's original or inspiring amidst holiday cliche after holiday cliche? Well, that logic is sort of like not putting up lights or a tree because everyone else is doing it.
A blog is a sort of online real estate plot, so you decorate it in your own style.
Here are my favorite Christmas TV shows or movies:
6. Scrooged
Bill Murray in a very entertaining performance.
5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
1966 TV special, not the Jim Carrey movie.
4. Nat'l Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
TV version - the DVD version includes some not so Christmasy content.
3. Elf
Instant classic - has completely rejuvinated the song, "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
2. A Christmas Story
Two words: Red Ryder
1. A Charlie Brown Christmas
Timeless, and it goes completely against today’s politically correct approach to everything Christmas.
I’ve managed to avoid the standard five-pound December swelling by exercising regularly and mostly keeping away from the cookie trays, so maybe this week I can find some evil eggnog on clearance…
Merry Christmas!
...She gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the village inn.
- Luke 2:7 (NLT)
posted by winnjr at 12/25/2005 02:03:00 PM
2 Responses:
I have never seen "Scrooged"...I'll have to check it out. But the rest of your list are my all-time favorite Christmas movies too. (Thanks for specifying which "Grinch" movie...the Jim Carrey version troubles me.) For me, I would add "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Christmas Eve of Sesame Street" (which they never show any more on tv).
Good job staying away from the cookie trays...I've been doing that too. But it doesn't seem to be working all that well. It seems I'm gaining pounds just by looking at food. :( No worries though. I just need to get back on track with my work-out schedule and eat more veggies!
p.s. Luke and I tried the "light" eggnog. I thought it was okay, but he thought it was great. So, you might want to give it a try.
Movies 1 through 4 are a must each Christmas for me as well. No matter how many times I watch them, I still love them.
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