I have never seen Die Hard. But I have an opinion about its status as a Christmas movie. I was recently asked my opinion as many of us are asked around Christmas. I thought you might be interested in my reply.
Category Archives: Christmas
Christmas Playlist
I recently mentioned on Facebook that I have an eclectic holiday playlist on my iPod that I play every year around Christmas. In response, I received requests to share a list. Below, I not only share my list but some commentary about the evolution of the list and how it came to be what it …
My Christmas Movie Guide
We watch a lot of Christmas movies and television specials every year, usually starting on the Friday after Thanksgiving. I frequently make posts to Facebook when we watch some of these. Some of my friends asked me to post a list of our Christmas movies and this is a response to that request. This is …
Elvis Christmas Music
A friend requested a post about the top Elvis Christmas songs. During his lifetime, Elvis recorded two Christmas albums and only 19 Christmas songs. The first, Elvis’ Christmas Album, was released on October 15, 1957. Side one has 6 secular Christmas songs while side two has two Christmas carols and four hymns that don’t have …
Special Christmas Title
Several years ago, our children were going to start getting Christmas gifts for my wife and me. This was the first Christmas after my son had moved out of the house. The kids planned this change to our Christmas routine as a surprise. They would give us these gifts when we did our normal gift …
Obscure Music from My Christmas Playlist – The Ugly
I listen to a lot of Christmas music between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I have an iPod Classic that I load with my holiday music playlist. There are a handful of albums in my collection that should be a requirement for anyone serious about Christmas music. What Christmas playlist would be complete without Elvis and The …
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Obscure Music from My Christmas Playlist – The Bad
I listen to a lot of Christmas music between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I have an iPod Classic that I load with my holiday music playlist. There are a handful of albums in my collection that should be a requirement for anyone serious about Christmas music. What Christmas playlist would be complete without Elvis and The …
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Obscure Music from My Christmas Playlist – The Good
I listen to a lot of Christmas music between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I have an iPod Classic that I load with my holiday music playlist. There are a handful of albums in my collection that should be a requirement for anyone serious about Christmas music. What Christmas playlist would be complete without Elvis and The …
Continue reading “Obscure Music from My Christmas Playlist – The Good”
Spirograph Christmas
When I was growing up, there was a family that lived just up the street from us that we spent a lot of time with. The Steeles were my second family. They had 3 kids and their youngest daughter, Nan, was my age. Nan, my sister, Gina, and I played together almost daily. Our parents …
Favorite Christmas Movies
I consider myself to be a movie lover. There are a handful of movies that I consider my absolute favorites that you would think I would watch them on a regular basis that I can go for years without watching. But I always watch my favorite Christmas movies every December. This is not intended as …