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In general- I'm a fan of Christmas Movies. There are some that are particularly bad... and yet I still watch them every year and enjoy them... this is going to be more of me going over the worst parts of Christmas movies... and things that just kind of bother me. THE BAD  1) Santa in Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer I know people are complaining about Rudolph a lot this year... and I don't necessarily agree with everything that they're saying... but at the same time the Santa in Rudolph has some problems. He mocks a baby reindeer for having a red nose... that's not cool. So while I'm not super offended by Rudolph or up in arms about it or anything... yeah the Santa in Rudolph is not the best. #notmysanta am I right??? 2) The Grinch's Heart is Down a Size and A Half???  So in the Jim Carey Grinch movie there's a scene early on in the movie where the Grinch checks the Heart Chart and says "Down another size and a half." This means that the Gri...

So I've talked about my niece before... she's a toddler- she's almost 2 and she's super playful and the cutest! I thought it might be fun to try to watch one of my favorite Christmas Movies- A Muppet Christmas Carol- with her and see how she likes it... this is what happened. I wasn't really expecting her to pay much attention to it... but I thought maybe she'd laugh and maybe she would like the Muppets because she likes Sesame Street so much... and I think she did a little bit but she mostly just played a little bit and when she got tired she laid down to watch and then she fell asleep... just like what I do! But when she was asleep it was at my favorite part- Marley and Marley! With my favorite muppets- Statler and Waldorf...So that was a fun part for me to kind of sit down and watch with my dad. He thinks its funny too... and then we watched Fozziwig's Old Rubber Chicken Factory- which my dad also laughed at... which was funny. And I had to get read...

I usually like Christmas music in General... this year I'm working retail... so Christmas Music isn't really my first go-to as far as music goes... but I do still like it... and honestly my favorites are from the Christmas Soundtrack at work right now. I'll probably go and listen to the full albums... but these are still just good ones. 1) Everyone's A Kid At Christmastime by Stevie Wonder-  I like Stevie Wonder in general... and I like his Christmas Songs in general... but this one is really special and good. I like that he mentions even Scrooge can be a kid at Christmas Time... it's just a really clever song that I really really like. 2) Gwen Stefani's Christmas Songs-  This is shocking because usually I don't listen to Gwen Stefani because something terrible ALWAYS happens when I listen to Gwen Stefani... but I have to say her Christmas songs are actually great. She has such a great voice for them... and they're all just really sweet and kind of...

There are a lot of great Christmas Movies... but there are some movies that Aren't Christmas Movies that are just as fun to watch around the holiday season... Sooooo that is what I'm talking about I guess. 1) Toy Story Series  I love the Toy Story Series... plus what's more fun for Christmas than Toys???? I watch this movie like all year long- not going to lie... but there is something special about watching it at Christmas. It makes me feel like a kid and I can remember when Santa Clause used to bring me new toys and the excitement of guessing what it was. 2) Star Wars  I love Star Wars... and there's something nice about watching movies that you love in the comfort of your own home on Christmas... and with the new Star Wars Series being released mostly around the holiday season... it just makes sense to watch them all around Christmas. Not something you need to watch at Christmas- especially since not everyone like Star Wars... but if you do... it's fun to...

So I mentioned a few different times that my boyfriend and I went to New York for a fun Christmasy-type of date... and things kind of went not according to plan... but we still had a lot of fun and we got a lot of stuff. I kind of wanted to see some decorations and do something christmasy... and we kind of got to the city too late and NJ Transit is kind of too unreliable for us to have done that... so we just started shopping and the first place we went to was Kinokuniya- which is an asian themed book store... it is like right across from Bryant Park (I think?) and it has 3 really great stories of all sorts of thing. Any animae or comic related thing you could want- its got it there. They also have a lot of art supplies like things for Calligraphy or Bullet Journaling downstairs... and some biographies and just interesting books on the main level. I ended up getting one of the leuchtturum notebooks, a book on Japanese Skincare, and 2 Pusheen mystery mini ornaments. I loved the book s...

So this is a weird movie... and I need to start with saying I did not know anything about this movie until like the day it aired. ABC Family did a lot of commercials for it... I didn't think it was a real tv movie- I thought it was just a web advertising thing that they were doing... but nope. It was a real movie... so that was interesting. I think the concept of this movie is... barely even a concept. Lizzie and Simon both have trouble falling asleep. Lizzie seemingly because she is stressed out about marrying Mr. Right... or Mr. Wright because his name is actually Josh Wright. Although Lizzie is a very successful party planner- she is having trouble planning a wedding with Josh and it doesn't help that she just can't fall asleep. Simon is a bartender with dreams of opening his own bar... but because he can never sleep he's a slacker and his girlfriend Nicola breaks up with him. One day Simon decides to go for a walk only to be hit by Lizzie's car. Lizzie off...

So I thought for today's post it might be kind of fun to talk about some things that I thought when I was a kid that I realize as an adult aren't exactly how I thought. Now I know what you're all thinking- am I talking about Santa? No- Santa is totally real and I know he's probably too busy to read this blog this time of year... and it's not that popular of a blog... plus I think The North Pole has Wifi- but I'm not 100% sure... but either way Merry Christmas Santa! Anyway... on to the thoughts! 1) The Song "Little St. Nick" was about a Small Santa  So I don't know if anyone remembers the "Now That's What I Call Christmas" Cd and the commercials for it... but they did show a cartoon of what looked to be a little St. Nick. So I thought maybe he was for Little Christmas or he delivered gifts before christmas or something. I like the song a lot... but it does seem like a fun idea for a little St. Nick to deliver presents before S...

Since I already did the Christmas Bucket List... here's a list of Christmas Movies I want to make sure I watch this year! 1) Merry Christmas Charlie Brown-  This is always what I like to see first at Christmas time. It just gets me in the holiday spirit and I just like the message of the Peanuts Gang learning what Christmas is all about. It also shows Charlie brown getting kind of sad when everyone else is happy for Christmas because Charlie Brown wants something more than just decorations and presents. It's super cute and one I always have to watch. I did kind of watch it already... but I need to watch it again for sure. I was setting up my new phone at the same time. 2) How The Grinch Stole Christmas- Cartoon Version  I really love this one. I did see most of this movie recently... but again- I was also on the phone and stuff... I just got the DVD recently and I'm excited to watch it again and again now instead of just when it's on TV. I also bought the Jim Ca...

So this is not really going to be a gift guide post... but it sort of is I guess... I'm just going to kind of talk about what I got for people so far for christmas- why I got them these things and maybe a little bit of the shopping process behind it all. I'm going to start off with my friends because I got my 3 friends that I've had since High School (one from before that) and I get them all the same thing... and typically I get them all makeup. This year I got their presents early- during the Sephora 20% off sale... I had swatched one of the mini Violet Voss palettes and I thought the Berry Burst looked good and seemed a little bit like a mini version of the Holy Grail palette- which I like a lot. The Creme Brulee looked nice too- but I thought the Berry Burst would be better. I also got them each a Bum Bum Bath Bomba from Sol de Janiero because... even though I didn't think it was the best Bath Bomb I've ever tried for the price... but I also thought it was nice...

I wrote a blog like this last blogmas... and I have another one this year. The annual NYC Macy's trip with my family and my brother in laws family to take my niece to see Santa was here once again... and this trip was a lot different than the last trip... but just as fun. So last year when we did this my niece was almost 1... this year she's almost 2- so she's a little more playful, a little more alert about some things... and its just really cute to see what a difference a year makes. We took the train up...which was a lot of fun for the baby! She really loves watching trains go by and she was so excited to actually be on one! She had a fun time with it. I had a nap because I was up early and I had no coffee... and now working retails around the holidays... if I see an opportunity for a nap I take it. Then we went to the city and again... the baby was excited! She saw the people, the lights the noises... she just loved it. Also there were animals everywhere and she l...

I did one of these for the summer... and I kind of failed that bucket list... so hopefully I'll do a little bit better with this one! 1) Give Gifts- I mean this is something I pretty much always do... but my parents usually just buy their gifts for themselves that are things I would pick out for them. This year I want to actually get them stuff they'll use and love because I have a job now... so I can get them stuff on my own! 2) Decorate My Room- I really want my room to be kind of decorated for Christmas. Right now my room is kind of a mess... but I think I could decorate it and it would look super cute. I just watched a few online DIY videos and things like that... so I kind of want to decorate it! 3) Craft- I work right next to a craft store right now... so I feel like that's going to make it a little more fun for me to be able to craft and decorate things for myself. I really want to make cards for everyone... I think that can be really fun and I just want to get...

Heyy guys! I didn't really mean to make Blogmas all movie reviews from me... that's just kind of how it's working out right now... but my Boyfriend actually got me the very romantic gift of Jingle All The Way 2... which we did watch together... and I think we both agree... It is a Movie... This movie stars Larry The Cable Guy as a single dad who is kind of trying to outdo his daughter's new step dad... he also kind of just wants to get his daughter what she wants... and that is a Teddy Bear called Harrison. Larry reads his daughters letter to santa and sees a misspelled version of Harrison and decides to get it for her. The only thing is... these bears are like impossible to get. Every time Larry goes to the store- someone buys every single Harrison Bear. One of the things I think I need to complain about with this movies is that there were too many antagonists... I wasn't paying the most attention to the movie because... well it isn't the most interesting...

Heyyy guys! Happy Blogmas! Today is actually quite a throwback because as I'm writing this... it's April 15th... lol. I just wanted to watch this movie because it was on HBO and I had a feeling they were going to take it off soon... and I was thinking of reviewing this in April... but I thought "nah... I'll just start writing Blogmas now." Not too surprising... I'm pretty sure I'm starting Blogoween soon too... lol. Anyway back to the actual movie itself! I thought it was really funny and kind of interesting. I really liked all the characters and the situation that they got themselves into... but I also thought that the company itself was kind of interesting. They mentioned new Tech that they were developing and I know it wasn't a real tech company and they couldn't really do what they did at the end... but I still thought it was really cool and interesting to learn about. That's not really the "reason" to watch the movie... but it ...

Hey everyone! So for the today's Blogmas and my post Thursday- I have movie reviews that I wrote around the summer time. So I'm sorry if these sound less Christmasy... I just wanted to write my first reaction after watching them. So that being said- this was a fine movie to watch in May... I actually got it for my mom as a Mother's Day gift and we watched it right away. So that's another fun time to watch this movie... it shows a lot about mothers and daughters and it's sweet. I really liked this movie and I loved the original Bad Moms... this didn't really feel like a sequel to that movie- it felt more like 3 different stories about each of the Bad Mom's. Yes we did get a follow up on the characters- yes we did see all of the Bad Moms together... but it still kind of just felt like we were watching each of their struggles. Being a mom around Christmas is hard, trying to make Christmas perfect is hard, and having your mom's around for Christmas is ha...

Hello everyone! Happy Blogmas! I know my 13 Days of AHS did not pan out as expected... but this year I would really like to do all 25 days of Blogmas... I already wrote my blogs for the next 3 days... we have some more movie reviews... but I decided to start on the most recent movie released and the one that is definitely the best out of all the movies: Illumination Studios The Grinch. So I'm a pretty big fan of Illumination to begin with. I feel like they're a little underrated... Compared to studios like Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks which have been around for years... Illumination is newer and it hasn't had as many hits. I love Despicable Me, I love Sing... I've never seen Secret Life of Pets or The Lorax... but still. They have good stuff. I think this movie is the most impressive animation that the Studio has done. Whoville looked really magical and christmasy... the characters were all super super cute... Cindy Lou Who and her friends were adorable and I cried ...