Well, right now as I am typing this in Ohio with the temperature in the 50's it doesn't feel like it's a White Chirstmas outside, but it helps that since Christmas is getting closer to look at some of the Best Christmas Cartoons, Movies, and Specials to watch over the Holiday Season. Now in the last blog I listed the worst chirstmas movies, specials, and cartoons to watch. Well, here now is the best starting with cartoons.
CARTOONS
5.) A Garfield Christmas (1987)
-Garfield, Odie, and their owner Jon go to Jon's family for a down on the farm Christmas. Funny Garfield humor mixed in the message of spending time and importance of family at Christmas.
4. ) Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979)
- Funny Looney Tunes Christmas related cartoons. You can watch them on YouTube.
3.) A Claymation Christmas Celebration (1987)
-Awesome christmas special that has 6 musical numbers with stop motion animation. It features The California Raisins, but everyone of those musical shorts are great especially this one. Giving you a sneak peak. Watch the rest on YouTube.
2. ) Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
- I bet everyone has read the book or has seen this TV special about the Grinch who is sick of the Whos celebrating Christmas and decides to dress as Santa and steal it from them. But, he learns that Christmas is more than gifts and decorations when he hears the Whos sing as they awake on Christmas!
and the best Christmas Cartoon of ALL TIME is of Course. Drum Roll............................
1.) A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
-An All-Time Classic. Charlie Brown isn't happy during Christmas with all the commercialism. Lucy gets him involved in directing the Christmas Play but everyone goofs off. They decide to get a Christmas tree. But, Charlie Brown gets the smallest and weakest tree in the Tree lot and everyone makes fun of him. He gives up hope until Linus reassures him by telling what Christmas is truly about.
Right there are those cartoons you must see at Christmas time if you watch any I highly recommend it.
As for Movies I could go on but I don't want to waste too much of the blog or free time so I just give you all a list of movies to watch around Christmas time.
- White Christmas (I showed the movie poster above in the blog) - A Christmas Story (Ralphie wants a gun) - Home Alone - Elf ( SANTA, I KNOW HIM) - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
- Die Hard (Ok not a christmas movie persay but the guy saves peoples lives during a christmas party in a L.A. building during Christmas season)
- and anything Muppets related, that would include A Muppets Christmas Carol, Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas, and John Denver & The Muppets Special: A Christmas Together
Well I hope you have time to watch these all while spending time with your family, friends this holiday season. Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa and of course Happy Festivus to all of you!!! More importantly Happy Holiday and New Year to all!!
Yep, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is #1. Some other bad movies in there I agree with. Like Silent Night Deadly Night. A horror film about a kid who gets messed up when he witnesses a Santa imposter kill his family and he grows up messed up and kills people. Fandango should have listed its sequel on there as well which it's famous for this chessy clip
I disagree with Jingle All The Way being there, its not the best Christmas Movie but it showed a time when ARNOLD was ARNOLD and not the Governator!! Take a quick look.
PUT THAT COOKIE DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!
I defintely would not have included Ernest Saves Christmas. I thought that was funny. Everything else on that list most likely especially Hulk Hogan's movie at # 5, Santa with Muscles.
If we are including Holiday Specials on the list then The Star Wars Holiday Special is definitely a must!!
I'm not even putting a video up here because it is so awful. I watched in one day online when I had nothing to do and it is terrible. I'm a Star Wars Fanatic and it is just as bad as JAR JAR BINKS!!
I would also include any Disney Christmas cartoon besides the Goofy Skiing one. I don't like Disney Cartoons as much as Looney Tunes.
Now in the next blog I'll show you a list of Christmas Movies, Cartoons, and specials to watch during the holidays to either get you in the mood or watch with your family and friends!!!
I'm talking about Tim Tebow, MAN!!!!!!!!! But first here a funny video on youtube about him!
Pretty cool. Yeah, I know he played for Florida and was part of the 2006-07 National Championship Florida Gator team that took my beloved Ohio State Buckeyes to the woodsheld 41-14. But, I think I'm over that now that Urban Meyer is the new OSU head coach and Tebow is in the pros. Believe or not it's hard to hate Tebow in general.
Since taking over as the Denver Broncos starting QB when they were 1-4, they have gone 7-1 with him as the starter and they are 8-5 in first of the AFC West Division and are looking at the playoffs possibly. Now quite a bit of it has to do with the great defense the Broncos got. For instance in overtime this weekend against the Chicago Bears the D forced a fumble, they got the ball back and Tebow drove them down the field for the kicker to kick the field goal to win 13-10.
Of course he's got a good defense right behind him, but many would say and so would Tebow that Football is a team sport and everyone on that team is doing there part. It's all about right now. Even though there are those rumors that the Broncos may not include Tebow in their long term plans
From a football perspective I don't really know how long term or how long his career is going to last, but what I've seen and heard from him in the press conferences is that he tends to look at one game at a time. That's what as human beings we should do as well taking one work day at a time and not let anything bother us to much. Tebow says that he tries to be the best person God intended to be.
That brings me to another point. Many tend to go overboard with how big of a Christian he is, his faith and all. But we could all pretty much blame the media for that. I guess the way they see how he acts and practices his faith they would try to find some flaw and use it against him and try to bring it down. Even they try to link him to certain famous celebrities he has become friends with such as olympic skater Lindsey Vonn. Even a former QB from Denver Jake Plummer even thinks Tim Tebow shouldn't voice his faith too much. Read the article below. I love Tim Tebow's response to it.
Plummer would go on to apologize. Like I said I think the media is often to blame for trying to over expose Tebow and his relationship with Jesus. My advice to the media, LEAVE HIM ALONE!!! But, of course they won't he is a hot story right now with his winning. It's his business on who he dates and trying to save himself for marriage. I like the way he conducts himself in interviews but on the field he goes out there and bust his ASS to help his team win or do the best they can. From what I heard he is not the most out spoken Christian playing in the NFL. Pittsburgh Steelers Defensive Back Troy Polamalu has been know to cross himself before every play. He has been practing Greek Orthodox Christian for awhile. Good for the guy that also is known for his hair.
Back to Tebow, he would be the first to admit he is not perfect. Even as Christians we aren't. I'll be the one to admit that I get selfish and act silly. But we as Christians have to keep trying to do the best we can, act humble by not putting ourselves first and doing what is the right way to live and that's what Tim Tebow is doing dispite the media attention around him.
As a great of a competitor he is it shows on the field for his great leadership. I mean unlike many other NFL players we don't see him involved in a dog fighting scheme (Michael Vick). He hasn't gone to clubs with a gun and accidently shot himself in the leg (Plaxico Burress). Also, on the field he hasn't step on an opposing player when they are trying to get up (Ndamukong Suh).
The Broncos should keep Tebow as long as they can be winning or doing great. No matter what Tim Tebow will land on his feet whenever he has a great career or not. Because all he is doing is working hard but dispite it he is still keeping the faith, and that is something as believers or not we can do for everyone.
