The December 2021 Playlist: End of Year Wind Down
A mellow mix to finish an insane year. And, of course, Christmas music!
The December 2018 Spotify Playlist
With winter hitting, I need a lift. The tone of this particular playlist is on the decidedly lighter side of the spectrum. And then there's Christmas...
The Christmas 2016 Playlist
The Christmas 2016 Spotify playlist is here! I’ve been maintaining this playlist for many years now. It has favorites from Christmases of my childhood as well as more recent discoveries both new and old. I’ll probably add even more between now and New Year’s Eve. So enjoy some fun, frivolous and fabulous music for what I hope is a joyous and safe holiday season for all of you!
A Very Murray Christmas Coming to Netflix
Set inside New York City’s iconic Carlyle hotel, A Very Murray Christmas opens with Murray preparing to host a live, international holiday broadcast.
The Andy Williams Christmas Album: The Campiest, Whitest, Most Wonderful Christmas Album Ever Made
It's the campiest, whitest, most saccharine and most wonderful album in holiday music history: The Andy Williams Christmas Album. That's obviously a subjective opinion, but I like to think it's a feeling worthy of conversion to fact and inclusion in…
Last-Minute Christmas Shopping In Key West
For the first time ever, I'm enjoying the holidays in warmer climes, specifically in Key West with the Florida extension of my family. My sister Megan, my mom and I needed to make a last-minute insanity run to Ross, Key…
Bad Santa: The Best Christmas Movie Ever Made… Ever
Based on the script alone, I cannot believe Bad Santa (2003) ever got made. It is the darkest and most irreverent take on a Christmas tale I have ever seen. The trailer really doesn't do it justice, partly because Billy…
The Art of Pixar: The Complete Color Scripts and Select Art from 25 Years of Animation
Anyone who doesn't love Pixar movies is either blind or irrevocably bitter. The stories, the humor, the emotion, the animation... I have been thoroughly charmed by every Pixar film I've ever seen (though I thought Cars was an anomalous misfire)…
The Season of The Gift: Make Instagram Photo Books With Blurb
Ever wanted to make a photo book out of your Instagram photos? You can. Blurb will take your photos and make them into a physical book. Books are printed in a 7" x 7" format, and start at $10.95 for…