top ten tuesday

here are my top ten christmas songs... what are yours?

10. rudolph the red nosed reindeer

9. jingle bells

8. mele kalikimaka

7. white christmas

6. the christmas song (have yourself a merry little christmas)

5. let it snow! let it snow! let it snow!

4. holly jolly christmas

3. silent night

2. the most wonderful time of the year

1. mary did you know?

top ten tuesday

today i decided to list my top ten favorite christmas traditions, in no particular order.

10. visiting the window's at macy*s downtown

9.   having a hot cocoa at the chicago christkindlmarket in daley plaza

8.   going to go see "the nutcracker" performed by the joffrey ballet the saturday before christmas

7.    bell ringing for the salvation army

6.    midnight mass

5.    christmas morning breakfast casserole

4.   buying a new christmas ornament every year for my husband and me

3.   decorating for christmas on the sunday after thanksgiving

2.   mcdonald's for christmas eve dinner

1.    baking cookies & dropping the off personally at our friends' homes

tasty cookies for christmas

mmm even though i am gluten free, i have some favorite cookies. here are the top ten:

10. macaroons

9.  almond butter cookies

8.  sugar cookies

7.  chocolate chip cookies

6.  maraschino cherries cookies

5.  oatmeal raisin cookies

4.  peanut butter cookies

3.  potato chip cookies

2.  white chocolate cranberry macadamia cookies

1.  lemon cookies

top ten tuesday

here's a top ten from "the late show with david letterman". enjoy!

TOP TEN ELF COMPLAINTS

10. Bells on clothing target for jeers at truck stops
9. Need two pieces of I.D. to buy beer
8. Santa's union-busting goons killed a guy last spring
7. Black elves control the weight room
6. R&R weekends in Aleutians spoiled by trigger-happy shore patrol
5. Incredible markup at North Pole 7-11
4. Workmen's compensation doesn't cover "mistletoe-lung"
3. The Colonel practically runs my life (Sorry, that's a Elvis complaint)
2. Dead elves just tossed out on tundra
1. Santa only invites his favorites to join him in the Jacuzzi

top ten tuesday

Susan: I believe... I believe... Even though it's silly, I believe. ("Miracle on 34th Street")

it's top ten tuesday so i am going to list my top ten favorite christmas movies, in no particular order becuase i cannot play favorites. *wink*

• A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
  
• White Christmas (1954)
  
• Love Actually (2003)
  
• Santa Claus is Coming to Town (1970)
  
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
  
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
• Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
• Holiday Inn (1942)

[source: "Miracle on 34th Street", 1947. 20th Century Fox]