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It's that time of year again - time for the Christmas movies to come out. I'm not really sure if I'm ready to hear "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings!" 50 times yet. (BTW - does anyone want to explain to me why Santa is already at the mall?)

Honestly, I'm never ready to hear it. Ever. Which is why I pull out such gems as Black Christmas; Silent Night, Bloody Night and Jack Frost. Ahhh... They make me smile and feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Okay - there are a FEW (well, two) funny ones that I like and that are classics in my family: A Christmas Story and Christmas Vacation. Mostly because these movies illustrate my family so well: the dad in Christmas Story yells as much as our dad, my brothers had BB guns, and my family is just as messed up as Clark Griswold's. 'Tis the season to be Merry ;) ("Well, that's my name!" "No shit.")

But we don't watch these movies because of the Christmas theme. We watch them because they're FUNNY. They could be centered around the 4th of July and we'd still watch them.

Last year, my mom and I made A Christmas Story X-Mas cookies - they were in the shapes of a leg lamp and Ralphie in his Easter bunny costume (I guess I could also make these for Jesus's death as well as his birth, huh? Kill two birds with one stone). They were quite extraordinary. I'm sure my neighbors were thrilled to get fishnet stockinged legs to eat. They were pretty yummy.