Advent calendar, December 21

December 21, 2010

“This is the worst Christmas ever. I had thought it was the one when our parents bought us hamsters and forgot to poke holes in the boxes, but at least that had a moment of suspense.” said by Brian Hackett on Wings

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Advent calendar, December 20

December 20, 2010

“In the pre-Christian era, as the winter solstice approached and the plants died, pagans brought evergreen boughs into their homes as an act of sympathetic magic, intended to guard the life essences of the plants until spring. This custom was later appropriated by Northern Europeans and eventually it becomes the so-called Christmas tree.” said by [...]

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Advent calendar, December 19

December 19, 2010

A fat man, trying to squeeze through a narrow chimney, and I taunt him with Oreos and whole milk – Said by The Biscuit on Ally McBeal

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Advent calendar, December 18

December 18, 2010

In my quest for Christmas-related quotes from movies or television series for this year’s advent calendar, the time has now come to this one. “Vampires probably not that big on Christmas, now that I think about it.” said by Buffy Summers aka. Buffy The Vampire Slayer No matter how many glittering vampires come along, there [...]

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Thesis writing

December 18, 2010

I was reading through my LJ entries from when I was writing my thesis 1.5 years ago… And I’m beginning to miss the process of it. I make it sound so cozy, heading down to the coffee shop with my laptop to write… Being able to sleep in whenever I’d like… But then I remember [...]

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Advent calendar December 17

December 17, 2010

“Okay, let me get this straight. You don’t just celebrate Christmas… you actually believe in Santa Claus?” said by Cristina Yang on Grey’s Anatomy [2005]

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Advent calendar, December 16

December 16, 2010

I really only started checking in on Psych because of Gus, but I kept going for the sheer craziness of it all. Pineapples and everything. “Alright! Who keeps telling people I want snow globes for Christmas?” Said by Carlton “Lassie” Lassiter on Psych – Season 1 [2006]

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Advent calendar, December 15

December 15, 2010

“But really let’s face it, all other days bow down to the 25th: Christmas. It’s the only religious holiday that’s also a Federal holiday. That way Christians can go to their services and everyone else can stay home and reflect on the true meaning of Separation of Church and State.” said by Samantha Bee on [...]

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Advent calendar, December 14

December 14, 2010

“Who gave you permission to tell Charlie there was no Santa Claus? I think if we’re going to destroy our son’s delusions, I should be a part of it.” – said by Scott Calvin in The Santa Clause [1995]

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Advent calendar, December 13

December 13, 2010

Happy December 13. It is the day of St. Lucia, and all over Scandinavia school children started the day wearing white shirts or sheets… and had Lucia buns. Here is today’s quote: “I love “White Christmas” and “Silver Bells” and “Puff the Magic Dragon”, but I found out when you sing those old holiday standards, [...]

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Advent calendar, December 12

December 12, 2010

It’s not easy when your parents are divorced, and your spouse’s parents are divorced… It can add up to a lot of Christmas celebrations. Unless you devise a method of escape, (but end up caught on national television…) “We just gotta get through these four Christmases as quickly and painlessly as possible.”  said by Brad [...]

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Advent calendar, December 11

December 11, 2010

In very few years, it has managed to become a Christmas classic that my friends drag out when they name the “must see” Christmas movies. With its lobsters in the nativity play, the Prime Minister going from door to door with his driver, singing carols… how can it not be a Christmas movie? “Christmas shopping, [...]

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Advent calendar, December 10

December 10, 2010

This is one of those movies that I think have a greater tradition abroad than in Norway. When voting for the best Christmas movies, or rather the more traditional ones, the Czech Three Nuts for Cinderella tend to win, every year. It’s shown in the morning on Christmas eve, on the state-owned televisions channel, and [...]

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Advent calendar, December 9

December 9, 2010

The Family Stone is one of those Christmas movies that I am not really sure if I like. I like the family togetherness, and most of the characters. What I don’t care for is the main character, or Sarah Jessica Parker’s interpretation of her. Who knows which it really is? But the family is great, [...]

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Advent calendar, December 8

December 8, 2010

“We’re kicking off our fun old fashion family Christmas by heading out into the country in the old front-wheel drive sleigh to embrace the frosty majesty of the winter landscape and select that most important of Christmas symbols.” Said by Clark in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation [1989]

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Advent Calendar, December 7

December 7, 2010

Sometimes, you get Christmassed out… “You’re skipping Christmas! Isn’t that against the law?” Said by Spike Frohmeyer in  Christmas with the Kranks [2004]

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Advent calendar, December 6

December 6, 2010

For all the shopping before Christmas… and the blaring of Christmas songs… it’s really the ensemble of it all that brings me into the right mood. “Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind… and that’s what’s been changing. That’s why I’m glad I’m here, maybe I can do something about it.” [...]

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My advent calendar light

December 5, 2010

Bought in Copenhagen just last month. Cozy way of counting down the days until Christmas. If only it didn’t get wider the further down we get… It’s easy to forget a day.

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Advent calendar, December 5

December 5, 2010

Don’t you love when you find a television show that makes you stop up, and take note? That was my experience with Bones. I had no pre-conceived notions, it was a year when I was trying out a lot of new shows and a lot of them were crap, and to see Bones… I actually [...]

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Advent calendar, day 4

December 4, 2010

The Police Academy films have been rerunning on Norwegian television… probably for decades now. For some reason, with Leslie Nielsen’s passing, I was reminded of them again. I know he wasn’t in them, but he could have been. This quote isn’t so much inspirational as… well, sometimes you want to slap people who sing annoying [...]

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Advent calendar, day 3

December 3, 2010

If you believe it, I actually saw this one first with school. They’d sent the whole year out to the cinema, and unlike when I was learning French in high school and we only got to see the educational films, this was what we ended up seeing. “We’re not just doing this for us. We’re [...]

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Advent calendar, day 2

December 2, 2010

I love this movie. I think I first saw it back in sixth grade, or something like that. (It certainly fits with the timing of when it would have been out on VHS). Sandra Bullock does these kind of characters so well, but it is more the big, bumbling family that semi-adopts her for Christmas [...]

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Norwegian Christmas Cooking: Sirupsnipper

December 1, 2010

Or as a translation to English might be: Syrup Diamonds. Basically because they’re meant to be shaped like men’s cuff (hence the name in Norwegian) but actually look like the diamonds you find on playing cards. Well, they’re meant to. Mine just looks, er…, odd. But they taste good, and that is the most important [...]

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Advent Calendar, Day 1

December 1, 2010

Day 1 of the Advent Calendar consisting of movie and television quotes relating to Christmas. I’ve tried keeping them on both the positive and the humorous side, and tried not to repeat films or television series the quotes have been picked from. So, if everything works, there should be 24 different movies or tv series [...]

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Harry Potter

November 29, 2010

I haven’t seen Harry Potter yet. As a huge HP fan… It’s not very impressive, but I also find that the longer I go without seeing it, the less inclined am I to do so. I enjoyed the book, but it was also very dark and depressive. Do I really want to go into Christmas [...]

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Happy first Sunday of Advent

November 28, 2010

We’ve started making Sugar cookies for Christmas.

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