So, I've been neglecting this blog. I honestly don't know where time goes- the last two months have absolutely flown. November is one of my busiest months of school and it's hard to catch your breath. It's not that I haven't been watching tv, because of course I have. I think I just don't always give it my full attention, and it becomes bacground noise.
The holiday season officially begins this week (although the retailers of America would like us to think it started on Veteran's Day) Tomorrow (Tuesday) night a fabulous classic, "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" will be on ABC. Even my closest of friends may not know that "Snoopy" is my thing at school. As an elementary school teacher, it helps to have a thing, because then the kids buy you less random crap. (No parents and future parents who read this blog, we teachers do not want cutesy teacher plaques or teacher quote books. Get us B&N or Dunkin Donut Giftcards, please.) I show all the different Peanuts specials, and the Thanksgiving one is probably my favorite. The best part is that I serve the kids (actually the whole fifth grade) the Thanksgiving that Snoopy serves to Charlie Brown's guests; popcorn, pretzels and jelly beans. Snoopy also serves toast, but that would be a whole lot of effort. The kids get the biggest kick out of this! Another funny aspect of the whole thing is the confusion the kids have over Peppermint Patty. Every year at least one kid asks, "is that a boy or a girl?" Hmmmmmm......time for some diversity lessons.
I have so many Christmas favorites- Frosty, Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, and the Peanuts Christmas- where of course the euphemism of the "Charlie Brown Christmas Tree" comes from. (One of my students actually made me a Charlie Brown Christmas tree which I thought was so sweet, and Natalie was totally horrified by!) The favorite Christmas special has to be "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". Oh, how I love this! Just today while I was teaching about Canadian Provinces and Territories, and I compared the Yukon Territory to Yukon Cornelius.
PS- Don't forget to watch for the Snoopy balloon in the Macy's Day Parade!!!
3 comments:
Welcome back! Rudolph is definitely my favorite. Frosty makes me too sad. I think my mother always gave my teachers soup mixes or something generic. I'll keep my fingers crossed for giftcards for you this holiday season!
My favorite has to be Charlie Brown Christmas. I cry buckets each and every year. And of course the Grinch, along with the "Theresa Christmas Movie Collection" - Scrooged, Elf, National Lampoon's Xmas Vacation, A Christmas Story, and It's a Wonderful Life. It really isn't the holidays till there has been a complete viewing of these Christmas classics.
okay, let me clarify that the tree was not sweet. It was a bent PVC pipe with a single ornament hanging off of it. It was scary, dangerous, and an inappropriate xmas decoration. Now that I have that off my chest, I'm proud to confess that I already have my xmas decorations up and my tree is carefully and mastefully ornamented. Ahh, 'tis the season!
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