Category: Holidays

Isabellas First Real Christmas Tree

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I have always had a real tree growing up and thought I always would. Like most people though I gave in and tried a fake tree because it was easier. I wanted my daughter to experience a real tree however so went to a tree farm and picked one out. We did a few other Christmas things that day and here is the video I made.

Christmas Movies!

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Much like the Halloween season, during the Christmas season I like to watch as many movies as I can. Most of which are not controversial but some of the movies may not be considered Christmas movies to some, but to me they are.

  • Just Friends
  • 8-Bit Christmas
  • The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special
  • A Christmas Carol (Disney, Jim Carey)
  • Merry Happy Whatever (TV Show, lackluster)
  • The Ref
  • Spirited
  • The Night they Saved Christmas
  • Christmas Vacation
  • Trapped in Paradise
  • My Dad’s Christmas Date
  • The Family Man
  • Home Alone
  • Home Alone 2
  • The Santa Clause 2 (terrible)
  • The Santa Clause 3 (terrible)

Christmas Day Memories

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I was sitting on the couch after everyone went home and the festivities were over, just in a dark living room with nothing but the Christmas lights and music and my thoughts. So i sent this text to my aunt.

I recall one Christmas on wagon wheel Road dad got me a red Ryder BB gun just like “a Christmas story” he got two of them one for me and one for him although I don’t recall us ever shooting them together. But that Christmas day me and uncle Dan spent the whole day outside shooting them we would come back in the house and eat some dinner and spend some time with the family and then run back outside and shoot them some more, uncle Dan always spent Christmas playing with me and my new toys, I’ll never forget that.

Then She replied

Uncle Dan said he remembers that and how quickly a BB he shot at the tree ricocheted off the tree and came back and hit him in his shin. I asked if you shot it and he said no you were reloading. He loved playing with you when you were a kid! Maybe as adults you can find something fun to do together. I have a BB gun, which was my Uncle Al’s (Gram’s brother). Do you still have yours and your Dad’s?

I just wanted to preserve that here for the memories. Christmas memories are the best ones.

She eventually found a photo

Some New Holiday Traditions

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I & My Best friend Sean have inadvertently started our own holiday traditions and that I have been enjoying very much.

Halloween:

The Crow, when we were younger and inseparable we would watch this movie all the time, It a great movie and has a great soundtrack and we would watch it almost every night before passing out. The whole movie takes place the night before Halloween “devils night” and so now we always text each other the night before Halloween to make sure we will both be watching the movie, this past Halloween however we kicked it up a notch and we were texting back and forth while watching, I had started watching about 10 mins prior so I was a little ahead. I don’t recall why but I was not having the best day that day so this little live movie watching/texting really brought up my mood, I enjoyed it, and will be our tradition moving forward.

Christmas & Christmas Eve:

This year, and hopefully every year moving forward we wait until everyone else is asleep and we get on Xbox and play video games on Christmas Eve until a little after midnight (Christmas Day). It’s a nice way to spend the holiday with a friend when life is too busy to meet up and playing as the clock turns from Christmas Eve into Christmas Day is even better, we wrap up our game, have cheers, and say Merry Christmas. There is a part 2 however, on Christmas night after all the festivities when the families are asleep we meet up again and play some more Xbox and discuss how our Holidays went. Its something I look forward too, there is a different feeling when it’s a Holiday, I enjoy staying up late, in the living room with the fireplace roaring, the Christmas lights are the only lights on and I’m playing Xbox with my best friend, it’s a great way to spend an evening and the holiday.

I urge you to try to find a similar tradition you can do with a good friend or family member, it’s just one of the things you can look forward to and really makes the holidays even better.