Merry Christmas

May you find  the love and peace of the Christmas season!

Merry Christmas to you and yours from all of us

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Christmas movies

I'm sitting here watching Christmas movies.  Have to love the 25 days of Christmas.  It's amazing just how many movies there are. 

Couple of my favorites are The Grinch (both versions are classics), The Christmas Story (because everyone thought Cody looked like Ralphie when he was little), Elf (it's just simply fun), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (there are too many ridiculous moments), plus many others. 

I've never been a "Its a Wonderful Life" fan.  I know- some of you will boo me for that.  The Home Alone movies just make me want to yell "Kevin".  The Christmas Carol is a dark, scary movie. Alot of Lifetime and Hallmark movies make me cry.

Charlie Brown's Christmas tree makes everyone remember the movie. I like Snoppy pretending that he's a vulture, Schoeder's classic piano, and Pigpen's dirt cloud.

The newer "Santa Clause" movies are fun too.  It's like Santa meets Tool Time.

But my favorite Christmas movies are what we call "Nash and Cody movies". When the boys were younger, they would ask to watch their movies.  These are the best.  We laugh at everyone's antics, clothes, my hair, and how cute they were in their pjs.

So what if Christmas movies can be a bit sappy? They warm our hearts, restore our faith in humanity and generally bring joy to the world. So choose a few of your favorites, pop some popcorn and enjoy some family time.

Until next time, when I continue the rantings and ravings of a mom of an

American Dream Family.....

Thanksgiving

Ok- I've been quiet for about 2 weeks.  My dissapointment in 52% of  my fellow Americans who voted back in our Preisdent has somewhat subsided.  Really- all I can say is I hope that they are happy with their current financial situation because it is not going to get any better in the next 4 years. It will only get worse. The election could be debated for the next 4 years but I'll move onto something else.

How about Thanksgiving? I'm sitting here deciding on what to say.  Holidays are supposed  to be about families, getting together and enjoying each other.  So why does everyone complain about the Holidays? We'll get together with family, who we see a few times a year.  In my younger years, I wished we had the Norman Rockwell type family, who got together often, shared memories and stories, etc. But I've decided family is what it is. If it means only getting together a few times a year, and getting through the awkward moments and situations, then that is what it is. I know that with my boys, we will maintain the closeness that we all share. We have our own holiday memories- something about singing and dancing in the kitchen on Christmas Eve when everyone leaves  :)  but that's our memories. 

As for Black Friday, it was fun 20-25 years ago when it wasn't it's own holiday.  Persoanlly, I don't go anywhere near the stores.  I think I can get as good prices the day before Thanksgiving or during the pre-Holiday season.  I'm really not about crowds.

So to everyone,  enjoy your Thanksgiving. (And finally admit to your mother that you don't like Pumpkin pie).

 

 

Until next time, when I continue the rantings and ravings of a mom of an

American Dream Family.....