Chick Flick - Christmas Style

Thursday is homework day, but I promise this isn't going to be painful. Honest.

Score some points with your lady this Holiday by suggesting a little quiet time together watching a Christmas movie.
Need some ideas? Not a problem:

White Christmas. Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vere Ellen.
It's a classic, where Bing and Danny meet the girls and help their old commanding general, who now runs an inn in Vermont. This is a great one and she'll love it.

It's a Wonderful Life. Jimmy Stewart. Jimmy contemplates suicide after losing a ton of money, but an angel shows him the way.

Miracle on 34th Street. Was done in the 40's and remade in the 90's. A man claims to be Santa Claus and gets institutionalized. But a 6 year old little girl never stops believing.

Want to get more modern?

Love Actually (2004) Hugh Grant as the British PM. I've never seen it but it's been called the "best Christmas romance movie you'll ever find." Wow.

Family Man (2000) Nicholas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle. It's a comedy and a modern Scrooge story.

There's also any of the versions of Scrooge, and Jim Carrey's Grinch.

Bottom line is this - pick a movie, set aside some time and set up an "in for the night" date night. Get some wine, pop some popcorn, put on the movie and sit close.

Stay in touch -

Mark

Putting it in Action

I have provided quite a few ideas for Valentine's Day and romantic nights over the past several weeks, and this weekend I put many of them in action as we celebrated Valentine's Day.

My wife had to work on Saturday. That gave me the opportunity to get everything organized. I picked her up from work and took her to a nice romantic dinner. After dinner we went home where I had a dozen long stemmed red roses, her card and some chocolates. I also had the ingredients ready for chocolate covered strawberries. They didn't turn out like the pictures I saw online, but they were still very good and we had fun making them.

While we were making the strawberries I ran a bubble bath and lit the candles around the tub. I had put champagne on ice and had the champagne glasses from our wedding waiting there too.

Chocolate covered strawberries with champagne, candles and a hot bubble bath was a perfect after dinner treat. Then we watched a romantic comedy in our bedroom. After the movie I told her that I needed her to pack a bag for an overnight trip, but I didn't tell her where we were going.

We were headed someplace cold, and I had pre-packed long johns, hats and gloves just to make sure she had everything she needed. The next morning we hit the road early and about an hour into the drive I let her in on the secret.

So, I combined date night with several romantic ideas and a weekend getaway to make for a fantastic Valentine's Day - without breaking the bank. We had a blast, and laughed all weekend.

I caught her just staring at me several times this weekend. (She loves me).
And she loved her Valentine's Day.

Stay in touch -

Mark