Four Christmases Movie

• FOUR CHRISTMASES (DVD MOVIE)

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When your significant other tells you you both need an exit “safe word” before you enter his dad’s Christmas gathering, you know you’re not in Bedford Falls. But while Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon may not be It’s a Wonderful Life’s George and Mary Bailey, Four Christmases is a modern holiday classic in its own right. For one thing, every family neurosis and dysfunction have taken root in the four families of Vaughn and Witherspoon’s characters, Brad and Kate–and the s… More >>

Four Christmases

Here Comes The Christmas List!

When November starts to approach us our kids then start to approach us with talks of what they want for Christmas. Then pretty soon you will start to see the dreaded Christmas list! Especially in these tough economic times children don’t know any limits to their Christmas list.

Since the sky is the limit for kids, then you have to come in and set some limits or they will bankrupt you! There is no need to get anxious over their list because I will tell you how to get around it.

You can tell them that Santa is very busy this year and the elves only have time to make X amount of gifts this year for this house. Make sure that each child gets the same number of gifts so that reinforces what you said and it’s also fair as well to not show favouritism.

Naturally as a parent you would love to get them everything on their Christmas list. Even if you have the extra money to do so I would not. Only get them what they really want. Why? It teaches them at an early age to prioritize and it also prepares them to not be selfish in life. If you give a child everything they want they won’t know how to cope in this real world where they will not always get what they want.

Come on, you got them the most important gifts so there is nothing to feel bad about. We both know that a child will walk into a toy store and will want to get everything in that store even though they won’t even play with it! So teach them how to prioritize and even your budget will do well!

Christmas Traditions: Not Essential, But Often Worthwhile

There is no right and no wrong way to celebrate Christmas. At least, where Christmas is concerned you do not have to stay with the traditional ways. After all, one of the major messages of Christmas is peace and goodwill. It would be absolutely wrong to start introducing rules as to what constitutes an acceptable form of revelry, above and beyond those already laid down by the law of the land. As long as you stick to the laws which exist, your Christmas can take any form you deem acceptable.

That said, there is a reason that Christmas traditions have become traditional. When the first Christmas mince pies were produced, it is likely that the baker who cooked them had no idea just how much a part of Christmas they would become in many countries. People eat them, however, because they like them. Equally, it is not essential to have a tree in your house for the Christmas period – but people do, and have done for many years it does give a certain festive cachet to the whole occasion.

The main thing to keep in mind about the festive period is that people are supposed to enjoy themselves, and this should not be controlled by an insistence on maintaining traditions. The one Christmas tradition that should always be upheld at Christmas is that people are kind to one another and find a way to get along, even with those people they would ordinarily not speak to. As for the rest of it, people will find their own way.

Dreaming Of A White Christmas

Whenever you receive a Christmas card, or watch a television Christmas special, there is one thing which seems to unite them all – the presence of snow. This is something that has become as much a part of the Christmas message as anything. Perhaps it is because it looks so welcoming and bright and pure. Perhaps it is because it makes the scene immediately identifiable as a winter one, and therefore links it to Christmas. But there are many people in the English-speaking world who have never seen a White Christmas, and wonder when they will.

It depends, of course, where you live. Because it is in the Southern Hemisphere, Australia has Christmas in the middle of its climatic summer. As well as this, Australia is a temperate country anyway, so the chances of snow at Christmas are roughly equivalent to those of a 100-degree heatwave in New York in January. Even in the United Kingdom, which is known for its cold winters, snow tends to hold off until January for whatever reason. Though cold enough, the snow just doesn’t seem to have that sense of timing.

Nonetheless, whether you live somewhere that gets snow reliably just in the run-up to Christmas and then all the way through, or somewhere where it is unlikely to ever happen, the fact remains that, as a symbol of the day and the period, snow is something that is inextricably linked with Christmas. This holds true wherever you are, and is why we all know what Bing Crosby was singing about.