Lights, Camera, Christmas

The husband, die hard Christmas fan that he is, has a long list of movies that must be watched during the period between Thanskgiving and Christmas Eve. This was much more easily accomplished pre-kid (PK.) PK we could spend all day on the couch in our pajamas. PK we could come home from work, order take out and watch until we couldn't see straight.

Those days are no more. He started early this year, watching a few of the non-essentials before Thanksgiving to be sure he could get through them all. Some of these movies I love. Some, I do not.

Let's start with the ones I wouldn't mind accidentally running over with my car:

Scrooged: I KNOW it's A Christmas Carol. I know, people. Bill Murray just doesn't do it for me. Now would probably be a good time to admit I've never seen it all the way through.

A Christmas Story: Eh. It's depressing. Someone gave us that leg lamp for our wedding. Seriously. My husband took it straight to the trash.

The Ref: This one I could take or leave. The hate in that family is over the top, but I won't necessarily leave the room if it's on. I might take a nap though.

It's a Wonderful Life: Admitedly, this is one that I fall asleep watching without fail, so I've never seen the entire thing. I seem to wake up at the depressing parts and am still not entirely sure what the movie is about.

Movies the husband knows not to watch without me:

Home Alone 1 & 2: Does this need an explanation?

The Santa Clause 1 & 2: Young Charlie is too cute for words and the North Pole/Santa's workshop looks like how I want it to look.

Elf: I mean, really.

Love, Actually: The scene after Juliet discovers that Mark is in love with her and he's walking along the street and that Dido song plays just undoes me. Also, who doesn't love Hugh Grant dancing to the Pointer Sisters?

Christmas Vacation: When my brother and I were a bit older, this became the movie we would watch while decorating the Christmas tree. It never gets old.

I just rediscovered a movie I think of every year at Christmas, but can never remember the name. I tried explaining it to my husband to no avail. Problem is, I was convinced that Michael Landon is in the movie and he isn't. Truthfully, all I remember about the movie is Mary Steenburgen singing Stop, In the Name of Love in the shower and an angel named Gideon. Turns out it's called One Magic Christmas and it's on the Hallmark Channel TODAY! DVR set and ready to go!