Is it just me or Christmas changing somewhat?
Example: Last night was the first time the classic a Christmas Carol was aired?
Some of my fondest Christmas memories were spent in front a of television watching such classics as the animated Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer or one of the myriad versions of Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’.
And what about Bing Crosby crooning out ‘White Christmas’ another classic which led us to believe that being snowed in and owning a collection of chintzy angora sweaters was all a girl needed to catch a man.
I know that ‘Davy and Goliath’ the old clay figurines romping through Gumby land cannot compete with the special effects of today…but what a sweet little lesson there.
They have now sort of unofficially named ‘National Lampoons Christmas Vacation’ the NEW Christmas classic. This is with out question a hilarious movie, but Clark is hardly Scrooge and what message is it getting across except to perhaps pack up your family and get the heck out of dodge before in-laws and distant family show up.
Home Alone is another movie which has been stuck in the Christmas loop – meaning playing continuously on one of the 300 cable channels coming into our house. Again a funny movie but realistically no matter how precocious your child I think you would notice if he or she did not show up to the airport with you.
Here is another observation; use to be you couldn’t get Christmas carols out of your head for anything, now I go to bed and wake up humming the TELUS’s Hippopotamus Song.
Well..for that one I guess I should be grateful…I am no longer going crazy with ‘Lady Gaga’ assaulting my brain over and over!
Well about AWESOME Christmas gifts….well you are on your own. There is only 3 days left of shopping so I don’t know what to suggest. If you are really stuck Super Store has cheese on sale….always a winner!
