Go tell it on the mountain
by chuckofish
Today is my last day at work before taking off for my Christmas holiday! Yes, I took some vacation days not long ago, but my pilgrimage to the holy land was hardly restful! Now I am going for restful.
- I am going to enjoy my Christmas decor…
2. I am going to enjoy the fact that I have already wrapped all my presents…
3. I’ll watch Christmas movies…
4. I’ll make a grocery list for our party on Sunday…
5. And await the arrival of daughter #1, daughter #2 and DN this weekend.
BTW–Congratulations to daughter #2 👏👏👏 who was “hooded” yesterday! She is now officially a PhD. I think she looks like a Presbyterian minister.
The two PhD couple–adorable!
I will also note that it is time again for the TCM Remembers video:
It was news to me that Barbara Harris had died. She had quite a career, although most people nowadays probably have never heard of her. She appeared in a lot of stage productions on Broadway, including On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, which Lerner and Loewe wrote especially for her. She was in some good movies too, my favorite, of course, being A Thousand Clowns (1965). She was also in the original Freaky Friday (1976) with Jody Foster.
I also just heard that Penny Marshall died the other day. Although the New York Times chose to remember her as “the nasal-voiced co-star of the slapstick sitcom “Laverne & Shirley” and later the chronically self-deprecating director of hit films like “Big” and “A League of Their Own,” I will always remember her as the very talented director of one of my favorite movies, the wonderful Awakenings (1991).
I think I will watch it tonight and toast Penny Marshall, Barbara Harris and my lovely, talented and deeply intelligent daughter #2!
Onward to Christmas!
dual personalities 
Thank you for the shoutout! The minister vibe is appropriate, really. And I didn’t realize Penny Marshall directed Awakenings — good to know! Can’t wait to see you in THREE days!!
I can’t wait either!!
It must be nice to work at the NY Times and be so perfect AND odor free. I did not realize Penny Marshall directed Awakenings! Can’t wait to celebrate with you soon–and be restful. And also open those presents.
The NYT just always rubs me the wrong way with their condescending obits! Grrr…
Congrats to Susie-belle on this most auspicious honor! And I LOL’d to see BOOZE prominently scribbled on your grocery list! Can we bring anything??
Congrats to Susie! And have a wonderful time with the family! Wish we could be there, too 🙂
Thank you these Christmas posts, they’re really putting me in the spirit! Otherwise, it’s easy to forget it’s even Christmas time here in Turkey (although I recently learned that St. Nicholas was actually from Anatolia).
And yes, I’m afraid Susie does look like a minister!
Find a church to attend on Christmas Eve! You could try the Crimean Memorial Church. It was built behind the Swedish Consulate in Beyoglu – Taksim district, on the land donated by Sultan Abdulmecit, between 1858-68 by the British architect G.E. Street in memory of British soldiers who had participated in the Crimean War.