1- Sam Harris has been knocking it out of the park (for me, anyway) with his podcast Making Sense lately and I loved this ep (well, the free part) on Technology and Culture. Considering becoming a paid subscriber as I really wanted to hear the rest and I generally really like his work.
I bought the guest’s book while listening.
2- 10 Things to Tell you’s Laura Tremaine broke up with Twitter and talked about it in this interesting episode with Jamie Golden (of Popcast fame). I haven’t used twitter since like 2010 and even then not regularly, so I have not needed such a breakup. But I can see why she did.
3- I broke out the holiday tunes this morning and this made me so happy. I have no problem with ~5-6 weeks of belting out “All I Want for Christmas” or singing along with Kacey Musgraves (A Very Kacey Christmas is my favorite if I had to go with an entire album. It’s so good!). The kids really like Ariana Grande and her holiday stuff is good, and there is a time and place for Michael Buble and that time is really . . just now.
(I do not personally celebrate the religious holiday of Christmas, but I loooove the seasonal spirit and grew up with Christmas music playing in the house for at least a solid month as it’s my dad’s favorite, so, here we are.)
4- So I’m wearing perfume all of the sudden. I am very picky about fragrance but I gave a sample of Poets of Berlin a try since it came in our Allure Beauty Box and I’m kind of obsessed. I did not realize it was $$$ (of course).
I kind of love the idea of a seasonal scent. I don’t wear a lot at all but it’s enough that I can notice it on occasion and it’s really nice.
5- Holiday Fun List – will I make one? Yes and no. I am enjoying reading others’ lists! I don’t plan on really adding anything – the Q5 list was enough, I recognize that! But I want to extract the “holiday fun” items from this list to define them further (ie, note which holiday movies the kids want to watch, etc). Stay tuned. We discussed movies in the car and the kids are ready for Elf, Home Alone, and 8-Bit Christmas. I am going to make them (lol) watch Charlie Brown too, if I can. What am I missing?
(On the movie topic, Wicked is out this weekend! I think we might go?)
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I tried to think of Christmas movies and all I could think of was Die Hard (lol, no), so I googled them and also found Love Actually, It’s a Wonderful Life, and A Christmas Story. Also Scrooged. I doubt D would be interested in watching any of these with me… but I wouldn’t mind seeing these on my own. Here’s what rotten tomatoes suggests: https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-christmas-movies/. Turns out they recommend Die Hard too haha.
I would theoretically enjoy making and carrying out a holiday fun list, but I am just so exhausted all the time, even putting up a tree and decorating it sounds overwhelming. The Christmas concert I went to last year was only mediocre and not an experience I wish to repeat, all the local Christmas lights exhibits around here suck in comparison to the ones in and around Philadelphia, and I don’t enjoy baking. Maybe a Christmas movie and some music (thanks for the recs!) are just what I need — low effort but still Christmassy. 🙂
Also mean girls has the jingle bell rock scene 😂 so … sort of holiday?
Be careful with Love Actually. There is a whole subplot that my husband and I conveniently forgot about involving stand ins on an adult movie set. They are adorable but it made for a a very awkward few minutes with our teens when we watched it as a family.
My daughter recently finished the Sarah Maas series and the fourth wing series, and I accidentally gave her song of Achilles to read when she was nine. Yeah I know mother of the year I should be in jail (blah blah at least she reads). Thank you, but I think she’ll be ok.
Eye roll to a typical response from OMDG. Present as uncaring as you like, it’s good advice from Gillian! Scenes showing porn star stand-ins similating oral sex can be awkward with the kids around!
We also love Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Family Christmas, Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (note that one especially is sentimental from when I was a kid—if your kids didn’t watch as littler kids they may not be interested), Pixar’s 30 mins Prep and Landing, The Holiday (adult rom com), and then the newest version(Illumination Studios) of The Grinch. There’s also Miracle on 34th Street (I prefer the original) and my husband swears by the George C. Scott version of A Christmas Carol. There’s also a cartoon Garfield Christmas special.
…we are big into Christmas movies!! We’re going to decide on and watch our first one tonight, too! IT’S FINALLY TIME!!!
We put up our tree today and it prompted me to ask Phil what his favorite Christmas movie was as a kid. His response was ‘Die Hard’. He was being tongue in cheek, though. I love Home Alone and The Grinch as well as The Holiday. I haven’t seen 8 bit Christmas yet so need to check that one out!
It’s almost summer holidays here – this morning I went through the list of Christmas movies that are showing at the outdoor movies.
(Outdoor cinemas are huge where we live – no daylight savings & reliable weather means they run from November to April showing a mix of new releases and old favourites)
We have a family tradition of pizza picnic, ice creams and a Christmas movie. Our options this year look like Home Alone (1 or 2), Arthur Christmas and whatever the new one with The Rock is.
aww that sounds lovely and like us, you have great outdoor weather this time of year!!!
I”ll have to read Laura’s list- I probably won’t make one of my own, but like you, I like reading other people’s.
That Sam Harris podcast sounds great and that book is right up your alley.
I’m also ready for all the Christmas music!
Thanks for the Kacey Musgraves recommendation. I’ve been listening all day! I highly recommend Lindsey Stirling for Christmas instrumental. She is great.
Ooohh! I will def check out I’ve heard some of her stuff before and liked!!