OT - Best Christmas/Holiday Show, and What's in your Glass Tonight?
Mates,
Pretty tremendous day of sports if you watched Michigan's OT thriller vs. UCLA, then watched that Army-Navy game in the snow, wow. its snowing now and winter is finally here in Michigan. It's also that time of the year when the Christmas and holiday shows are on as much as we wish college football was. When you start thinking about it, there are way more specials these days then when many of us were young.
Some of the classics are animated like Rudolph, Snoopy, Frosty and others. Then in the '80's you started to see some actual movies that were either about the holiday, like Scrooged, or had the holiday as a big part of it, movies like Die Hard and Lethal Weapon.
So, two questions tonight:
1. What is your favorite Christmas/Holiday show
2. What is in your glass this pre-holiday weekend
Have a great weekend, hopefully if you are at a holiday party it is fun and not a bore.
XM
p.s. You don't have to pick the original Rudolph as your favorite, but if you don't at least like it alot, well, there's probably multiple containers of skim milk in your fridge.
Here's a picture of Harbaugh if he was in fact a clay-mation coach...
EDIT: Baker Mayfield wins the Heisman, to the surprise of nobody.
December 9th, 2017 at 7:00 PM ^
In no particular order:
Die Hard
Rudolph Saves Christmas
Home Alone
And I'm drinking Ardbeg Uigeadail while decorating the christmas tree as the snow falls outside. Pretty solid night!
December 9th, 2017 at 7:13 PM ^
December 9th, 2017 at 8:37 PM ^
It's good. Imagine a slightly more powerful 10, in addition to being sherried. It's big and complex
December 9th, 2017 at 6:59 PM ^
December 9th, 2017 at 7:44 PM ^
I wondered when someone would mention this -
December 9th, 2017 at 7:47 PM ^
December 9th, 2017 at 8:14 PM ^
my screen says:
Content blocked by Microsoft family setting
guessing its some kind of bad santa.....
December 9th, 2017 at 10:05 PM ^
December 9th, 2017 at 7:01 PM ^
An Echolls Family Christmas, Veronica Mars
Santa Claus Conquers the Martins, MST3K
December 10th, 2017 at 8:37 AM ^
December 9th, 2017 at 7:04 PM ^
December 9th, 2017 at 7:07 PM ^
December 9th, 2017 at 7:11 PM ^
December 9th, 2017 at 7:07 PM ^
December 9th, 2017 at 7:08 PM ^
And I’m currently enjoying Dank Frank Juice from Oddside.
December 9th, 2017 at 7:08 PM ^
Die Hard 2, why not.
Thinking about having a nice cider from VanderMill, probably a BlueGold.
December 9th, 2017 at 7:09 PM ^
December 9th, 2017 at 7:11 PM ^
who'd a thunk it.
how's the (not so) new gig and minnesota?
December 9th, 2017 at 7:21 PM ^
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December 9th, 2017 at 7:48 PM ^
haven't seen the movie in a while.
December 10th, 2017 at 3:49 PM ^
The Tim Allen Santa Clause movies are underrated, especially the second one with the fascist substitute Santa. I didn't know there were others who appreciated Lethal Weapon at Christmas time--a Christmas tradition among my brothers and I going back many many years.
Drinking mostly wine these days but at Christmas I love a good single malt and lately I've been discovering the joys of a good gin martini.
December 9th, 2017 at 7:14 PM ^
December 9th, 2017 at 7:16 PM ^
The Bells of St Mary's, Die Hard and The Life and Adventures of Santa Clause. Sadly I'm on call this weekend so no drinking for me
December 9th, 2017 at 7:19 PM ^
White Christmas. Bing, Danny, Vera and Rosemary.
Maker's Mark
December 9th, 2017 at 7:22 PM ^
I go on my 90's show spree and watch all the Christmas episodes. Boy Meets World, Fresh Prince, Wayans Bros, Hey Arnold etc...
Movies: Home alone never gets old for me. It's a must around this time.
December 9th, 2017 at 7:22 PM ^
forgot about that one.
December 9th, 2017 at 7:25 PM ^
Great movie.
December 9th, 2017 at 7:27 PM ^
A Christmas Story
Charlie Brown Christmas
Drinking Moose Drool clone I made that I call Wolverine Slobber.
December 9th, 2017 at 7:29 PM ^
December 9th, 2017 at 7:34 PM ^
that took some heart.
December 9th, 2017 at 8:10 PM ^
December 9th, 2017 at 7:30 PM ^
1. A Christmas Story
2. Cucumber gin & tonic with crushed pepper. use hendrick's gin and fever tree indian tonic. splash of fresh lime juice and wedge of cucumber
December 9th, 2017 at 7:32 PM ^
Watching Home Alone right now since it's free on cable. Got Elf and Christmas vacation on the DVR for the next couple of weekends
December 9th, 2017 at 7:32 PM ^
December 9th, 2017 at 7:33 PM ^
Charlie Brown Christmas.
December 9th, 2017 at 7:33 PM ^
December 9th, 2017 at 7:33 PM ^
December 9th, 2017 at 7:36 PM ^
A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Hot Vernor's, trying to get rid of a sore throat.
December 9th, 2017 at 7:41 PM ^
whiskey? you know, a little might help. in the pharmaceutical industry i think they call that 'compounding'.
December 9th, 2017 at 9:10 PM ^
Absolutely. It's a flexible recipe.
December 9th, 2017 at 7:47 PM ^
Absolutely love "A Charlie Brown Christmas." Nevere gets old for me.
Here are two links and good reads about the show, for anyone interested.
- Just drop the blanket already: a detail we didn't notice.
- How a Charlie Brown Christmas almost wasn't.
Drinking coffee. On a cold, quiet, wintry early evening.
December 9th, 2017 at 8:58 PM ^
book/chapter?
December 9th, 2017 at 7:48 PM ^
December 9th, 2017 at 7:54 PM ^
Sipping a couple of 12 Dogs Christmas Ale from Thirsty Dog Brewing (Cleveland).
Elf is beginning to take over as the favorite movie though.
December 10th, 2017 at 12:58 PM ^
It is a good movie, but every time I watch it, I can't help but see a plot hole that the girlfriend pointed out to me:
When Clarence shows George how life would have been if he'd never been born, we see that Mary has become this mousy-looking librarian in thick glasses. Without George Bailey, she's a dowdy old spinster. But why? Mary was a beautiful, intelligent, charming young woman when she went off to college. She would have caught the eye of many young men (like Sam Wainright, for example.)
But just because George wasn't born, she magically becomes a schlump? Nope. Even for a fantasy, it doesn't work.
December 9th, 2017 at 7:55 PM ^
Gummy Bear
Laugh my ass off at Elf
December 9th, 2017 at 7:56 PM ^