Among many of my favorite things to do for the Holidays is to watch the TV specials. Now granted, I own most of these on DVD, and yet every year I prefer to watch them on TV, with commercials. Strange I know. Last night I watched a new one called Shrek the Halls. Which was actually pretty cute but will never compete with the classics of my childhood. I've already seen on TV, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and A Charlie Brown Christmas, but it never is Christmas to me until I see Rudoph the Red Nose Reindeer. Perhaps it is the fact that I am somewhat of a misfit myself and so I can relate to Rudolph and Hermey the Elf...I mean I had Hermey saying “I want to be a dentist” as my outgoing message for my answering machine throughout undergrad school...and no, I didn't want to be a dentist. Is it the timely message to accept others as they are, for everyone has a purpose in the world? No. It's the Bumble. I love the Bumble( aka. The Abominable Snow Monster of the North). He … [Read more...]