All time Favourite Christmas Movies

Who doesn't love a good Christmas movie to warm the cockles of your heart?

Here are my Top 5 Christmas movies that I religiously watch every Christmas- in no particular order of course because that would require way too much decison making!

The Family Stone: funny, heartwarming, touching, crazy noisy family (a bit like ours), spunky males, too many fabulous cast members to list...

Love Actually: LOVE everything about this movie. Love the music, Love the interwoven stories and relationships, Love Colin Fristle, Love Hugh Grant as Prime Minister, Love Karl the spunky French office worker (just don't answer the phone girl!!!), Love Billy Mack ("I have spent most of my adult life with a chubby employee") I could go on and on....

The Holiday: maybe not really a Christmas movie but it is set around Christmas and new years so I count it in the list. The English cottage is just too beautiful, Jude Law is not too bad too and Jack Black is a riot as always, even though it is not a comedy role.

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation: this is usually on tv every year but if not we will rent it and watch with my sisters and mum. This is one of those ugly laugh movies. You know, when you laugh so wholeheartedly that you have to cover your face because you look so ugly and you eventually laugh til you cry. Especially when you look over and your mother is literally peeing her pants with laughter.

Prancer: an absolute childhood favourite about a litle girl who finds a hurt reindeer she thinks is Prancer and nurses him back to health...tear

What's your favourite Christmas movie?

2 weeks 'til Christmas

...and still not a scrap of shopping or preparation has been done.

I am the world's best procrastinator & leave to the last minuter...

image by Alicia Paulson via Pozy gets cozy

3 Weeks 'til Christmas

The Christmas menu is planned, non perishables stored, presents bought and artfully wrapped, the tree dressed perfectly, new handmade decorations skillfully hung, family portrait Christmas cards mailed to friends and family and the daily to do list strictly adhered to...

The reality is the tree is only dressed on the top half only as I am sick of replacing and fixing the baubles, ribbons and garlands within Addison's reach- baubles lay scattered under the tree and around the living area- I may manage to collect them all and scoot them under the tree at the end of the day but thats all. I have bought a total of 1 present each for the girls (the lovely Tiny Concept dolls). I have at least bought the resources to make some new Christmas decorations- sadly they are still sitting in the filing cabinent with last years new Decorations that did not get completed. No menu has been planned and no food bought as yet and we are having Christmas Eve, Christmas breakfast and lunch at our house with around 20 guests, no Christmas cards have been sent- I never get around to it and the checklist is a waste of time as it is only causing me to have panic attacks looking at what still hasn't been done.

Please tell me I am not the only one that has all these grand plans that fall to the wayside every year?

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5 weeks 'til Christmas and Weekend Wishes

It's going to be a busy weekend...
The christmas tree is going up (heaven help me as to where it is going to go- we have a rather ,ahem, large tree), decorations to make, decorations to hang, a "quick" trip to ikea for Christmas supplies and a Christmas party to plan for next weekend. Oh, and Bing Crosby will definately be making an appearance on the ipod (don't you just love old time Christmas carols?).

Have a very merry weekend!

ps. Oh, and I am still on team Edward. New moon was a little slow as I thought it may be (it was my least favourite book out of the series) but fantastic anyway. The count down to Eclipse begins!


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Christmas Crafting with Paper

My Christmas Crafting inspirations made from paper...

paper wreath made from old books, music sheets etc

paper bird garland in red and white

paper cutout snowflakes (I make these every year, though not as intricate!)

paper doiley garlands (you can never have enough garlands!)

image 1- source unknown- oops!
image 2 via kiddley.com
image 3 via sweetfineday
image 4 via maminkagirlstudio

6 weeks 'til Christmas

 

OK, now I am starting to freak out. I am so unorganised this year I fear!

I am in definate need a checklist...

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7 weeks 'til Christmas

Another week down, another week closer to Christmas.
I love this simple wreath hanging from black and white striped ribbon- simple, fresh and very effective.
I am sticking with last years theme this Christmas- red, white and brown paper- as I don't have enough time this year to make a whole new decoration collection in a differnet colourway.
Next year it will be time for a change...


image via willow decor

8 weeks 'til Christmas

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Holy freakin hell!
I have just realised there is only 8 weeks until Christmas...seriously, where did the year go?

I really love, love, love Christmas- the decorating, the pressies, having free time to spend with family, the lying around and doing nothing except eating (especially a big chewy pavalova), not feeling bad for eating dessert (ie aforementioned pavalova) for the majority of meals for generally a 2 week period and all the guilt free excess drinking (tis the season to be merry, right?).

Hmm, I think its time to think about christmas shopping (love having an excuse to write a new list). Oh and I guess I should finish the kids new santa sacks I started last year and didn't get finished in time...la la la la la, lala la la