Happy Holidays Everyone!

Christmas: Movies and Books

One of the things I love about Christmas time is the warmth of staying inside, cuddled up, watching a movie or reading a book. Now don't get me wrong, there are TONS of fun things to do outside too! But these are two things I enjoy inside during the holidays (besides cooking and writing Christmas cards). Here is just a list of the things on my list:

Movies
It's a Wonderful Life
This is my mom's favorite Christmas movie and so I grew up watching this every Christmas time. Now, I still love it, but I only like to watch if my mom is there watching it with me too. It's fun to hear her laugh along, in her cute giggle laugh, at the jokes and sweet things said. I sure hope someone will lasso the moon for me someday.

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
Just a fun classic. I don't like the claymation version but there's an even older version that is in cartoon that I love.

White Christmas
I actually had never seen this movie until I was in college and my roommates and I did a Christmas party together and watched it. I fell in love with it!

The Santa Clause
This one always makes me laugh but never gets old. I love quoting it, "Poe Poe, Shee Shoo!" and to this day I'm dying to try the "special" north pole hot chocolate.

The Polar Express
I love the music in this and I love the feeling of awe, imagination, excitement, hope, etc. it leaves you with.

Elf
Probably over quoted and I don't watch it every year but just fun to watch every once in awhile.

The Holiday
This is my most favorite chick flick and it's set during the Christmas season.

New Years Eve
Not really a Christmas movie but it fits in with the holidays.

While You Were Sleeping
This isn't really a "Christmas" movie either but it is set during Christmas time and I love the family dynamics of the movie. It's perfect for the holidays.

Books
Every Christmas Eve my mom would get a new Christmas book and read it to us. After that each of my siblings and I would read aloud our favorite book. This was one of our many fun Christmas Eve traditions growing up. Here are a few of the books:

You are Special by Max Lucado
How The Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
A Creature Was Stirring by Clement Clarke Moore
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg

Though this Christmas season I will most likely be working on my ever-long book reading list; the year is coming to a close and once again I am not ever half way through it.