I was going to wish everyone a happy holiday, but the Santa-Tony Manero ad ruined my holiday spirit.
1: My insatiable curiosity compelled me to look up this commercial. Life was better before I saw it.
I got a bottle of Lagavulin and two trivia games. No snow here!
I'm full of wine and beef tenderloin.
2: My warning should have been more explicit.
I'm in Flagstaff with elderly relatives. I'm the youngest person here by 30 years. Also there's no snow, which is unusual here.
6: Good thing you have a lot of experience hanging with old folks!
Ha. Fair enough! I'm not having a terrible time. It's just odd.
Thank you for not saying "O.K. Boomer" to us Gen Xers.
We watched A Muppet Christmas Carol, as is our tradition. Come, man, and know me better!
The puppet they used for Michael Caine was their most realistic effort ever.
For obscure reasons we watched The Swimmer last night. Odd allegorical 1968 movie featuring Bert Lancaster in a swimming suit for almost every second of screen time. Sandwiched between The Spanish Prisoner and A Christmas Story.
He's like going from pool to pool across his neighbors' yards? I was confused and turned the channel.
12 The Swimmer is a fantastic movie and one of Lancaster's greatest performances but an odd choice for Christmas.
I rewatched The Lion in Winter a couple of days ago and I'd forgotten that it was also a Christmas movie.
17: Yeah, it could be the definitive *not* a Christmas movie*. We watched it because it had come up in conversation with my wife and daughter, so for future reference I was checking if it was available to stream via our TV/cable, and TV interfaces and my attention to detail being what they are I inadvertently rented it.
*Although it actually does have a Ghost of Christmas Past vibe to it.
While everyone was watching Home Alone 2, Opinionated Academic's little grandson burst out saying "I'm growing up too quick!"
We've now introduced him to Moomins.