I remember the days leading up to Christmas very well. We usually put up our tree just after Thanksgiving. Decorating the tree was a family affair. Most of the ornaments were just plopped on the tree, but I  had a special ornament as well, it was a little blue eyed, blond haired angel. I loved that ornament from the moment I set my eyes upon it. My mother gave me the ornament a few years back and now it resides on my tree every year.

angel ornament

Sitting in school waiting for the last day till Christmas break. That last day was torturous to me. Knowing that in just a few short hours the official countdown to Christmas would begin.

Then there were the Christmas specials on TV. I watched them all and was especially fond of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas“. I watched them all, those are just 2 of the many that I loved. TV was my best friend growing up, but that is a whole other post.

I would listen to my 45′s of Christmas music incessantly, I imagine my mom still has issues with this one in particular:

I still love this one but I don’t have the 45 anymore, thank God for YouTube.

More to come…

I took this with my point and shoot camera so that is one strike against the quality, then I put it on youtube which pretty much boofed the rest. But anyway, here it is. There was a huge flock of birds across the road from my home and they were doing their flying acrobatic act, which kept me amused for awhile. It still amazes me how they can fly in groups like this.

Because I enjoy inflicting cruel and unusual punishment, I am reposting this. I posted about it originally in December of last year. Since it is that time again, here ya go!

Enjoy, and I am sorry!
(not really sorry)

I love you guys so much that I lost some sleep so that I could find you something. This is an audio clip (WMA) of an old Levis commercial from the 70′s. If you have any trouble with it let me know and I can send you a copy in a different file format such as mp3 or whatever!

Linda had suggested that I keep it up with the commercials and this is just a tidbit of what I have. It took a little legwork. I also have a video of it but I can’t get it uploaded to youtube yet so maybe later! In the meantime click the link to hear something that has haunted me since the early seventies!

Clicking the link will take you to the download page. Please be kind and check it out now as I probably won’t keep it here long to save on space and bandwidth! Levis 70′s commercial