'Safe'
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2006? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
I do like me some White Christmas, but Holiday Inn is my preferred film of the two. I should probably watch WC more often before I judge though.
I suddenly feel the need to start a "What's your favorite Christmas/holiday film/cartoon/special discussion, but I would have no idea what thread to put it in. Is this more of a "Screw you, 2006!!!" thread, or is this where all the holiday conversation lands too?
Ailleann, for the series of Christmas concerts I just finished singing in, the symphony played music from "A Charlie Brown Christmas." The music started up ("Oh Christmas Tree") and they lowered a sad little Christmas tree down to the conductor's podium. Every night, those of us sitting on the stage would wait for the moment when the audience saw the tree and then laughed and clapped.
Adorable. I forced my "F#@& Christmas"-attituded friends to let me watch the last two minutes of ACBC last night. I had even brought not-sappy holiday movies, like Scrooged and The Ref, but no dice.
Is this more of a "Screw you, 2006!!!" thread, or is this where all the holiday conversation lands too?
Mostly, this thread has been used for talking about 2006, either good or bad, what we're thankful for, what we look forward to, and acknowledging secret santa gifts and how much joy they bring.
and acknowledging secret santa gifts and how much joy they bring
I don't have anything to acknowledge (yet) - but my gift has hit the post office and is on its way.
If you ever need an efficient way to torture a teenager, ask her to mail a package from the post office the week before Christmas. Mwah-ha-ha.
eta - evil does not equal bad grammar.
Rock. Maybe if I'm feeling saucy I'll start something in Movies.
evil does not equal bad grammar.
Oh, I think it does.
Buffistas are the best folks on earth. I just received a PayPal gift that several wonderfully generous folks put together for me. I'm wrestling with my Puritan instincts on whether Christmas is best served by paying bills or by buying something fun, but either way, blessings on you all.
2006 cost me a job, but the parts of it I did work I saved sensibly and am not screaming (yet) financially. And some of the interviewing has made me look differently at myself. And not in a bad way.
So there's that.
2006 had many migraines. I'm gonna go with a projected total of about 600. The one I'm having now's not that bad, though.
So there's that.
I haven't seen most of my friends or my family much in 2006. But I had one friend by my side more days than not (oy, I won't even estimate how many) and the times I saw everyone else were ratcheted up in appreciation. As I do appreciate the friends and family that I haven't been able to see.
So there's that.
Friends of mine are having dreams come true. I think I like that better than me having my dreams come true. But while we're on the topic, I'm a krav instructor. A good krav instructor. And I'm on schedule for a black belt test in 2007.
There is quite definitely that.
So I ask of 2007 not that much: more employment, better health, more time with friends and family, and a similar dose of fulfilment all round. And krav.
The bar is set both low and high.