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So long, farewell…

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… to 2010!  It’s the last No Frown Friday of the year.  I’ll make it short and sweet:

  1. I love The Soup, and recently watched this year’s Clipdown.  Thus, I dedicate the final punny pet name of the year to its host.  Joel McHowl, this one’s for you.
  2. Speaking of counting down… check out the 30 most important dogs of 2010.  Genius.
  3. Next up: dogs in kimonos.  No reason.

Finally, I leave you with the final Bella photo of 2010:

Note: streamers were unavailable.  Thank goodness their understudy, ribbon, was willing to step in for this photo shoot.

Happy New Year!

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Can’t wait ’til Christmas…

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As you know, I love Garfield’s Christmas Special.  The song “Can’t Wait ’til Christmas” often gets stuck in my head during the holiday season.  It’s there right now, actually.  What’s that?  You’d like it to be stuck in your head too?  That can be arranged. 

I couldn’t find a clip of just the song (and I have no editing skills to speak of), but some wonderful soul has posted parts of the special online.  The song in question appears in the clip below… fast forward to 3:30 or so to hear it:

I’ll be humming it for days.  Merry Christmas Eve Eve!

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Count your blessings instead of sheep

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We talked about holiday TV… now it’s time to talk about Christmas movies!  One of my absolute favorites has to be White Christmas.  (I also love Elf, It’s a Wonderful Life, and many more… to list them all could take a while.)  Today I thought I’d share one of my favorite songs from the movie:

Disclaimer: although I love this song, I don’t actually love snow.  Go figure.

So tell me… what is your favorite Christmas movie?

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May your days be terrier & bright

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Christmas is fast approaching.  As a result, today’s No Frown Friday theme was an easy choice… enjoy some seasonal linkage:

  1. Instead of punny pet names, I’m just going to recommend you name your pet after one of Santa’s reindeer this week.  Why not?
  2. You know I love the Grinch’s dog, so I’m sure you’ll understand how much I love this quartet of real-life Maxes. (The antlers make me smile – Bella better watch out or she’s going to find herself in a reindog photo shoot.)
  3. Interested in doggie decorations? Check out some photos of the First Dog’s decorations.
  4. I’ve also got another Cute Math lesson for you: Santa suits + cute animals =  guaranteed holiday cheer.  These pets prove my point.  Still not convinced?  Your skepticism will melt away after you take a gander at these penguins.  (For bonus points, remember that elves are pretty cute too.)   
  5. Bella sure has been slacking off – apparently other dogs help out by wrapping Christmas presents.

Speaking of helpful dogs, Jesse the Jack Russell takes the cake:



(via The Dog Files)

Have a wonderful weekend – and if you decide to get your pet’s photo taken with Santa, here are some handy tips.  As you know, Bella doesn’t travel well, so no photos with Santa unless he makes a house call.  We’ll just have to live vicariously through you.

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Getting into the spirit…

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Dog eat Doug

‘Tis the season… and nothing puts me in the holiday mood like a good holiday special or movie on TV.  We all have them – those classics that we just have to watch every year, or it just doesn’t feel like the holidays.  I thought I’d share a few of my favorite TV specials with you today (links are to clips from the shows where available):

  • Garfield’s Christmas Special – This one was my favorite as a child.  I loved everything about it, and could quote it from beginning to end.  Grandma is the best.
  • A Charlie Brown Christmas – A classic.  Confession: I sometimes have the urge to stage an impromptu dance party with this song.
  • Mickey’s Christmas Carol – Hands down, this is my favorite version of  A Christmas Carol out there.  (The Muppet version is a close second, of course.)  I get emotional just watching the opening.
  • Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer – I still refer to the Island of Misfit Toys on a regular basis (possibly as often as once a week).
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas – I am a Max the dog fangirl.  Cartoon version only, please.  As far as I’m concerned, that Jim Carrey thing never happened.
  • ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas – For some reason, this story of some mice and a clock (that’s the Cliff’s Notes version) was always one of my favorites.  The day I found it on DVD was a good one indeed.  I mean, this song…

There are definitely many other worthy choices… like my own personal honorable mentions Frosty the Snowman and Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too for example.  (Not to mention favorite characters, like the Heat Miser and the Snow Miser.)  And that’s just from TV.  As for Christmas movies… well, that’s a post for another day.

Anyway, it’s cold outside… so go snuggle with your pet.  Then tell me all about your favorite holiday TV in the comments!

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