I used to be one of those people who couldn't stand hearing Christmas music before Black Friday. I was of the opinion (as I'm sure some of you are) that Christmas music should be reserved for the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I even
blogged about it way back in 2007.
All that changed this year. In the week leading up to Halloween I was
dying to listen to Christmas music ... so on November 1 I pulled out my Christmas music. Or at least I tried to. I know exactly where all of my Christmas cds were in my old house. But here? I can't find them anywhere! Fortunately, I'd copied all of my favorite albums into my iTunes, so I have them digitally...but I'd still really like to find my cds!
So here's why I think I was so anxious for Christmas music:
The Hallmark Channel. The Hallmark Channel has always been my favorite destination for Christmas movies, but when I was cableless, I had to content myself with whatever Hallmark movies I could find to
stream online or to buy (cheaply) on DVD. If you've been reading my blog recently, you know
I now have cable and a DVR. (Yippee!!!) And this year, Hallmark decided that the Christmas season began on November 1. I'm not sure if they've done this in past years, but this year, they're running Christmas movies nearly 24/7. And they promoted this "Countdown to Christmas" all through October, so by the time November rolled around, I was more than ready to watch Christmas movies and listen to Christmas music!
Hallmark is premiering 12 new holiday movies this season, and I've watched all of them so far. (I say "holiday" movies because
The Thanksgiving House is, obviously, about Thanksgiving. It stars Nebraska boy
Justin Bruening and is a decent, if not enthralling, flick.) My favorite by far is the one I thought looked the cheesiest:
Snow Bride. The title alone is ridiculous. But it's so much fun! Here's the promo video:
Is it the world's greatest film? Of course not! But it's certainly a lot of fun to watch ... and it doesn't hurt that Jordan Belfi is so attractive. (OK, it's probably the character "Ben" that I'm attracted to ...) If you missed it when it aired, you'll have ample opportunity to watch it before Christmas. Its next airing is next Thursday at 10/9 central, and I'm sure it will air multiple times after that.
While I've been enjoying listening to Christmas music at the office and watching Christmas movies at night, I must admit that I'm getting a little Christmased out. I even deleted several movies from my DVR without watching them. Perhaps once I get my decorations up, I'll feel more Christmasy ... but that's going to have to wait a while as I try to figure out how I can possibly have a Christmas tree with three crazy cats in the house!
Are you "doing" Christmas yet? Any advice for keeping my cats out of my Christmas tree?
Hammond climbed the tree so quietly that I didn't know he was there until I walked by and saw this face looking out at me. He has a bell on his collar—how was he able to turn himself into stealth cat?
And then it's monkey-see, monkey-do. If Hammond can climb the tree, then Skaara can, too!
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