Jen Aniston's Movie 'Marley & Me' beat Brad Pitt's movie 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' in the opening numbers. It's not official..but for all us Jen fans, we can celebrate.
Also, 'Marley' beat Tom Cruise's 'Valkyrie'. My brother saw this movie and said it wasn't great...but Tom gets shot alot. I may just see it for that!
Today is the day that people can't wait to celebrate. Some people just want the day to be over with so stores don't look so Christmas-y. Christmas is a weird time for me. I love it and it means alot to me, but growing up, it wasn't the same for me as it was for other children.
My parents decided the year after I was born to stop putting up the tree and everything else that goes with modern Christmas traditions. I didn't grow up believing in Santa, I didn't wish anything for Christmas, I even remember receiving items from IGA for Christmas. I grew up knowing what Christmas was about. I knew about Baby Jesus and the Manger and Mary and The Three Wise men. But I am not writing this to be religious.
Christmas is the day to celebrate giving and family. It's a special time of year when 95% of the US is closed just to focus on something other than politics, war, all the turmoil around us.
I posted a few of my favorite Christmas songs. {stealing from a friend, love you Justin} What are your favorite Christmas songs? What movies do you regularly watch around this time, even if it not a Christmas-y movie? {I watch Sound of Music every Christmas night} And what did you get for Christmas? I'm gonna stop saying that word now
1 day until Christmas, and I read a story like this. It seems to come up every year around this time: people fired for saying Merry Christmas. I will try not to offend anybody, but if you are, oh well.
A former employee of a Christian-run company claims to have been fired for saying Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays. Frankly, if any of my 15 bosses even tried yelling at me about that, I would be done with them. Now I don't necessarily say Merry Christmas to everyone, but I will not say Happy Holidays. Nope. Can't do. Sorry, but that IS against my religion and I am standing with this woman 100%.
Also, the store manager where I work {which I won't say} says Merry Christmas.
If you are offended by Merry Christmas, why? I wouldn't be offended if someone said Happy Channukah or whatever holiday. I wouldn't. Simple as that, the holiday or religion is not being shoved down your throat by those words.
This is one of the strangest things that I have ever heard. But then, maybe it isn't. A study done in England found that for some people, thinking about sex can lead to sneezing.
I would think that thinking about sex would lead to something else, but that's just me. I mean, really..sneezing? Wow. Good work, Dr, good job. I guess there's worse things than that? Why don't you study what happens when people have sex. Oh, that's already been done, sorry. Just trying to think outside of the box for you.
Also, it says that this could be genetic. So if you see your parent sneezing too much, that means they're probably thinking about sex. What a dirty game to play. I know I could catch my dad in that one.
This seems pretty odd, but the Doc has some scientific explanations and since I am no expert, read more at Fox News.
I would love to get a government grant just to look at random things and connect them somehow. That would honestly be great and better used time than most government positions.
Monday always introduces the Video of the Week. And this Monday, before Christmas, brings us some important information about Eggnog from the Fine Brothers!
What a wonderful year to follow politics. One word can sum up politics, and this year especially: corrupt. I do not normally like to talk about politics, but these days, what else is there to talk about?
Between people losing their jobs, homes, identities, everything, the richer are getting richer and politicians are still playing their stupid ass games. Most of them are corrupt and only care about themselves. And whenever something even remotely corrupting/suspicious turns up, it doesn't phase the politicians. They barely even get questioned about it! Get away with murder and keep their jobs. It is sick.
{That's enough of that for me for a long time. Maybe til the next presidential election? It'll be starting in 2010 so you don't have to wait long.}
I'm sure people of New England are excited to hear that today is the 2nd day of Winter. Considering they've had winter for the past month. Just in time for Christmas.I wish I could get some snow. Even for a few minutes on Christmas. Call me a dreamer, but what's Christmas without snow?
