YEYYYY it's December ^.^
Which means I am officially accepting Christmas into my life. I've done so by decorating my office, helping decorate the tree at reception, making an ugly Christmas sweater, particpating in a pot luck secret santa, wrapping Christmas gifts AND helping Simone and Sofia (HI SOFIA!) and their family pick out and decorate their tree!
Unfortunately we have no decorations in our home as our home is just an apartment filled with half packed boxes and dog toys. That's right...we found somewhere to live! The big move is next Sunday and obviously my first priority was getting the internet set up which will happen that same day. I'm not willing to go another week like we did when we moved into this place. That was hell. Horrible, lonely, tumblr-less hell. Our new place is much more affordable and has two bedrooms and a backyard for Tony. I'm super excited to move in and even better...decorate for Christmas!
For this blog I decided to share my top 5 Christmas films which will be totally cliche and unoriginal and you'll be like "yeah duh, I watch the same ones, no one cares." But it's my blog, so suck it.
But first I want to share my ugly Christmas sweater which I put together for a grand total of $8 for the pot luck Christmas lunch at my work because I am very proud of it and feel like a creative genius.
I also want to share Tony's Christmas sweater which I did not make, but his Grandma sent it to him and we are very grateful.
Tony is so fashionable, bitches can't even handle it.
I'm also going to share, because I'm in a sharing mood, the amazing gifts that I got from Sofia and my adopted Vancouver family who I had the honor of spending my weekend with. When she showed me the wrapping I honestly almost cried, and then didn't even want to unwrap it because lbr that was enough. But inside was an even greater gift which ya'll can look upon and be jealous.
THANK YOU SOFIA YOU ARE THE GREATEST, MOST WONDERFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD!
And now what was inside:
I am so blown away by the kindness of these gifts and they are so perfect. LOOK AT RICK'S BEARD!!
Moving on, because ya'll are probably horrified at this weird display of personal pictures which I never put on here but I hope you can move on from this out of character-ness and move on with your life. That's a word right? Character-ness? The little red line underneath is telling me no.
ONTO THE CHRISTMAS MOVIES!
(I feel like I'm yelling a lot in this blog, but I've had a really really really busy day and now I'm getting this like insane burst of energy for no reason. Or it might be from the Monster I'm drinking.)
White Christmas 1954
Starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and the most beautiful Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen it tells the story of Bob and Phil, world war 2 vets, who team up as a song and dance act. They meet two sisters who are also performers, Betty and Judy, and the four of them travel to a winter retreat in Vermont where there promises to be tones of snow and a great Christmas show. But when they get there there's no snow and their former commander is the lodge owner. They find out that their commander has sunk all his savings into this lodge and is on the verge of bankruptcy, not helped by the great lack of snow. So the four of them come up with a crazy plan to make the greatest show ever seen and bring in all their old friends to raise the money to keep the lodge running.
I've probably been watching this move every Christmas since I'm too young to remember and will continue to do so for as long as I can. The musical numbers are amazing, the acting is flawless, and if you don't cry at the end when it snows (50+ year old spoilers!) you are a cold hearted person. Or you live in Alberta and you think, what the fuck is the big deal?
And in fact today here in Vancouver it snowed and it was so beautiful and perfect and all I could think of was this movie because I honestly thought I wouldn't see snow for Christmas.
Jingle all the Way 1996
Starring Turbo Man....I mean Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rita Wilson, this movie is a must watch every Christmas. Especially as the older you get, the more jokes you start to understand. Like eating his wife's cookies. I mean, come on guys. But it's also just a great movie that tells the tale of a work obsessed father struggling to find the perfect gift for his son to make him love him, only to realize all his son really wanted was his father to be there for him. *awwwweeeee*
Basically it's the story of Howard who works all day and all night and is a huge disappointment to his family. His son tells him he wants a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas, the hottest toy on the market. But unfortunately for Howard, it's Christmas Eve and every store is sold out! So he runs around the city getting himself into ridiculous situation after ridiculous situation on a quest to find the toy. He gains an arch nemesis who comes in the package of a sassy mail man and the two compete against each other to nab the last toy in town. In the end Howard somehow ends up in the town's parade dressed up as Turbo Man and somehow his wife and son don't recognize his Austrian accent and he manages to impress his son and make things right.
Love Actually 2003
I'm pretty sure this movie is on everyone's list, and rightly so, as this is an instant classic. I go from laughing to crying to sobbing to laughing to just laying on the floor singing Christmas carols. It also has one of the most romantic scenes in a movie EVER with Andrew Lincoln professing his love to Kiera Knightley. It has the best Hugh Grant dance scene and Martin Freeman naked and awkward asking a girl on a date.
Basically it's just a film filled with quite a few lovely stories that happen in the weeks leading up to Christmas, that all intertwine and fit flawlessly. Because I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around.
And if you don't come away from the film singing "if you really love Christmas..." then you've done it wrong.
Elf 2003
Starring Will Ferrell, a very young Zooey Deschanel, Bob Newhart, and James Caan, it tells the story of Buddy the elf, a human orphan who stows away in Santa's sack of toys and is raised in the North Pole to make toys. As an adult, Santa sends him to New York City to find his real father who has no idea he exists. It has so many adorable moments that people quote every Christmas, and lets us all believe for just a second that maybe Santa really does exist.
A Christmas Story 1983
Perhaps one of the best Christmas classics that tells the story of 9 year old Ralphie who just wants one thing for Christmas, an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model BB rifle with a compass in the stock. We watch Ralphie and his ridiculous family, that is so much like our own, try to get through Christmas without too much of a hitch. It includes such famous scenes as Ralphie asking Santa for his BB rifle and Santa responding, You'll shoot your eye out, kid! The famous leg lamp that we all secretly wish we had in our home, Ralphie beating up the school bully, Ralphie's little brother dressed up in about 5 different layers to go out in the cold (we've all been there kid) and one of Ralphie's school mates getting his tongue stuck to a frozen pole.
I'm sure you've all seen this movie about a 1000 times, but watch it at least 1000 more, because it will never get old.
So there you have it kids, that's my top 5 Christmas movies, two of which I've already watched this year!
I am having a very Christmasy night tonight by re-watching season two of American Horror Story (WHY IS THIS SHOW SO FLAWLESS?!?!) and wrapping some more Christmas gifts while Mitch is passed out on the couch and Tony is wandering around aimlessly for some reason.
Live Long and Prosper my beautiful hobbits!
And don't forget to go see The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in theaters this Friday and then see it 5 more times. I know I will :D
