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Merry Merry

December 22, 2007 by Wendy

Our tree

Ah ha! I have a few spare moments somehow! I’m sure everyone is off a-wassailing by now, but in case any of you are still around, I’ve stuffed this here blog stocking with some of my favorite Christmas stuff:

  • I cannot stop watching Winston the Santa cat run around in that suit. I cannot get that song out of my head, either. I mean, not that I mind. Thanks, Rich!
  • Chris found this 1981 new wave Christmas record in a vinyl bin somewhere a couple years ago, and since then we’ve kind of fallen in love with it. Everyone knows the Waitresses song rules, but so does this Christmas on Riverside Drive song and this song and this really sort of aweomely depressing Cristina song (be warned you might need to watch Winston again after listening to it).
  • Speaking of morose Christmas music, I still have that mumbly Marlene Dietrich version of “The Little Drummer Boy” up, if you’d like to listen to it and not steal it for yourself or anything.
  • Behold, some of my favorite Flickr Christmas photos I’ve taken over the years.

Anyway, enjoy. Feliz Navidad, chickens!

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Comments

  1. Sonce says

    December 26, 2007 at 10:19 am

    Dear Wendy,
    Animals in clothes freak me out!

    Wanted to tell you that I asked for and received I’m Not the New Me for xmas, and read it till 2 in the morning. Will finish today. LOVE it. Thank you for writing it. My nephews (ages 13 and 16) tore themselves away from Guitar Hero III long enough to have a good christmas chortle (distantly related to the traditional holiday grovel) over the WW cards. I’m relived to know they have proper senses of humor despite being twerps!

    Your tree is lovely, by the way.
    -Sonce

  2. sarah says

    December 27, 2007 at 5:20 pm

    Thank you for all your posts, thank you for The Christmas Song deconstruction of years past, and thanks for the beautiful tree. It is a lovely one.

    Here is a youtube for you, if you haven’t already seen it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTs5eKZ0i1E

  3. Ursula says

    December 28, 2007 at 8:15 am

    Here’s hoping your Christmas went well. Happy New Year!

  4. Elastic Waist says

    January 2, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    Is that the prettiest Christmas tree or what? I spent the holiday season rocking out to various dusty Christmas records found in a church basement, loving this song in particular:

    http://mog.com/musikfriend/blog_post/131268

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