Christmas...It Starts NOW!

SMALL PICTURE OF OUR SWEET TREE

No time for messing around. Thanksgiving was nice, but now it is over. November 25th. I am beginning Christmas. Actually, it was the 24th. A tree was purchased...ever so carefully...with the correct height and symmetry....the correct fullness and length of branches. Decorated with knotted up Christmas lights (Clark Griswald was referenced more than 3 times in a matter of minutes) and ornaments new and old; then enjoyed as we sat and got drunk in front of the illuminated Frasier Fir. This year I am pulling out all the stops. Bing Crosby will begin his jing-jing-jingling later this week as will Nat King Cole and, who know, maybe the Chipmunks. A Christmas List of appropriate movies will be made and checked off as we watch them**.
I am looking at our tree right now and I love it. It smells great and it is a perfectly decorated tree. I wouldn't complain if Mother Nature decided to provide a little snow this year. Last year we got a snowday thanks to a massive ice storm that forced us into pioneer like living conditions for 4 days. Awesome!
It is going to be a good Christmas this year.
Eef Barzelay [mp3] Joy To The World
I love the version of this song he does.
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Christmas Movie List
10. BEAUTIFUL GIRLS- More like a seasonal movie instead of a Christmas Movie "Conway you come waltzing in with your big city bullshit..."
9. THE REF- (an almost always overlooked Christmas movi... Dennis Leary is hiIllarious and this is a must on anyones list)
8. SCROOGED- Bill Murray pours a great whiskey and Tab in this movie...a drip of Cola
7. CHRISTMAS VACATION- (Clark to Eddie)Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?
6. ELF- The funniest PG movie ever. Just passing Uncle Buck for the honor.
5. A CHRISTMAS STORY- A Classic. Tongues stuck to poles, insinuated profanity, the Bumpus hounds, and ocular damage due to Red Rider B-B Guns. I love 24 hours of this movie.
4. HOME ALONE- Never gets old does it
3. THE GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS- A few years ago (the year of the blizzard) my friends and i were drunk as shit watching this late at night. When the Grinch gets that sled of presents up to the top and it almost plummets I yelled out "oh shit!" like I had never seen this movie before.
2. A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS- Linus has the greatest monologue in animated history.
1. ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE- Not only is this my favorite Christmas movie, but it is one of my favorite all around movies ever. Yes it is one of the longest movies EVER...but it is great

(Honorable Mention--Twas The Night Before Christmas, Frosty the Snowman)