let it snow

But give me real snow. Not the slushy layer of crap that I had to wipe off my car this morning. I want to really feel like I'm heading toward the holidays...which means snowmen and sitting by the fire on a wintry day. But we did have a great Saturday, putting up some of our holiday decorations, getting the tree and all that. Joe made an incredible dinner, including pheasant and a SUPER INCREDIBLE EXTRA YUMMY cornbread, bacon, scallion and cranberry stuffing. Wow. That was good.

We still have a bit to do around here to cozy it up but here are some pics. The table will be different for the party and the camera that I have is a piece of junk so the pictures just don't do the tree justice. I like the tree to be a bit wider but Joe likes the skinnier version.

The trees are these awesome disco ball type trees from Target. They look incredible in the sunlight but I doubt anyone will see them during the day but us. We need to get more lights on the window and all that. When we have a fire going though, everything is warm and comfortable. Romeo is perched here on the couch, with his little devil eyes. He's jealous that the silver teddy bear gets to sit closer to the tree than him.

So since I missed yesterday's holiday song, you get two today. One is video, one audio, for your caroling pleasure.

You may recall Heat Miser from the 1974 "Year Without a Santa Claus" stop-animation cartoon.

And the rare Bowie and Bing together...got to love the little dialogue in particular. What a wonderful song.