July 19
I watched an episode of "Rick & Morty" season 4 that was set around Christmas. I didn't know it would be when I started watching it. But I added it to my Christmas episodes page.

August 29
I watched this week's Xmas episode of "Futurama" and added it to my Christmas webisodes page. It was pretty good.

November 17
I watched the Disney+ movie Dashing Through the Snow. I liked it.

Nov. 25
Well, it's two days after Thanksgiving. It wasn't a very good Thanksgiving, for reasons. But Beth put up her fake Christmas tree the other day (I forget which day exactly). And right now I am enjoying my first cup of "Sip and Be Merry" tea that I got recently from Republic of Tea. (I mean, it's not my first cup ever, just the first one from this particular tin of tea.)

Nov. 26
I watched Home Alone.

December 3
It's the first Sunday of Advent, so as per my tradition I posted a Christmas song in The Music Exchange: "Pure Imagination / Christmas Time Is Here" by Pentatonix. Also I put together a playlist of some of this year's holiday commercials. I may not watch TV anymore, but there's always plenty of ads to watch online.

Dec. 5
For Krampusnacht, I watched Once Upon a Time at Christmas, which I was going to watch last Krampusnacht, but didn't.

Dec. 7
I watched the 1983 short film Mickey's Christmas Carol, which held up really well.

Dec. 9
For Hanukkah, I watched Eight Crazy Nights.

Dec. 10
For the second Sunday of Advent, I posted "Shake Things Up" by Lisa Loeb and Rob Morrow in the Music Exchange, as well as adding it to my Christmas songs YouTube playlist. Before that, I listened to a couple other songs to consider posting in the Music Exchange, but ultimately decided not to. And I added a new video of a 1998 song by NSYNC to my Christmas songs.

Dec. 17
For the third Sunday of Advent, I posted Fancy Like Christmas by Walker Hayes in The Music Exchange. I'm kind of struggling with the question of whether or not to add it to my Christmas playlist, but for now I'm not doing that. Also been struggling with whether or not to do anything with God Rest Ye Merry Billionaires, but for now I don't plan on posting it anywhere (except here). I certainly don't want it on my Christmas playlist, and maybe not the Music Exchange, but I could at least post it on my Facebook wall. I dunno. Actually, you know what? I am going to put "Fancy Like Christmas" in my Christmas playlist. Later I watched Broken Peach's new Christmas video Sleigh Ride and added it to my playlist. I also added a new video of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee, which is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year. Later still, I watched the 2010 Family Guy episode Road to the North Pole so I could finally write up a little review.

Dec. 20
Today Mom gave me some money, so I ordered myself some DVDs (and a Blu-ray) from Bull Moose. I look forward to finding out if they get here in time for Christmas, but even if not... I'm grateful. Also got a gift from Matty & Jamie, a pair of thermal socks and some chocolate.

Dec. 21
Got a calendar and check from Alan & Brenda. And I watched The Naughty Nine. That was fun.

Dec. 23
I watched The Polar Express.

Dec. 24
I posted "Someday at Christmas" by Lizzo in the Music Exchange. And I opened a bag of classic Christmas candy and poured into a polar bears tin. Yummy. Meanwhile, we had to throw out two frozen pumpkin pies that had melted probably when the power was out the other day. Later I got a Christmas card from Eileen with some cash, and a card from Kathy & Steve. Later still, I watched the short film Pluto's Christmas Tree. Then I listened to Sia's Christmas album, Everyday Is Christmas. The other day I wanted to buy a Sam Adams seasonal mixpack, but the store I was at didn't have any, so I settled for just Cold Snap. I opened the box today to drink some of that, and it's not bad, of course, but I'm still kind of disappointed I couldn't get the mixpack. Also had some of the Chex party mix my sister made. That's not disappointing at all. And I added a few videos to my Christmas songs playlist.

Dec. 25
I added "Wrap Me Up" by Meghan Trainor and Jimmy Fallon to both The Music Exchange and my Christmas playlist. One of the DVDs I ordered came on Saturday (today is Monday), so I opened that package today. Then I chanced to see a holiday commercial that I added to my commercials playlist. Later I had some food Beth had prepared, including ham, sweet potatoes, sarma, and cranberry casserole. I listened to A Very Special Christmas 5. And opened what few presents and money there actually were with Mom, Dad, and Beth. And I got an Amazon gift card from the Treus.

Dec. 26
The remainder of my DVD order arrived today. Also, I used my Amazon gift card to order the Irish Folklore Trilogy. (It cost me about $7 more than the card was for, but I consider it a big win.)

Dec. 29
I watched a Christmas episode of "What If...?", which was released on Christmas Eve, but I'm behind on the season because they're releasing new episodes every freakin' day. (And I have executive dysfunction.) But anyway, it was a really fun episode, and I added it to my Christmas webisodes page. Then I watched the new Doctor Who Christmas special, The Church on Ruby Road. That was awesome.

Dec. 30
I watched Disney's A Christmas Carol, and liked it more than I expected to.

Dec. 31
I watched the short film The Shepherd, which has been on my Disney+ watch list all month, but I wasn't sure whether or not I'd ever bother watching it. Now I have, and it was okay.

January 4, 2024
I watched Tokyo Godfathers, which I've been trying to make myself watch ever since New Year's Eve, but my executive dysfunction kept stopping me. The movie is set roughly from Christmas to New Year's, I think. It was pretty good.

Jan. 15
Sometime in November I started a Christmas-themed playthrough of Pokemon Black. I called myself XMAS. I started out with a Snivy that I named Wreath. Some other pokemon I used along the way included a Tranquill name Partridge, a Cryogonal named Jack Frost, a Zebstrika named Lights, and my final party consisted of a Sawsbuck named Rudolph (which knows flash, of course), a Throh named St. Nick, a Cinccino named Carol, a Sigilyph named Angel, a Jellicent named Dickens, and a Reshiram named Hearth. I probably beat the first half of the game before Christmas, but I just beat the second part of the game today. So now Christmas is over.

Feb. 23
Back around Christmas of 2022, I saw a short film called The Last Christmas on Screamfest, and I figured I would eventually get around to watching more shorts on that channel like I was already doing for Alter. But then in 2023, Alter released the same short film, and I got around to watching it today, in my quest to catch up on Alter's channel. So I reviewed the short for Alter.