My Christmas Mix

December 11, 2007 at 12:32 pm | In Lists, holidays | Leave a Comment
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In December 2005, I spend some time on iTunes, gathering up all of my favorite Christmas songs. They have been on my iPod since then, sometimes messing up shuffle mode, because who really wants to listen to songs about snow and reindeer in May? But it is finally the time of year when I want to hear Christmas music (most likely because I don’t work in retail like I did in college, where the continuous loop of four holiday songs by Nat King Cole songs made me want to choke on a candy cane), and I am excited to share my Christmas Mix. It is not the coolest playlist in the world (you may see some effect of my 80s childhood and my parents’ affinity for adult contemporary artists in there), but these are the songs that say “Christmas” to me:

I haven’t listened to the new batch of Christmas albums for 2007, but I may have to add Josh Groban or Barry Manilow sometime in the Christmas future. 

What’s your favorite holiday song?

Dogs with Santa

December 11, 2007 at 11:30 am | In Images, Pets, holidays | 1 Comment
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Mom & Dad, Christmas 1973

December 10, 2007 at 11:22 am | In Images, People, holidays | Leave a Comment
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12 Days of Christmas Television

December 2, 2007 at 10:42 pm | In Lists, holidays | 1 Comment
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Inspired by a Yahoo! Holiday Favorites Slideshow, I spent a few hours tonight researching this years’ primetime holiday television schedule. I think I was inclined to do this partly because I love Christmas, partly because I used to work at a television station, and mostly because I really really enjoy putting events on my Google calender. Since I felt like sort of a loser after wasting so much time on this purely for my own entertainment, I decided to share my findings here (including everything on the channels we have on our hotel cable). Enjoy!

Monday, December 3

Tuesday, December 4

Wednesday, December 5

Thursday, December 6

Friday, December 7

Saturday, December 8

Monday, December 10

Tuesday, December 11

Wednesday, December 12

Thursday, December 13

Friday, December 14

Saturday, December 15

There is also a daily assortment of Holiday and Classic movies on ABC Family Channel, a bunch of original Lifetime movies, and, of course, A Christmas Story all Christmas Day on TBS. Movies that I am missing so far this year are A Chipmunk Christmas, Mickey’s Christmas Carol, The Muppet Christmas Carol, One Magic Christmas (which is actually showing on The Hallmark Channel at 1AM tomorrow morning , but I don’t get The Hallmark Channel, and I’m not awake at 1AM), and any version of Miracle on 34th Street. I will keep looking, though!

Tonight, since the only Christmas programming I could find was Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas (which was lame), we’re watching Christmas-themed episodes of sitcoms we have on DVD. This includes:

I’m happy fall is finally winding down, so I can enjoy all the festive cartoonery, and have something to watch as the writer’s strike goes on and on. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

December

December 1, 2007 at 5:41 pm | In Images, holidays | Leave a Comment
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Avoiding The Christmas Rush

November 20, 2007 at 10:58 pm | In Lists, holidays | Leave a Comment
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Now that it is almost Thanksgiving, I feel okay about Christmas gift shopping. Problem is I hate shopping. I like looking a lot, I just really dislike buying things. Especially crowded shopping. I don’t do crowds. And sales. I am so bad at bargain hunting. Thank God, once again, for the internet. They have cooler stuff there anyway.

Here is some stuff I am thinking of buying:

Clinique Happy Custom Bottle ($52) - You can put a picture of your choice on a bottle of perfume.  Way better than your picture on a mouse pad or a mug, right?

Virgil’s Root Beer Keg ($15 + $10 s&h) – My stepfather loves root beer, he’ll really love 5 liters of it. And he doesn’t drink, so this is really his only opportunity to have fun with a keg. They have cream soda, too.

Felix Doolittle Personalized Book Plates (25 for $40) – Saw these both in O Magazine and on the Martha Stewart Show. There are a lot of readers in my family, and I think these are so pretty and cute. I’ll buy a few hard cover books and put a book plate in each one. Then I’ll give the rest of them so they can put them in the books of their choice.

Robeez Holiday Baby Shoes ($27.95) – Super cute for the baby girls in the family. Christmas is actually a little late for these, but maybe I’ll give them early.

A Year of Cookie Cutters from Crate & Barrel ($24.95) - A nice gift for bakers, at a good price – and it keeps on giving with each seasonal batch of cookies!

Star Wars X-Wing Fighter Vehicle ($44.95) – Comes with Luke Skywalker figure and a DragonSnake, it’s coveted by the little boys and the big ones who still love Star Wars (there are so many!)

Julie Doll from American Girl ($87) – The older girls love American Girl, and I love that this one is from 1970’s San Francisco. Way cooler than Victorian times.

HBO Holiday Ornaments ($12.99)- Tree trimmings for lovers of Sex And The City, The Sopranos, and Entourage – which pretty much includes everyone

James Bond Ultimate Collector’s Set ($216.99) – 42 Discs for men who like movies

Family Guy – Freakin’ Party Pack ($104.99) – Now that everyone under the age of fifty loves this show, I could totally buy this for all remaining family and friends.

Wedding Photos from Pictage ($30 for 8×10) – It’s not often that our whole family is photographed together in non-embarrasing clothes/poses/situation. Enter my wedding. Our photographer has all our pictures on Pictage.com until December 7. Fine photos for everyone!

Hey, that was easy!

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