Category: Holidays

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… Continue reading Advent calendar, December 11

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… Continue reading Advent calendar, December 10

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,… Continue reading Advent calendar, December 9

“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]

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]

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.”… Continue reading Advent calendar, December 6

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… Continue reading Advent calendar, December 5

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… Continue reading Advent calendar, day 4