More Christmas Cleanup

A Transformers gingerbread house?



Sure, why not?

Cleaning up my inbox from all the Christmas stuff

Here's a good one, from my brother:



I am willing to be you couldn't do that as fast as that dog can--even if you were wearing Santa pants!

The Christmas Tree

Appears to be very surprised that it is nearly time for it to be taken down already.

Merry Christmas!

And as promised, here is another song from David Crowder Band:



I bet you weren't expecting a cover of that version of the song, were you? That's one more reason I love those guys, they can go from a bluegrass version of "Angels We Have Heard on High" straight into an excellent TSO cover. What other Christian Worship band does that?

Anyways, have a very merry Christmas, safe travels if you are going over the river and through the woods, and we'll check back in tomorrow!

John 1:1-5
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. All things were created through Him, and apart from Him not one thing was created that has been created. Life was in Him, and that life was the light of men. That light shines in the darkness, yet the darkness did not overcome it.

Bravery

My mother and brother just bundled up and went out into the cold for some last minute grocery shopping. They tried to go out yesterday, but the parking lots of both nearby stores were completely filled up, and so they were foiled. Hopefully at 7:30 in the morning things will be a touch more sedate. Cross your fingers, anyway.

Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel

A song for Christmas Eve.



Courtesy of David Crowder Band. A good rendition of it, one of my favorites. Expect another DCB song tomorrow.

Hope you have a good day, leading up to another!

Cool!

I just found that Pandora Radio has a "Electronic Christmas" station! 

Because I get sick of hearing the same version of "Jingle Bells" over and over, so throwing in some loops and drums can freshen it up a bit.  Maybe I'll make it to Christmas day without going insane, after all!

A Yello Christmas

Yello is awesome, even if this is actually a kinda crappy quality video.

Scary!

Dear Santa,
Ok, this is how it's gonna go down. You know where I live, and you know what I want, so unless I get it on Christmas morning, Blitzen's going next. I’ll work my way down one sleigh-puller at a time. I got eight more bullets.
Make it happen fat man.
Make it happen.

(From an email I got)

A continuation of last night

Sometimes it is good to put away your cynicism, sit down with your family, and watch a Christmas movie. It may be harder at some times than others, but it may just do a body good.

Oh, and great minds think alike?

And even more serendipity with today's music?

Muppet Christmas Carol

A real true family tradition. Hard to beat Michael Cane as Scrooge, and Gonzo as Charles Dickens.

Christmas cover, with a nice bass line

Though I don't care for the singer.



Someone should do a mashup with the instruments from this one together with Thurl Ravenscroft singing. That would be pretty sweet.

And now for a completely different Christmas Carol

Oh how I love Family Force 5!

I hate my brain

The past two days I have had, in no particular order, and for no particular reason, the following songs stuck in my head:

Jingle Bells
Frosty the Snowman
Jingle Bell Rock
The 12 Days of Christmas

and

A Few of My Favorite Things (since when did this stupid thing become a Christmas song, anyway?)

I don't know why this has happened to me. I'm not frequenting locales which play Christmas music.  There hasn't been any snow to peak my subconscious.   IT'S NOT EVEN THANKSGIVING YET.

All I know is that if I keep this up, soon I'm going to be curled in the fetal position in a corner,  rocking slowly back and forth, and quietly sobbing, going slowly insane.

Better find some screamo death metal or something to detox this scourge out of my system.

Sunday Music: Stars

You know, technically, we are still in Christmas, until January 6. Notice, however, that I did not find a Christmas Carol for today's music. Going to try to avoid that stuff until next November...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Here are some random pictures of Christmas lights from around town that I've seen--

And a llittle video of someone who had one of those choreographed light displays:

I'm going down to my grandparents' house, and will maybe be looking at a truck my uncle the mechanic has a line on.  It was "only abused for a second," as he says.  I was hoping for maybe a new gun of some sort for graduation/Christmas, but it seems that other things will be taking up my limited resources for the foreseeable future...

But I digress.  I'll say again--

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

John 1:1-5

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
All things were created through Him, and apart from Him not one thing was created that has been created.
Life was in Him, and that life was the light of men.
That light shines in the darkness, yet the darkness did not overcome it.

A Christmas Eve Song

Makes me tear up... I guess I'm just a big softie.

Lyrics:

He met her up in Delaware in 1937
She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when he finally gained the courage to ask her to dance

It was the night before Christmas, it was love at first sight
The carolers sang as they danced through the night
She was a small town girl, he was a traveling guy
He never caught her name before they said their goodbyes

A couple years later he was out on the road
Having Christmas dinner in a diner alone
When he saw a young waitress with a gleam in her eye
Her favorite day of the year she showed her spirits were high
She said sir can you shed a little holiday cheer
A simple Christmas story was all she wanted to hear
He looked prepared with a smile as he started to say here's my favorite Christmas story about a girl with no name

He said I met her up in Delaware in 1937
She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when I finally gained the courage to ask her to dance

Every holiday season as he traveled he'd tell about his Christmas dance partner that he never knew well
He'd share his favorite story with the locals he met
He was called the Christmas story tellin traveling man

By age 53 he had done settled down
All the neighborhood kids liked to gather around
Just to listen to his stories about his life on the road
All he had now were these children he told
And every Christmas eve they showed up before dark
He'd tell them all the story but they knew it by heart
They could quote it word for word, he always told it the same
It was his favorite Christmas story called the girl with no name

He said I met her up in Delaware in 1937
She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when I finally gained the courage to ask her to dance

Twenty years later as he took his last breaths
On a cold Christmas morning in a hospital bed
The children had grown, he had nobody left
Except the little old nurse who was holding his hand
He said Ma'am can you share a little holiday cheer
A simple Christmas story was all he wanted to hear
But his eyes filled with tears at the words that she spoke
Because his favorite Christmas story was the one that she told

She said I met him up in Delaware in 1937
Though I never caught his name he was a traveling man
December 24th at a quarter till eleven
I'm so glad he got the courage to ask me to dance

Wrapping Christmas Presents

How the heck do you wrap one of these things:

I think I'm just going to swath it in wrapping paper. Unfortunately it didn't come in a box.

Modern Day Nativity

Kinda clever. But probably be prepared to run into it all over the interwebz.

And I'm off to all parts south.  Wish me luck.

Crazy Christmas Music