Magenta Sketches – Page 21

Christmas Movies

Here’s the evidence:

Takes place on Christmas Eve
Takes place at a Christmas Party

There are gifts. John brings his daughter a teddy bear. Holly receives a Rolex from her boss.

It’s a redemption story. John realizes he should have been more supportive of his wife in her LA move. It’s a Christmas miracle! He gets the girl in the end.

Argyle is definitely Elf material. Always there for John.

Al is more of a reindeer. Dependable. Level-headed and saves the day at the end like Rudolph does with Christmas and his shiny nose.

Ho Ho Ho is used. John writes this about the first terrorist he kills when he sends him down the elevator.

Other movies set around Christmas time are Christmas movies even if the subject matter isn’t directly related to Christmas. I watched White Christmas this week and this is a classic Christmas movie. Why? Is it because Christmas is in the title? That is about all it has to do with Christmas other than the setting on Christmas Eve at the beginning and end of the movie.

Enjoy some Christmas movies this month including Die Hard!

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I is for Impatient

When you are ready to light the white candle but still have three Sundays to go.

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H is for Holly

Holly is one of the easier Christmas objects to draw. It’s so much fun to make curved leaves and then add the round berries. That’s it! You are done and it turns out so cute.

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G is for Garland

Every year it’s the garland that really ties together all of the Christmas decorations. Garland is one of those decorations that you can always add more and it never seems to be too much. In fact, the garland can help make all those Christmas decorations look like normal amount.

I admit that I do not decorate every year for Christmas so when I do decorate, I like to go all out as I can. Usually, I am limited because any flat surface at our home is covered with clutter, so there isn’t much space for anything else. But those few spaces are filled with garland and other Christmas decorations.

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F is the Fruitcake

Here’s another holiday staple that I do not care for – fruitcake. Now there is this thing called a Chantilly cake that has fruit in it that is delicious. It is nothing like fruitcake though. The fruit that is in the fruitcake looks so unappealing.

My mom would buy one of those square fruitcakes that would last all of December. When someone does take a slice it is a small one and they never come back for seconds.

I am glad fruitcake only shows up onces a year.

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