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Tag: Christmas

  • CINEJABBER: Another year over and a new one just begun

    Catch up with the idea behind these weekend posts here.

    Granted, Christmas isn’t universal, but is anyone making it to this page between the turkey and ham and mistletoe and Darlene Love?  If so, we thank you for squeezing IC into your holiday craziness (though we all know you’re just ducking the relatives for a few minutes).

    I don’t have much to chew on for you, though I suppose 2008’s collective of my favorite Christmas films is always good fodder around this time of year.  I just watched “Jingle All the Way” again earlier this week.  Every time, I can only ask myself, “Why did I do that?”

    BUT, if you haven’t delighted in this one, I suggest you Netflix Instant watch that sucker NOW.

    Anyway, I’m in snow-covered Ohio with the future in-laws (and having grown up as an only child, seeing a tree with four kids’ worth of presents underneath is a unique sight to say the least).  I was stoked to be met with a White Christmas for, I think, the first time in my life.  And the drive up from North Carolina: GORGEOUS.

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  • “Happy Christmas your arse, I pray God it’s our last.”

    Except not, because I’ve had a pretty darn lovely Christmas Day here in the Irish countryside: snow on the window ledge, more food and champagne than is medically advisable, and nothing ahead of me but the Boxing Day cricket test on TV and hours of free time to ponder my best-of-decade list.

    Hope your day has given you equal cause for contentment. For now, I give you the song without which no Christmas is really complete. Just in case you missed it.

  • Jai Ho Ho Ho

    A year late with that quip, and I owe it to reader/commenter Adam Smith in any case, but the point being, if yours is a tradition of celebrating today’s holiday, I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable time.  It’s beautiful in New York, snow on the ground in the park, the midtown vibe is all storybook and shit.  I’m having fun.  Things should be back to normal and up to pace next week, but for now, a moment with my favorite Christmas movie: