Christmas
The Birth of Jesus as Told Through Social Networking
Dec 25th
Merry Christmas everyone! I thought you might get a kick out of this clever video. What if Joseph, Mary and Elizabeth et al were big Facebook users? It might go something like this –
Hercules, Cookie, Trixie, and Zoey All Dressed Up for Christmas
Dec 29th
Yes, my family loves dogs. A LOT!
Just to get the doggie family tree straight – Hercules (AKA, Santa Claus) is my baby (but you all knew that!). Cookie and Zoey belong to my sister’s family, and Trixie is my Mom and Dad’s. 
Here they are, check out their Christmas spirit!
Merry Christmas from Juniper Creek – Can’t Wait for Big Love to Come Back!
Dec 25th
Only a couple more weeks until the return of Big Love, and I can’t wait!
In the meantime, here’s a Christmas greeting from the Prophet and Ladies of Juniper Creek to tide us over. It’s hilariously awesome!
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DVD; Big Love: Season 3 (DVD, 2010, 4-Disc Set) HBO
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HBO Big Love Wardrobe Chloe Sevigny Nicki Worn shirt Size S
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Heather Armstrong of Dooce.com Looking for Holiday Guide Submissions
Nov 19th
OK, this is a call out to all my artistic readers, and there are more than a few.
Heather Armstrong of Dooce.com (the internet’s most popular personal blog) is looking for submissions from independent artists for her Holiday gift guides. These will get incredible exposure from motivated buyers. If you are a craftsperson who makes something that would fit, please don’t hesitate – SUBMIT! 
Here is the relevant text from the original post:
I am in the process of putting together a holiday gift guide, one for women like myself, one for geeky husbands, one for infants, and one for five-year-old girls who think life is totally unfair. Maybe just some coal for her.
I’m looking for handmade goods, products from small businesses, and would love to see unique things from independent artists. If you’ve seen my style section and think I’d like what you have to offer, please send me a link to your stuff at style at dooce dot com. Note, I do not accept compensation for featuring products on this website, I truly just want to introduce my audience to things I like and think they would enjoy as well.
Please don’t send me naked pictures of yourself, I don’t have any more room in that file.
And you can read the entire thing here –
http://www.dooce.com/2009/11/19/call-submissions
Good luck to you!
Christmas Movies – A List of Christmas Movies I Can’t Live Without
Dec 24th
Sure, when you think Christmas Movies, you think…Miracle on 34th Street or It’s a Wonderful Life. Well, I’ll tell you right now. Those didn’t make my list. LOL. My tastes are a bit more unconventional than that.
My Christmas movies are not necessarily heartwarming, in fact, the only requirement is that they take place at Christmas and either the storyline or the atmosphere of the movie heavily feature Christmas.
So, without further ado, here they are – in no particular order:
A Christmas Story – come on, you knew this was coming. Fra-gee-lay. You’ll shoot your eye out. Fa ra ra ra ra. It’s a classic.
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The Family Stone – I loved this movie. The writing, the casting, the dialogue, the unexpected poignancy. SO great.
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Die Hard – Yes, this movie takes place at Christmas, and, in fact, even has a line which makes the assertion that Run DMC’s “Christmas in Hollis” is a Christmas Carol.
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Lethal Weapon – After four of these, they seem a little tired, but at the time, it was a pretty great movie. I watched it all the time on VHS as a teenager, and it takes place over the holidays – in fact, the scene which introduces Mel Gibson’s character is a drug deal in a Christmas Tree lot.
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Prancer – This is about as schmaltzy as I go. A little girl who won’t stop believing in the spirit of Christmas despite the fact that her Grinch of a Dad is totally curmudgeon-y finds and hides a reindeer she believes is Prancer. How great is Sam Elliott?
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever – This has got to be in the Top 5. Everyone thinks the impoverished and crass Herdmans will ruin a small town, conservative church’s Christmas pageant, but instead they end up casting a new and touching perspective on the Christmas story.
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Christmas Vacation - Another that would definitely be in the Top 5, were I numbering. The Griswold family’s Christmas adventure, including Randy Quaid as Cousin Eddie. Oh my GOD, hilarious!!!
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The Preacher’s Wife – The acting in this movie is nothing compared to the music. SO great!!!!
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Scrooged – My favorite of all the Christmas Carol remakes that have been done, this one features Bill Murray, Alfre Woodard, Carol Kane, Karen Allen, and full cast rendition of “Put a Little Love in Your Heart.” What’s not to love?
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The Ref – As much as I love Kevin Spacey, this is a Dennis Leary vehicle all the way – and it’s great.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas – Is it a Christmas movie or a Halloween movie? I don’t know. It’s both, I guess. Either way, it’s brilliant!
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Go – This is a great little under-known movie that covers three inter-twining perspectives of a night not long before Christmas.
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Love, Actually – Not really your standard Rom Com, because it covers so many storylines, it is still more mainstream than my tastes tend to run. Still, I like it. It has some very cute and clever moments.
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This Christmas – Although I was distracted by the LA-area innacuracies (oh, hi, hello, the El Rey IS NOT A CLUB!), I have to say I was won over by this cute, character-driven comedy. Sure, it’s cliche (big family full of quirky characters start out with issues and grow to understand each other better by the end ), but the performances (particularly by Loretta Devine and Regina King) are so much fun, you don’t really mind. You realize you’re being taken on a ride, but you’ll happily go along!
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While You Were Sleeping – Often credited with launching Sandra Bullock’s career, although I will always maintain that was Speed , this cute little Chicago-centric story focuses on a series of misunderstandings that lead the family of a man in a coma to believe that the lonely train station token-taker who saved his life is actually his fiance. Hilarity ensues. Or, at least amusement and sweetness. And John Cusack’s dad is in it.
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Did I leave out your favorite? Berate me in the comments! I can take it!
*melanie
New Christmas Music – Listen to Christmas Music Online!
Dec 8th
Get ready, people. I have a truckload of new Christmas music for ya!
Christmas is by far my favorite time of year. I’m a HUGE Christmas nerd. In fact, this is the first in a series of Christmas-themed toplist posts I have planned for this season. Oh, yeah. I’m spreading Holiday Cheer. Whether ya like it or not!
The first in the series of Christmas list posts is this one, new Christmas music. Of course, I’m taking a rather loose view of the term “new.” I’m going to adopt Stephen Merchant‘s definition of “New Music,” which is – “Music you’ve not heard before.” :s)
So, here we go.
Jd Webb – Everything I Need This Christmas
Of course Jd is first! He’s my boy! Besides that, he’s also come out with the catchiest and most singable Christmas song in the history of ever.
Everything I Need This Christmas by Jd Webb
Barenaked Ladies – Elf’s Lament
It’s a Christmas song. About Organizing. How social justice-y awesome is that? ELVES UNION NOW!
The Weepies – All That I Want
This was the JC Penney commercial Christmas song last year, so you may have heard a snippet of it. I’d be willing to wager you haven’t listened to it as a SONG, though, and it’s really gorgeous.
David Ryan Harris – The Little Drummer Boy
I can’t even talk. It’s David. Just…beautiful, hilarious, touching, moving, amazing…it’ll give you goosebumps. But that was summed up when I said, “It’s David.”
Winter Song – Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson
I’ll be honest, I’m not the biggest Ingrid fan. Nothing against her, just…meh. But Sarah B? Frickin’ amazing. And the harmonies are really pretty.
Kat Parsons – She’s a Nutcracker
Just hilarious. Watch it. I’m not wrong.
Jd Webb – Mary Did You Know?
OK, I’m gonna start with Jd and end with Jd. Like I said, he’s my boy!
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