Avoiding Music, general celebrations, etc. I have my plans ready to go. My holiday movie selection is organized and my laser light decoration is ordered, I've pulled out my egg nog recipe, and I'm pulling out all my heart-healthy holiday recipes.
The movies. I love the old classics with Jimmy Stewart and Bing Crosby. I even pull out the obscure stuff like The Bells of St Mary's and The Shop Around the Corner (the original version of Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail).
Here is my collection.
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I might be adding The Holiday because my wife wants it.
Pro tip: The Holiday is a great film for getting women in a "festive" mood. And it has Jack Black, so it is tolerable.
And I love my songs. Classics only for me, please. Burl Ives, Nat King Cole, Sinatra. I actually own the Christmas with Frank and Bing CD.
A little Royal Guardsmen don't hurt either.
I love that song, as it harkens back to the Christmas Truce of 1914. Nothing reflects the spirit of Christmas more than soldiers disobeying orders, calling an impromptu truce, burying their dead without fear of attack, and then sharing food, drinks and a few games of football.
We are actually getting Christmas cards made this year with the poem A Carol from Flanders
I love the last line. It is why I love Christmas. When you remove the commercialism it is the one day where we act like we always should. Unfortunately, I feel we are losing that, if it isn't lost already. Every schmuck and hack musician puts out a Christmas album and inevitably tries to create their own new hit. The only new artist Christmas album I bought was She and Him. They stick to the classics without changing it too much. Plus, Zooey Deschanel has an awesome voice.
I have four versions of your tale. They all end the same.
EDIT: Five versions. I forgot Mickey's Christmas Carol, aka the birth of Uncle Scrooge.
