'Tis The Season

I have to admit, I've gone into this Christmas season feeling a little, well, humbugish.  Maybe it was a bit of jet lag.  Maybe it was all just starting to seem like too much work.  Or maybe I just needed to give myself a kick in the butt and put on a happy face.  So I did.  And you know what?  It worked.  So for the month of December, screw the purge -- let's talk Christmas.

And let's start with one of my all time favourite things, regardless of the season -- movies.  I watch a lot of movies, 'cause remember -- I get 'em free from the library.  Now everybody has a favourite Christmas movie...or three...or five.  Right?  Without cheating -- and that means no googling lists of Christmas movies or hunting through your personal DVD collection -- name your top 5 favourites.  I know, I know...there's WAY too many to chose from.  So try this -- what movies will you watch over and over again if it shows up on TV, even if you own the DVD and even if you come into it half way through?  Bet those are your favourites.

For me, it can't be super sappy.  Sure, all Christmas movies have an element of sap in them.  'Tis the season remember.  But I'm talking, gag me sappy.  So my list, in no particular order (except #1) are: A Christmas Story, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Elf, and the Boris Karloff version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.  (Yeah, yeah, I know, it's a not really a movie, but it's my game so I get to pick it.)

But my #1 Favourite Christmas movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas.  Named my dog Sally after a Nightmare character 'cause she's a ragamuffin girl, just like in the movie.  But it's Jack Skellington that I love.  Even have him hanging front and centre on my Christmas tree.

If that seems a weird thing to have for an ornament, consider this...

Die Hard is categorized as a Christmas movie.