Happy Christmahanukwanzaa
December 23rd, 2005 ·
The holiday season is upon us. (I can’t believe it’s already December; it seems like the summer was only yesterday.) Oddly enough, it doesn’t feel like Christmastime in New York even though all of the signs are here: the Rockefeller Holiday Tree, Macy’s shoppers, bright lights on the Saks 5th Avenue building and others.
To get in the mood, maybe I’ll rent A Christmas Story and Love Actually sometime this weekend. (I should have planned ahead and stuck these babies on in my Netflix queue.) In the meantime, I’ll listen to a few of my favorite holiday songs: “Last Christmas” by George Michael; “Santa Baby” by Marilyn Monroe; “Do They Know It’s Christmas” by Band Aid; “A Holly Jolly Christmas” by Burl Ives; “Hanukkah Song” by Adam Sandler; “This Christmas” by Donny Hathaway; “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)” by John Lennon & Yoko Ono; and “All I Want For Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey.
Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season and happy Christmahanukwanzaa Everybody! Coming soon: an update on my holiday festivities.
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Happy Holidays to you too!
I personally like the throw in a bit of Vonda Sheppard myself. Slightly nostaligc of when Ally McBeal was good, but hey! Lately been having a Jack Johnson obsession…
Have a good christmas and a great new year:)
I always want to get my Christmas movie groove on too late! As ide form the obvious (”It’s a Wonderful Life”) I’m a sucker for the 1951 “A Christmas Carol”. The one with Alsitair Sim. There’s no way to watch his Scrooge go all giddy at the end without laughing and getting all Chrsitmas-fizzy yourself.
Happy Everything!
Whip up some Christmas Spirits and have a good one!
Happy Holidays! Hope you have a grand time in your first NYC holiday season!
Happy Holidays. See you next year.
Hey stolie, wanted to wish you a merry christmas still and a splendid new yaer. :)
Why oh why do we make such a big deal over the Holidays? Are our daily lives so bad that we have to escape them in the commercial celebration of a mythical birth?
All the best to you all, all of the time.
Paul in the UK
Hanuman: Thank you, sweetie!
Darwin: Ally McBeal was an AWESOME show. I didn’t watch it that much toward the end of its run, but I never missed an episode during the show’s first season.
missbhavens: Oooooh, those are good movie picks too!! It’s a wonderful life is one of my all-time favorites.
JohnJEnright: Thanks!!! Hope you had a good one, too!
Sid: It was *GREAT* to be in New York during the holiday season. Walking down 5th avenue was precious; it was one of the few times that I actually really liked to see all of the tourists and holiday shoppers.
Berry: I hope your holidays were good too!!
Papigiulio: Same to you!!!
Anonymous: Not there with you on the mythical birth, but totally there with you on the over-commercialism of the holidays. :) I wish you all of the best all of the time, too, Paul from the UK.
Hmmmm … A UK reader. This reminds me: not much longer until I’m on that side of the pond. (Just under 15 days until my departure!) I’ll blog more about that in the new year …
Stolie, wishing you a wonderful holiday.
By the way, we actually have the leg lamp from the movie that comes out every year with the Christmas decorations. Come over to read about it. I have posted a couple of stories about the leg lamp.
Hey Tonito!
I missed the posts about the Leg while I was off line during the holidays, but I just checked it out.
I think it’s **GREAT** that you guys have a replica of the leg lamp! :) Where on earth did you find it? I’ll have to beg my family to purchase and display one for Christmas 2006.
Stolie, it was sent to us a gift by someone who knew how much we loved the movie. It’s a blast and has fish net stockings to boot.
It sounds WONDERFUL!!! :)