- How the Grinch Stole Christmas - a classic holiday must-see
- The Sound of Music - maybe not necessarily a "Christmas film", yet I watch it each and every year during the holidays.
- A Christmas Story (my brother in law has an appearance in this film!)
- The Holiday
- Love Actually (I own this dvd and watch it throughout the year) - Hugh Grant as the British Prime Minister is so wonderful! Such an awesome cast.
- The Polar Express
- A Miracle on 34th Street (the remake)
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Friday, December 3, 2010
My favourite Christmas movies: a list
Here are some of my absolute favourite Christmas films. We will certainly try to watch all these and more in the countdown to Christmas:
A list for Nana
As I mentioned before, my mom a.k.a. Nana will be arriving here in just over a week! My little guy is so excited and asks about Nana every day. He says, "Nana coming, Santa Claus coming". {It seems Nana and Santa are having a romantic affair and are coming out west together...! }
The other day we were stuck in traffic, something that just doesn't normally happen to us in our small town. But we were in Vancouver and stuck we were for a good hour. How did we pass the time, my two year old and I? By making a mental list of all the things we want to do with Nana while she is visiting us over the holidays! Here is what I can remember:
The other day we were stuck in traffic, something that just doesn't normally happen to us in our small town. But we were in Vancouver and stuck we were for a good hour. How did we pass the time, my two year old and I? By making a mental list of all the things we want to do with Nana while she is visiting us over the holidays! Here is what I can remember:
- bake cookies (cookie cutters and cookie sprinkles are waiting patiently on the kitchen counter)
- visit Santa Clause at the mall (annual photo - matching sweaters required)
- go to the Aquarium to see Scuba-Claus
- ride the mini-rail train in Stanley Park
- go swimming
- go skating
- go to little sneakers
- make snow angels
- drink hot chocolate with marshmallows
- build a snowman
- go sledding with our new toboggan
- decorate our Christmas Tree
- sing Christmas Carols
- watch Christmas movies
- go to the "choo-choo train store" (local toy store)
That's all I can think of for now.... but it sounds like a good list and we can't wait for her to get here so we can get started on all the fun!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Books I loved as a child (and can't wait to read to my boys!)
Okay, here they are in no particular order:
I found these books to be so magical - and they were no doubt responsible for kick starting a life-long love of reading (particularly fantasy and sci-fi genres).
I am really looking forward to re-reading these books and rediscovering the magic with my boys!
Any other suggestions? What were your favourites as a child?
- Charlotte's Web, by E. B. White
- The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis (particularly The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe)
- The Little Prince, by Antoine Saint-Exupery
- Harry Potter, by J. K. Rowling (these are waiting patiently on the bookshelves for the boys to grow up a bit... as they are 2 and 7 months respectively) As an aside, I didn't read these as a child (obviously) but cannot wait to read these with the boys.
- James and the Giant Peach, by Raold Dahl
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
- Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak (we do actually have this one already - it had a serious run for a few weeks in our house where we read it about 10 times a day... I'm including it on the list because it was seriously one of my favourites)
- The Velveteen Rabit
- Alice in Wonderland
I found these books to be so magical - and they were no doubt responsible for kick starting a life-long love of reading (particularly fantasy and sci-fi genres).
I am really looking forward to re-reading these books and rediscovering the magic with my boys!
Any other suggestions? What were your favourites as a child?
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