The Winter Holiday Countdown to Extravagant Jubilation

Raijin Quickfoot

Rorshach Kringle wrote: »

Stilts wrote: »

Zonugal wrote: »

if you simply came to PAX-South this year you could watch this kind of squabbling in real life!

You're gonna force AJ to sing Tubthumping at karaoke night, right?

in what universe do i need to be forced to sing chumbawamba?

Let's make it a duet

Rorshach Kringle

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

Rorshach Kringle wrote: »

Stilts wrote: »

Zonugal wrote: »

if you simply came to PAX-South this year you could watch this kind of squabbling in real life!

You're gonna force AJ to sing Tubthumping at karaoke night, right?

in what universe do i need to be forced to sing chumbawamba?

Let's make it a duet

oh wow you found the universe

Polaritie

I'm wondering if you'll manage to get to my favorite holiday food before Christmas.

Raijin Quickfoot

Listen, I've got a standing invite open for anyone who ever happens to be in the Brainerd/Baxter area of Minnesota for some inexplicable reason.

Stilts

Rorshach Kringle wrote: »

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

Rorshach Kringle wrote: »

Stilts wrote: »

Zonugal wrote: »

if you simply came to PAX-South this year you could watch this kind of squabbling in real life!

You're gonna force AJ to sing Tubthumping at karaoke night, right?

in what universe do i need to be forced to sing chumbawamba?

Let's make it a duet

oh wow you found the universe

Look, I'm just saying

When Zonny and Grey Ghost did it last year they didn't realize how long the song went on for and kinda went insane

Zonugal

December 12th!

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a 2005 American neo-noir black comedy crime film written and directed by Shane Black, and starring Robert Downey, Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan and Corbin Bernsen. The script is partially based on the Brett Halliday novel Bodies Are Where You Find Them, and interprets the classic hardboiled literary genre in a tongue-in-cheek fashion. The film was produced by Joel Silver, with Susan Downey (credited as Susan Levin) and Steve Richards as executive producers.

Shot in Los Angeles between February 24 and May 3, 2004, the film debuted at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival on May 14,[3] and received a limited release in cinemas on October 21, 2005.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__PnD1HWXSo

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Chocolate Babka

Polaritie

So I had babka for the first time just last week. Local bakery had samples of their holiday stuff (and by sample I mean a generous slice).

Good. But not enough to dislodge my favorite. Definitely getting some though.

Stilts

I have never had babka

That looks pretty good, though

Come to think of it I've never had a Yule Log either

WiseManTobes

Zonugal is now my favorite for making me realize I can totally use Kiss,Kiss, Bang, Bang as a Christmas movie

Sorce

All Shane Black movies are Christmas movies.

tzeentchling

Slate makes a good case for an inclusion in the unusual Christmas movie canon: Three Days of the Condor

Zonugal

December 13th!

Scrooged

Scrooged is a 1988 American Christmas comedy film, a modernization of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. The film was produced and directed by Richard Donner, and the cinematography was by Michael Chapman. The screenplay was written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. The original music score was composed by Danny Elfman.

The film stars Bill Murray, with Karen Allen, Bobcat Goldthwait, Alfre Woodard, John Forsythe, Carol Kane, John Houseman, and Robert Mitchum in supporting roles. Murray's brothers Brian, John, and Joel also appear in the film.

The film was marketed with references to Ghostbusters which had been a great success four years earlier. In the USA, the tagline was, "Bill Murray is back among the ghosts, only this time, it's three against one."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2fTMi2hoYA

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Plum Pudding

Raijin Quickfoot

Scrooged is the best

Jedoc

I find it hilarious that after that first paragraph, they thought they needed to come out and say that the music was composed by Danny Elfman. I mean, clearly.

BlankZoe

"Bill Murray is back among the ghosts, only this time, it's three against one."

That's a fucking terrible tagline

Zonugal

December 14th!

Love Actually

Love Actually is a 2003 Christmas-themed romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis. It features an ensemble cast, many of whom had worked with Curtis in previous film and television projects. The screenplay delves into different aspects of love as shown through ten separate stories involving a wide variety of individuals, many of whom are shown to be interlinked as their tales progress. Most of the film was filmed on location in London. The story begins five weeks before Christmas and is played out in a weekly countdown until the holiday, followed by an epilogue that takes place one month later.

The United States release was on 14 November 2003 and a week later in the United Kingdom, where it debuted to positive reviews, but received mixed-to-positive reviews in the US. The film was a box-office success, grossing almost $247 million worldwide on a budget of $45 million.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdzH6a-XEGM

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Christmas Sugar Cookies

Zonugal

December 15th!

Bad Santa

Bad Santa is a 2003 American Christmas black comedy crime film directed by Terry Zwigoff, and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, Brett Kelly, Lauren Tom, John Ritter, and Bernie Mac. This was John Ritter's last film appearance before his death on September 11, 2003. The Coen brothers are credited as executive producers. The film was released in the United States on November 26, 2003.

The film was screened out of competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

An unrated version was released on DVD on March 5, 2004 and on Blu-ray Disc on November 20, 2007 as Bad(der) Santa. A director's cut DVD was released in November 2006; it features Zwigoff's cut of the film (including an audio commentary with him and the film's editor), which is three minutes shorter than the theatrical cut and ten minutes shorter than the unrated version.

A sequel, Bad Santa 2, was released on November 23, 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQvaoRScND4

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Hot Cross Buns

BlankZoe

Gimme those sugar cookies

Zonugal

Blank just make yourself some sugar cookies.

They ain't hard to whip up.

Come on, do it. Whatever you're doing, stop it and start baking.

BlankZoe

I'm at work!!!

Zonugal

Seems like someone doesn't want to live the dream.

Polaritie

Zonugal wrote: »

Blank just make yourself some sugar cookies.

They ain't hard to whip up.

Come on, do it. Whatever you're doing, stop it and start baking.

Eh, it's a waste to make just sugar cookies. Get some chocolate and nuts in there.

Rorshach Kringle

zonugal now that i know you aren't eating these foods or watching these movies, i just want to commend you on compiling the laziest goddamn list possible

BlankZoe

Polaritie wrote: »

Zonugal wrote: »

Blank just make yourself some sugar cookies.

They ain't hard to whip up.

Come on, do it. Whatever you're doing, stop it and start baking.

Eh, it's a waste to make just sugar cookies. Get some chocolate and nuts in there.

This isn't true at all!

Sugar Cookies are delicious all on their own

DMAC

From my holiday card for this year, clockwise from upper left: Santa, Frosty, Slaybelle, Dr. Eidel, Ginja, and Nutcracker.

Zonugal

Rorshach Kringle wrote: »

zonugal now that i know you aren't eating these foods or watching these movies, i just want to commend you on compiling the laziest goddamn list possible

I made no such claims!

Zonugal

You might say lazy.

But I hear classics.

Quetzi

Rorshach Kringle wrote: »

zonugal now that i know you aren't eating these foods or watching these movies, i just want to commend you on compiling the laziest goddamn list possible

I knew this from the get go

As soon as he recommended Black X-Mas, I knew there was no way he was actually watching these

No man can watch that garbage more than once

Zonugal

I STAND BY ALL THESE RECOMMENDATIONS

Raw Concrete

I believe in Zonugal. I think he's capable of compiling an even lazier list.

Shorty

Rorshach Kringle wrote: »

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

Rorshach Kringle wrote: »

Stilts wrote: »

Zonugal wrote: »

if you simply came to PAX-South this year you could watch this kind of squabbling in real life!

You're gonna force AJ to sing Tubthumping at karaoke night, right?

in what universe do i need to be forced to sing chumbawamba?

Let's make it a duet

oh wow you found the universe

this is a good joke

Shorty

I have actually seen Hebrew Hammer

it's a real piece of shit movie, even for deliberate trash

Polaritie

Blankzilla wrote: »

Polaritie wrote: »

Zonugal wrote: »

Blank just make yourself some sugar cookies.

They ain't hard to whip up.

Come on, do it. Whatever you're doing, stop it and start baking.

Eh, it's a waste to make just sugar cookies. Get some chocolate and nuts in there.

This isn't true at all!

Sugar Cookies are delicious all on their own

But making just sugar cookies is a waste because those ingredients could go to far superior cookies.

Peen

May I submit that you just haven't had an actual good sugar cookie? Because good ones, real homemade good ones, are a treat and a delight.

Jars

they're pretty bland to me. sugar and flour isn't enough to make something good

BlankZoe

Jars wrote: »

they're pretty bland to me. sugar and flour isn't enough to make something good

Objectively false

Jars

I can list 10 better types of cookies easy

Raijin Quickfoot

Shrimp cookies, shrimp scampi, shrimp stew, shrimp sandwiches, fried shrimp, boiled shrimp...

Jars

name 10 cookies better than brothers

Kwoaru

Sugar Cookies are the most innovative cookie of the year I don't care if they weren't invented this year that doesn't matter