Christmas postcard, 1911
T’was the day before Christmas and all through the morning
No one was talking but I could hear all the groaning.
Tsk, tsk, tsk, not a good day to be mad,
‘Cause Santa knows who’s good and who’s bad!
No breakfast to eat, no paper to read,
Please go get me the Starbucks, I so desperately need.
Oh my how the years have come and gone by
No turkey to roast, no baking of pies.
The tree is much smaller and actually pink
Because we’re in the cottage, what did you think?
One or two gifts litter the floor
Hardly like Christmases years before.
It’s quiet around here, no sirens or noise
And of course no grandkids and noisy toys.
The cats hung their stockings in hopes that St. Nick
Will show up tonight and bring them cat nip.
A different Christmas eve’s about to begin
Left-over pastas and martinis with gin.
Not trusting the programmers of commercial TV
We stocked the house with Christmas DVDs.
First on the list is The Bishop’s Wife and
Soon to follow, It’s A Wonderful Life.
Only the classics for us old folks you know
We like what like from years ago.
Last year was a gala ugly-sweater event
Tonight a few friends but there’s no lament.
Although there’s no sitting by the fiery log
Or getting tipsy on killer egg nog,
None-the-less, we’ll enjoy the leftover food
And glasses of wine put all in a good mood.
As we clink our glasses filled with good cheer,
We wish all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I’ll put out the cookies and milk with a wish
That tomorrow morning I’ll find an empty dish.
Then I’ll know that dear Santa Clause stopped by to see
How clean the house was and how pink the tree!
I sent him my letter early on in the season
I wanted him to know I had a good reason.
It would take him some time and certainly some doing
Some planning, some cutting and lots of gluing.
I hope, I hope, he thinks I’m not too absurd
For wanting a “55 pink Thunderbird!
Oh YES!!!
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We all have our favorite Christmas holiday movie – we established that last week. But when are they playing on TV and on what station? This is as much a mystery as how do reindeer fly? In hopes of finding The Bishop’s Wife or Bells of St Mary, I thought I would try to check the TV listings for the next couple of days and look at channels I don’t ordinarily watch – but then again we already know I am not in control of the remote so if it isn’t on TCM or MSNBC chances are I won’t see it.
An hour or so on the web and I’m not sure that A Christmas Story is showing on any channel other than TBS! Well for sure I didn’t find either of the two I mentioned above. I do love It’s A Wonderful Life and if I don’t set an alarm on my blackberry for 8pm on Christmas Eve, I won’t get to see that also 😦
T’is the season for sharing so I’m posting your all-in-one-place Christmas movie TV guide – right here in my blog.
THURSDAY:
12:00 AM – Holiday in Your Heart – Lifetime
8:00 AM – Once Upon A Christmas – ABCFH
9:15AM – Holiday Inn – AMC
10:00AM – Twice Upon A Christmas – ABCFH
1:51PM – The Night Before Christmas – ABCFH
4:30PM – Polar Express – ABCFH
6:00PM – Deck the Halls – Lifetime
6:30PM – The Santa Claus – ABCFH
8:00PM – Holiday Switch – Lifetime/Dr. Seuss’s How The Grinch Stole Christmas – ABC
10:00PM – An Accidental Christmas – Lifetime
FRIDAY:
12:00AM – Santa Jr. – Hallmark/Remember the Night – TCM
2:00AM – The Santa Suit – Hallmark/Meet Me in St. Louis – TCM
4:00AM – Mrs. Scrooge – Hallmark/Bell, Book & Candle – TCM
6:00AM – Moonlight and Mistletoe – Hallmark
8:00AM – Santa Jr. – Hallmark/An Accidental Christmas – Lifetime
10:00AM – Miracle on 34th St. – AMC/A Christmas Proposal – Lifetime
11:00AM – Marry Me – Lifetime/The Flintstone’s Christmas – ACFH
12:00PM – Recipe for a Perfect Christmas -Lifetime/Pinnochio’s Christmas – ABCFH/Where God Left His Shoes -IFC
12:15PM – White Christmas – AMC
1:00PM – T’was the Night Before Christmas – ABCFH
1:30PM – Rudolph’s and Frosty’s Christmas in July – ABCFH
2:00PM – Holiday Switch – Lifetime
3:00PM – Miracle on 34th St – AMC
3:31PM – Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer + The Island of Misfit Toys – ABCFH
4:00Pm – The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Hallmark/The Road to Christmas – Lifetime
5:00PM – A Christmas Wedding – Lifetime/
5:15PM – White Christmas – AMC
5:30Pm – T’was the Night Before Christmas – ABCFH
6:00PM – A Secret Santa – Lifetime/Jack Frost – ABCFH/Scrooge – TCM
7:00PM – Eve’s Christmas – Lifetime/Frosty’s Winter Wonderland – ABCFH
7:30PM – T’was the Night Before Christmas – ABCFH
8:00PM – Miracle on 34th St – AMC/Disney Prep & Landing – ABC/Battle of the Bulbs – Hallmark/It’s A Wonderful Life – NBC/The Bishop’s Wife – TCM
8:30PM – Phineas and Ferb’s Christmas Vacation – ABC
9:00PM – A Boyfriend for Christmas – Liftetime/The Year Without A Santa Claus – ABCFH/The Santa Claus – ABC
10:00PM – Eloise at Christmastime – Hallmark/Rudolph’s Shiny New Year – ABCFH/On Strike For Christmas – Lifetime
10:15Pm – White Christmas – AMC
SATURDAY:
12:00AM – Ernest Saves Christmas – ABCFH/ **
7:00AM – A Flintstone Christmas – ABCFH
8:00AM – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – ABCFH
9:00AM – A Christmas Carol (1938) – TMC/The Year Without A Santa Claus – ABCFH
10:00AM – Miracle on 34th St – ABCFH/Susan Slept Here – TCM
12:30PM – Santa Buddies – ABCFH
4:30PM –Home Alone 2 – ABCFH
7:00PM – Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch Who Stole Christmas – ABCFH
8:00PM – A Christmas Carol (1984) – Fox/Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas – NBC
8:30Pm – Christmas Attack Zone – NBC
10:15Pm – Surviving Christmas – TBS
** Midnight till 8pm – A Christmas Story – TBS/Scrooged – AMC
Since posting this blog I’ve found TCM’s Christmas schedule and Yay The Bishop’s Wife and others are now in the schedule.
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