"The Strength Of Ten Grinches... Plus Two"
Looks like Christmas is coming early this year. I saw someone in the neighborhood putting up lights yesterday; I was thinking that this is too early -- the Halloween lights are just barely down. Then, I was channel surfing, and saw that TNT was showing "The Grinch That Stole Christmas" (the real one).
That's still one of my favorite shows. I have the thing basically memorized (having read the book to the kids literally hundreds of times over the years... it was one of their biggest requests). I still love the first appearance of "little Cindy Lou Who, who was not more than two". I feel an unashamed joy when they come to one of my favorite lines. And I still get the shivers when the Who's start singing:
"Fah who for-aze!
Dah who dor-aze!
Welcome Christmas,
Come this way!
Fah who for-aze!
Dah who dor-aze!
Welcome Christmas,
Christmas Day.
Welcome, Welcome
Fah who rah-moose
Welcome, Welcome
Dah who dah-moose
Christmas day is in our grasp
So long as we have hands to clasp
Fah who for-aze!
Dah who dor-aze!
Welcome Christmas
While we stand
Heart to heart
And hand in hand..."
Only 43 days until Christmas!
posted by Bubblehead at 9:32 AM
1 Comments:
Black Friday is still the day of transition for me. Anything before that is just marketing. On black friday, I mount a 4 foot plastic Santa on the tool box in the back of my pickup truck. A 75 watt converter that plugs into the cig lighter provides the power to light it up. It's great in holiday traffic, and you can find the truck in a crowded parking lot. (Anyone around Manassas, VA the last 2 years might have seen me.) I can't wait, but I still need to wait for Thanksgiving turkey to get cold first. lest we forget the importance of that day in the rush.
RM1/SS
11/14/2005 6:51 AM
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