I did it! Took the whole long Thanksgiving weekend with lots of breaks, but I got all my decorations up. Now, time to move on to making presents.
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Tag Archives: Christmas
Monday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the First Week of December?
Happy Monday! I am so sleepy! The sun is down for 15 hours now, and I also want to sleep for 15 hours. Why must I live by the clocks instead of the sun??? I’m so tired!
Continue readingChristmas Songs Post: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Judy or James?
I was listening to my Great Christmas Playlist Shuffle and this question popped into my mind. Let’s groupsource it! I’m curious what other people think. And if nothing else, you get to listen to two shockingly beautiful simple musical recordings.
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: Christmas Movies Marathon Starts!!!! What Christmas Movie Should We Watch This Week/Next 4 Weeks?
Christmas season officially starts THIS FRIDAY!!!! So I want to watch Christmas Movies. By a broad definition of including at least one scene that is Christmas related, OR being about Illegitimate Babies.
Continue readingMalang Review (No Spoilers): Do You Like Hot Bad Boys? I Have a Movie for You!!!
This is a silly silly movie. Violence, sex, shirtlessness, catchy songs, it has everything. And a pretty decent twisted plot too!
Continue readingQuick Christmas Report! Albie Dog, and the Kapoors
I’ve got a holiday surprise I’m working on for y’all, but in the meantime enjoy this fun little placeholder post where we can all share our Christmas stories and trade gossip and whatever.
Continue readingMerry Christmas! We Had Christmas Bread!
Merry Christmas! I am writing this as my parents rustle around getting ready to go for a long Christmas afternoon walk. Unseasonably warm weather continues in Chicago, which I choose to see as a blessing, so we can walk and walk and walk.
Continue readingChristmas Week: Baghban! Because Families Are Sometimes Hard
Well, this is a saaaaaaaaaaaaaad movie! If you want the happy edit, stop after the telephone booth song, fast-forward until the Valentine’s Day song, watch Hema yell in a nightclub, then fast-forward again until Hema and Amitabh are reunited and play straight through from there.
Continue readingHappy Christmas Eve! Why it is Special, and Some Songs To Pump You Up for Tonight (“raat” songs)
Happy Christmas Eve! The holiday that is all about the excitement of one last long night before a new day. And we have Hindi songs for that!
Continue readingChristmas Week! Dilwale, a Very Short Review
On Friday I reposted my ridiculously long Baar Baar Dekho review. Today, I’m reposting another early review where I went the other way, my surprisingly short Dilwale review! Anyway, it’s a happy family and love Christmas film, totally deserves to be remembered the day before the day before Christmas!
Continue reading12 Days of Christmas, Indian Film Style!!!!
Time to write our wish list for Santa! And he can give us anything he wants, because he is SANTA! Govinda come back? SRKajol reunion? Sid-Alia Break-Up? It could all happen!
Continue readingChristmas Week: Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga, the Best Warmest Lovingest Family Film of 2019!
Love this movie! Love it so so so much! And it is just perfect to watch during the Christmas season.
Continue readingSilly Sunday: 5 Christmas Movie Ideas in 3 Sentences Each for the Indian Market!
I have seen sooooooooooooooo many Christmas movies in the last few days. And now I really want to spend Christmas in a small cheap to film in town in Canada. It’s not Christmas if I’m not seeing a bunch of random Canadian extras around an aging former family sitcom star in a Christmas sweater! Anyway, this goodness needs to break into the Indian market, and I am here with 5 separate plot ideas and suggested casting.
Continue readingChristmas Week! Bharat, Family and Love and Sacrifice Through the Years
What a surprisingly good movie! There were still moments that could have been better, the ending dragged, etc. etc., but overall it is still a very good film. I can whole-heartedly recommend it. Especially during the warm happy holiday family times.
Continue readingChristmas Week Bonus Review! Baar Baar Dekho, Because it is Love and Magic and Just Hit Netflix
Watch out, this is a long review. For no particular reason, I just had a lot of time the week the movie came out. But it’s such a fun happy Christmas kind of movie!
Continue readingChristmas Week: Dhanak! The Best Family Children’s Movie For the Holiday Week
I seem to repost this review about once every two months, and I don’t even care that I do. It’s such a beautiful movie, if I convince one new person to watch it with every repost, it is worth it.
Continue readingDiscussion Post: Which SRK Song is Most Christmas-y?
It’s after 4pm so I have once again entered The Dark Times. Let’s cheer ourselves up with a fun and fruitful discussion! Which Shahrukh song, to you, most embodies your favorite parts of Christmas?
Continue readingChristmas Week Update! Albie Dog Killed Santa
WARNING! BRUTAL DOG ON TOY VIOLENCE!!! DO NOT READ FARTHER IF YOU HAVE A WEAK STOMACH!!!!
Continue readingChristmas Week: Godavari! A Sweet Family Boat Trip Holiday Love Story
Another super happy sweet Sekhar Kammula Telugu film with an awesome heroine and a nice hero! Really, he’s just the best director.
Continue readingChristmas Week: Anand! A Happy World, Happy Family, Happy Love Story Kind of Movie
This is such a lovely film. Really, I recommend it. You need to get used to it a bit, like a hot bath, but once you sink in and lose yourself, you will love it.
Continue readingChristmas Week Movies: Kumbalangi Nights, a Dark But Hopeful Family Film
I didn’t love love this movie as much as some other people did, but it is still a very very good film. And a visually beautiful film. And although it gets really dark in a lot of places, it ends in a place of hope and peace and love that feels very Christmas-y.
Continue readingChristmas Week Repost: Ohm Shanti Oshaana! My Favorite Malayalam Film
I guess tied for favorite? I also really adore City of God. But this one is the first one I loved.
Continue reading10 Days of Christmas Movies! Why Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is the Perfect Family Movie
This is the post I wrote about why Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is meaningful to me, and it inspired many lovely comments from other people telling their own stories. There’s something about this film that inspires warmth and friendship and community and joy in a way that is very Christmas-y.
Continue reading10 Days of Christmas! Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, the Most Sappy Heartwarming Christmas-y Movie of All!
Happy Christmas! 10 days left! And to start off our celebration, I am giving you the sappiest happiest family-est Hindi film EVER!
Continue readingChristmas Update! Albie Dog Turned on His Little Stuffed Raindeer Friend
This might sound crazy, but I don’t think Albie Dog knows it is Christmas! Or, generally, that this should be a time of peace and goodwill to all, including stuffed toys.
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