25 Days of Christmas: Day 10- Lindsey Stirling "What Child is This"

with finals week finally over, I'm trying to catch up on the days I missed. One of my favorite YouTubers, violinist Lindsey Stirling just put out "What Child is This." She's a really great musician and I hope you guys will like her videos as much as I do. I'll also put some of her previous Christmas videos from past years.

25 Days of Christmas: Day 9- Mistletoe Prank

this is a funny/cute (depending on your sense of humor) video

25 Days of Christmas: Day 8- Weird Holiday Traditions

here's a good bit by Jim Gaffigan making fun of holiday traditions. I've gotta say, he makes some good points

25 Days of Christmas: Day 7- Iconic Christmas Movie Quotes

My disclaimer before posting this is: 1) I by no means think this is a good/all encompassing list at all. 2) it's about iconic/old school movies (so no, Elf does not count as iconic). 3) There's too many Christmas movies out there to try and get everything.

Well now that that's over with here's a list of my favorite iconic Christmas movie moments funny, serious, and all points in between

"It started in low and it started to grow...it came without ribbons, it came without tags, it came without packages, boxes and bags."


"Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings"

"You'll shoot your eye out!"


These next two go together: "Is your house on fire Clarke? Don't throw me down Clarke." "Grace, she passed away 30 years ago." "Shewrapped up her damn cat!"....basically everything about Aunt Bethany

Of course had to end with: "Sure Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about..."

25 Days of Christmas: Day 6-Snowflakes

A topic which isn't necessarily Christmas, but definitely associated with it: Snowflakes. Even if you don't particularly like snow for various reasons (shoveling, cold, in particular trying to drive in it) you have to admit individual flakes are amazing things. Here's some fun facts you hopefully will enjoy. Much of this info comes from weather facts.com. And if you're really interested and fascinated, here's an awesome website that I just found all about snowflakes (and it's also where I got these pictures). I would suggest taking a few minutes and perusing

~Snowflakes always have 6 sides
~There's six main categories: plate (flat), column, stars, dendrite (lacy), needle, and capped column
~When temperatures are extremely cold the snow will be very fine and powdery. The flakes are very simple, typically needle or rod shaped.
~ When the temperatures are closer to freezing point, the flakes are larger and much more complex.
~ The world's tallest snowman measured 113.6 feet (34.63 meters).

Column flake

dendrite flake. Possibly the most iconic and beautiful shape

Needle flake

plate flake. Easily in a tie with the dendrite for prettiest, for me at least

Star flake

capped column flake. Award for most bizarre/type that I didn't know existed

25 Days of Christmas: Day 5-Santa's Reindeer

Have you ever wondered how Santa's reindeer got their names and how they came to be a part Christmas?

Fun reindeer facts: There's about 3 million wild reindeer alive today and 2 million domesticated ones. They can be found in north Russia, Greenland, and Iceland

Reindeer and Christmas:

~The poem by Clement C. Moore in 1823 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' started the whole thing.

~He names eight reindeer that pull Santa's sled: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen. All of which mean variations of speed or flight.

~Dasher= something quick or speedy
~Dancer/Prancer= graceful and elegance
~Vixen= female fox which symbolizes speed and swiftness
~Comet= ball of fire that flies through space at very high speeds
~Cupid= mythological character that could fly
~Donner/Blitzen= Dunder and Blixem were their original names which meant "Thunder" and "Lightning" in Dutch, which symbolize power and force. The names were changed for unknown reasons. 

25 Days of Christmas: Day 4-Christmas Grumpy Cat

I've gotta say that my new favorite "internet sensation" is Grumpy Cat. So people took it upon themselves to make Christmas themed pictures of Grumpy Cat

The original Grumpy Cat so you can get a point of reference