Greatest Christmas Gift #4

Sorry for the lapse in this countdown! I know so many of you have been constantly checking and refreshing your computer (like at the end of the Facebook movie) desperate for number 4!! Well, let me make it up to you:

That's the best I can do. It's not like I can give you the 4th greatest Christmas gift ever: A RIDE IN SANTA'S SLEIGH. Riding shotgun with St. Nick isn't really a gift, but is probably the world's greatest consolation prize. After Pee-wee gives back all his presents (he asked for so much there was nothing left for the other good boys and girls), after Ernest literally saved Christmas (by driving the sleigh to the new Santa), and after Cliff and Kendall literally saved Christmas (by freeing Santa from misguided kidnapper/toy-maker Finister Scrangle) they were all offered a quick trip around the world in the best vehicle powered by magical reindeer power.

Oh look! If you've never heard the TRUE story of the time Cliff and Kendall saved Christmas- check it out now! Here on the blog or on itunes!

Greatest Christmas Gift #10

The 10th Greatest Christmas Gift ever given on screen comes from that great black and white classic, "Miracle on 34th Street. " In the movie, a young and disbelieving, firmly stuck in reality, Natalie Wood comes to know the real Santa Claus. And as a child might do- she asks for a HOUSE from Old St. Nick.

It's a tall order- and not one Santa could fill for every child. Yet in order to prove to little Natalie (and her similarly level-headed Mom Maureen O'Hara) that Santa is real, and so much of life's meaning is derived from those wonderful "intangibles," Santa makes good and delivers a house.

A house is huge and a great gift, right? Then why is the house not #1 on the countdown? Well, because the house (while being the exact one asked for) was only for sale, and it was up to Mom and new Daddy to foot the bill- and in this economy! It's a great gift, but like the cars won by Oprah's studio audience, it was a gift with a few strings attached.

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Mr. Grant Opens Up

Click HERE to read a nice interview with Ed Asner about his work these days, including voicing the lead character in "Up" and apparently touring with a one man show about FDR!

In addition to "Mary Tyler Moore" (my personal obsession) he's played Santa Claus at least four times- what's not to love?

We Believe!!!!

A Christmas Song that is our personal motto!!
P.S.- find out who was REALLY kissing Santa Claus in this week's show!!!