So Far …
I’ve force-fed Christmas spirit into my days thusly:
-Took the five year old to see the musical, ‘Annie’.
-Took the five year old to see Cinderella and Clifford the Big Red Dog at Castle Oma (it’s actually called, Casa Loma, but we’ve renamed it in honour of the granparent that lives close to this hulking excuse for a castle).
-Took out some old favourite recipes and baked. And baked. And baked.
(Shortbread cookie, anyone?)
-Took time to watch exactly one movie, Intolerable Cruelty.
-Took notes.
-Took to bed to get rid of this yucky cold that makes me sound AND LOOK like Brenda Vaccaro. Eek.
-Took a couple of minutes to myself. It felt like hours, hmmm.
-Got taken to see Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Cafe Christmas Concert. If you’re Canadian and listen to CBC Radio and have heard this story teller, the names Dave and Morley will make you chuckle. If you’re American you’ll just have to wait for the tv show to come out. It’s being developed as a series as we speak.
-Got taken to the cleaners by the sixteen year old, who -on a daily basis- has needed money for everything from busfare, to christmas gifts, to parties, and a gift for the boyfriend. I hope her friends enjoy their presents, she seemed to run out of funds just before she needed to shop for the family.
Still on the To Do list:
-Find the glory of the holiday in the eyes of my family and friends as we remember the reason for the season.
Hope you get taken there, too.
Comments (3)
Ah the Vinyl Cafe Christmas Concert. You are a lucky, lucky woman. I am soooo jealous. Stuart McLean is the ultimate Canadian storyteller. He's the Garrison Keilor of the North. A TV show would be nice but I fear it will not be as good without Stuart's voice, AND it will ruin the radio versions by killing off the characters my imagination has come up with. I am pre-emptively saddened. I have always wanted to go to a VC concert. But alas.
I had an email from Stuart once, in reply to a note I send him. And I have been mistaken for "Dave" of VC fame, but never - not once - have I seen the show live. sigh. And you call yourself proletariat. Ha! You barely qualify as hoi polloi, and are certainly not unwashed masses. Maybe part of "the crowd", but lumpen proletariat? I think not.
Posted by: david on December 21, 2004 9:47 PM
Sounds divine. On every count. Except 'Intolerable Cruelty'. Blech. Although I'll grant you Mr. Clooney.
Have you seen 'Thirteen'? AMAZING movie. Bring tissues.
Wishing you and yours more joy than your hearts can hold this Christmas, Lissa. I hope it is the merriest one yet.
{hugs}
Posted by: Jennifer on December 22, 2004 2:12 PM
The best part of intolearble cruelty was the fantastic performance by Billy Bob Thorton.
And Vinyl Cafe Christmas? I am jealous!
Posted by: Shiz, who says MERRY CHRISTMAS! on December 23, 2004 7:05 PM
