Favorite Christmas Movies, Playlist and Traditions

It’s almost Christmas!!! 12 more days!!!! Can you believe it??  That means Christmas movies and the Christmas playlist are on rotation to get me in the Christmas Spirit!  There are so many wonderful Christmas movies… but the following ones are my favorite Christmas movies!

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Now my Ultimate Christmas Playlist! I just whipped up this Christmas playlist on Spotify.  It’s an upbeat Christmas playlist with a mix of new and classic Christmas favorites!

THE MILLY & GRACE GIRLS’ FAVORITE CHRISTMAS TIME TRADITIONS

– Decorating cookies and leaving a note for Santa

– Waiting at the top of the stairs until Patty and Bill tell us to come down!

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– Coloring in our Christmas Coloring Books

– Making Nanny’s Spaghetti

– Playing Bananagrams

– Going on walks all bundled up

– Cuddling

Here are some pictures from the last few Christmases!  I can’t even wait for another NANTUCKET Christmas!  I hope it is a white one :)

P.S. I said Christmas 15 times in this post. I CAN’T WAIT FOR CHRISTMAS! …16

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Same Page Monday

1.  ALERT THE AUTHORITIES!!! CAROLINE WILL BE LANDING ON AMERICAN SOIL TOMORROW!!!!

IF YOU SEE THIS CUTE FACE AT THE AIRPORT…..

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GIVE HER A HUG FOR ME!!!

NOTE: SHE CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE BANGS.  I REPEAT SHE DOES NOT HAVE BANGS!!

I DON’T HAVE A CURRENT PICTURE OF HER BECAUSE I HAVEN’T SEEN HER IN MONTHS!!

2.  I went back to Georgia this weekend for my high school best friend’s wedding!  I had so much fun seeing old friends and reminiscing about all the good ole times/trouble we got into! ;)  I felt like time hadn’t passed though.  It still felt like those good ole times!  Haley married her high school sweetheart, Jeff.  Here is a picture of them from our Junior Prom and then here they are on their wedding day!  Too cute, right!?

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3.  Throwback!  While I was back in Georgia, I went through all my old high school stuff.  Pictures, notes, yearbooks… I won the Senior Superlative, Most Likely to End Up in Hollywood.   The Northview Senior class got it right!  I made it to Hollywood, and now I’m (slowly but surely) making it happen!

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4.  I went to Home Depot while I was in Georgia to pick up some materials so my Dad could drive them up to Nantucket for my DIY christmas presents!  When I came back to the car, I found this on my windshield… Ohhhhh yeah! Sexy Red Head in the Home Depot parkin’ lot left me his numbahhh!

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5.  While I was in Georgia, I missed LA.  I watched the movie This Is 40 so I wouldn’t feel so homesick.  It was shot in Brentwood and reminds me of LA, and it makes me laugh out loud.  (I was only there 2 1/2 days. Pathetic… but YAY for loving where I am living.)

6.  I once argued with people at work (Maureen and Ellen) saying that Home Alone 2 was better than the original Home Alone.  I TAKE IT BACK!!!!!!!!  I would like to formally retract that previous statement saying that Home Alone 2 was better than Home Alone.  Thanks to Delta Airline, who is currently offering all these amazing Christmas movies for free on their flights, I was able to watch Love Actually and Home Alone on my flight back from Georgia!

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7.  I literally have nothing else for you guys.  I was really struggling with this one… It’s now 3pm PST/6pm EST.  But I feel like you are now all on the Same Page with me.  DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES FOR ME???? Talk to me.

P.S. I saw this guy at the airport.  I am still trying to figure out what the painting on the back of his jacket meant.  He was so cool and artsy.  He had these big silver rings on, longish hair and a cool army jacket on…. but then he turned around and he had this painting on the back of his jacket (that he had obviously painted himself).  It looks like a bunch of sperm going to a magical egg.  (Am I allowed to say sperm on this blog?  Caroline and/or Patty, get back to me on that.)  Maybe he painted the creation of himself.  Like he was this magical egg???  I don’t know.  I need another opinion/interpretation on this.  Comment below if you have any good ones!

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Choc Peppermint Rice Krispy Treat

Monkey and I are back with an easy Holiday treat recipe –  Chocolate Peppermint Rice Krispy Treats!

Ingredients

3 Tablespoons of Butter

6 cups of mini PEPPERMINT marshmallows

6 cups of Cocoa Krispies

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He was posing all cute and on his best behavior for like 3 seconds, and then he stuck his hand in the marshmallows.

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Monkey really tries to be helpful.  He carried the pot over for me… and then did this amazing front flip into the pot.

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Then all of a sudden he pulled out some mistletoe.  Mistletoe.  Where does a monkey get mistletoe from ??  He even did the spiderman upside down kiss thinking that would help him get lucky!  And it did ;)

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Then we melted the butter, added the marshmallows, stirred them until they were melted, added the cocoa krispies, stirred,  then poured it into a buttered pan and smooshed it down.

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They turned out great!  Easy and simple!  Done in minutes and ready to eat!   Some recipes called for extra peppermint extract but I think they were pepperminty enough (but not too strong).

I was trying to take pictures but all he wanted to do was get his hands on a treat!  I kept shooing him away and then he came in all Tom Cruise “Mission Impossible” style!

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  Cooking with a monkey is not always easy… but there is never a dull moment with him!