Mini-post, no pictures, but I will say that the whirlwind Christmas-extravaganza weekend went really well today - all three trees up, yard partially decorated, almost all Christmas presents taken care of (only a couple of stores to visit to finish up, and then: wrapping! Maybe I thrive on pressure? My blood pressure says, "No. Don't even go there."). If I manage to be productive tomorrow, I'll have this Christmas thing licked just in time to actually enjoy the holiday :o). So, I thought a mini-post to note my success in getting lots of stuff done and listing my favorite Christmas movies (two of which I watched this evening whilst decorating):
1. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - my most favorite, and Alan's too. It's highly quotable, and definitely quoted quite frequently around our house, particularly the rant towards the end of the movie and most of Clark's quotes to and regarding Cousin Eddie. Classic Christmas hilarity (aside: Alan is frequently told by people that know him well and by people who don't know him that well that he reminds them of Chevy Chase. I think it's a pretty great compliment, and so does Alan, and I totally see it, even more so when you know Alan's sense of humor).
2. Love Actually - I can watch this movie repeatedly (and not just because I love me some Hugh Grant). I think it's so sweet, and the music in it is awesome, and it has an awesome cast.
3. Home Alone - evokes wonderful childhood memories - I went to see this in the theatre when I was little, and I remember about a year later, a magazine, I think it was Time, did a big story on how Macauley Culkin made like $6 million per film and I remember thinking, "Dang!" since he was my age.
4. It's a Wonderful Life - what's not to love? I adore Jimmy Stewart, and this is a good story (although, I read a funny article once, that was correct, about how George Bailey is like the worst banker/business man ever ... it was pretty funny, and Alan got a big kick out of it, since this is one of his favorite movies as well).
5. A tie between A Charlie Brown Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas - classic Christmas animation. I have the soundtrack for the Charlie Brown Christmas and have been playing it my car for awhile - it makes me smile, and I think Jones enjoys it while we're riding down the road.
Since I really do believe that I thrive on pressure, I'm planning on not only getting the house decorated, getting all of Christmas presents taken care of, wrapped, and arranged under the tree in an attractive manner, but finishing up Jones' room for good (all while watching the above list of movies :o)), so you can look forward to posts full of pictures ... some day ... probably a month from now ... ha! No, seriously, again, I'm going to make an effort to post frequently with pictures in the next week. I swear.
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