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11/26/2005: The Peeps Christmas Tree Decorating Kit!

I felt dumb for skipping out on Black Friday as I’m probably in the minority who enjoys the insanity, so tonight, we went out for a bit of Black Saturday, which is kind of like Black Friday, only with half of the big sales and half of the long lines. Still were plenty of people out there, though. Toys ‘R’ Us wasn’t anywhere near as packed as I had expected it to be, but the customers who were there had evidently been brought to insanity by the weekend of toy hunting. It wasn’t so much the yelling — that was expected. Moreover, people would pick stuff up, look at it, realize they didn’t want it and literally throw it to the ground. The place was already a mess, so I guess everyone was past the point of giving a fuck.

Best Buy was much busier. I needed to get a new digital camera, but fortunately for me, I have no concept of money or bargains or rights or wrongs when it comes to such things, and because the purchase counter for digital cameras was wholly separate from the lines people needed to get on to buy anything else, I managed to walk in and out of there with a new camera in less than ten minutes. The “normal” line looped around itself a few times like a steaming pile of gorilla shit, and it was amazing to see just how many folks were willing to put up with the wait just to buy a DVD or two.

Finally, the woman persuaded me to take her to the arts and crafts store, which as some of you will recall from an earlier entry is a point of some contention between the two of us. There was a 50,000 dollar set of pencils she wanted, and she had a 50% off coupon that was only good for today, so it was a case of either dealing with it or hearing about the loss of this golden opportunity until 2008. On the upside, the entire store smelled like a giant cinnamon candle.

Thanksgiving’s over, Black Friday’s over, and across the street, I see suspicious lights on my neighbor’s bushes. Christmas is in the air, and we’re all smitten with Santa again. I’m in the process of moving, so my material enjoyment this year must come by way of more perishable items; thankfully, there are plenty of those to go around. Up above is the Marshmallow Peeps Christmas Tree Decorating Kit, a merrier spin on the Halloween version I reviewed during the Countdown in October. Instead of orange pumpkin Peeps, this time you get green Christmas trees, along with a tube of red icing that lets you go all ho ho and stuff. Click here to see the kit packaged, and tell me you wouldn’t part with two bucks for something this belligerently Yuletide.

It’s Saturday night. Who’s with me?


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Matt and Double G: thank you for the info. Looks like I’ll be hitting up best buy or ciruit city today. It’s funny because when I woke up today I felt like I had a epiphany, I thought : it must be on the same dvd as mickey’s christmas carol.

And matt, dude, that chip and dale part affected me the same way. I always that they had the shinniest christmas balls hanging in that tree.

Ghosted by Geoffinsanity @ 11/27/2005 12:36 PM EST


Geoff, this is the DVD you’re looking for.

Ghosted by Matt @ 11/27/2005 12:39 PM EST


I just bought that DVD the other day. I was so excited. Mickey’s Christmas Carol is my favorite, and I never saw it on DVD before. When I was a kid and they played it on NBC, they played the Huey/Dewey/Lewey Snowball fight and Chip N Dale and then Christmas Carol. I was disappointed the snowball fight wasn’t on this one, I laugh my ass off at Donald in that one.

Ghosted by Y2JB78 @ 11/27/2005 12:53 PM EST


Wow Matt, I thought I was the only kid that crawled under the tree to stare up into it. One year I tried to get my cousins to join me but they didn’t get it.

Ghosted by Carri @ 11/27/2005 1:10 PM EST


Y2JB78: yea I want to find the Huey, Dewey, and Lewey snowball fight one too.

Matt: thanks for the link.

Ghosted by Geoffinsanity @ 11/27/2005 1:16 PM EST


I remember somehow getting these peeps last year, and the icing on the top made them awful… as fun as the decorating aspect was, I just couldn’t grasp as to why anyone would want to make peeps taste different?

You don’t mess with my peeps!

Ghosted by Nathan @ 11/27/2005 1:59 PM EST


Hi! i just get here looking for 80´s tv commercials, ´cos I need one of them to do a kind of "work" for university, i´m not english so there´s a few words a don´t understand from the script of these two commercials: c3po´s cereals and the other one is "post superheroes create a villain contest" …thanx a lot..i like the web..hope any of u can help me..see ya

Ghosted by bjey @ 11/27/2005 2:43 PM EST


Live and direct from Anadarko, it be me! We’re open a couple hours today, just in case anyone wants to partake in our sale prices of 40% off Paintings and Sculptures, 30% off Crafts and Prints. Free pokes in the eye for the kids! Mention my name and I’ll probably say, "Huh?"

Ghosted by kingklash @ 11/27/2005 2:47 PM EST


Namco as in Time-Out Arcade. As in I stand around all day smacking kids for trying to cheat at Skee Ball.

Ghosted by Mystie @ 11/27/2005 3:54 PM EST


bdsghost

Here are my essentials.

Specials: Muppet Family Christmas, Emmett Otter’s Jugband Christmas, Christmas Eve On Sesame St., Charlie Brown Christmas, How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Movies: Home Alone, Gremlins

Ghosted by mtrox @ 11/27/2005 4:25 PM EST


Forgot…

Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special

By the way, everything on that list is available on DVD.

Ghosted by mtrox @ 11/27/2005 4:26 PM EST


My essentials:

-Scrooge (The Musical)
-A Tuna Christmas
-Will Vinton’s Claymation Christmas
-Christmas Vacation

Ghosted by Cameron T. @ 11/27/2005 6:08 PM EST


Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special

I was listening to the Intro to that on theJukebox and I kept thinking about all the freakin guests there were on that: Whoopi Goldberg, Charro, the Delrubio Triplets, Little Richard, KD Lang, etc. and Peewee listing off all the other characters on the show: Jambi, Terry, Wonky, The Flowers, Miss Yvonne, the Dinosuar Family, Chairy. Magic Scree, Cowboy Curtis, etc.

Ghosted by Invader Norbert @ 11/27/2005 6:15 PM EST


This is what I love the most about the holiday season: all the perfume displays!
Today I went and sprayed all the Britney, Celine Dion, Ashanti, Ciara and Shania perfume on. What an interesting effect they created. Each one smelling much crappier than the last.

Ghosted by MrsDanFielding @ 11/27/2005 8:52 PM EST


Cameron T.

Are you talking about the one with Albert Finney in it? If so, that one has been an essential of mine since I was a kid! Good picks!

Ghosted by Double G @ 11/27/2005 8:59 PM EST


I feel like shit. I so don’t want to go into work tomorrow. bleh, anyone else feeling like ass right about now?

Ghosted by Double G @ 11/27/2005 9:01 PM EST


I see an ADVERT on the rising. I see Christmas coming today. Looks like we’re in for some yuletide goodness. It is Christmas time on X-E.

Ghosted by The Manimal @ 11/27/2005 9:18 PM EST


Holy shit, that spread on top of the blog looks amazing.

Ghosted by mtrox @ 11/27/2005 9:22 PM EST


I just love the fact that Matt used the classic Super Mario Bros "?" Blocks coivering each day on the calendar. I can’t wait!

Ghosted by Invader Norbert @ 11/27/2005 9:32 PM EST


Advent Calendar time? Oh yeah!

Ghosted by Muppet Baby @ 11/27/2005 10:10 PM EST


Im gunna rent Silent Night Deadly Night also, I need a copy of The Night They Saved Christmas, starring Jacqueline Smith and do they still still show that sesame street special from the 70s with Mr Hooper, and Big Bird skates to Feliz Navidad?

Ghosted by mandy80's phreak @ 11/28/2005 5:00 PM EST


Hey, I’m 2 days late but I’m here. Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. I had work both the Wednesday before and the Friday after (I work in an office–most offices were closed on Friday–not mine!).

I had dinner at a restaurant on Thanksgiving (The Grapevine in Tuckerton, NJ)–I had dinner with my mom, dad, aunt, uncle, one of their kids, and my boyfriend. My brother worked at Trump Marina on Thanksgiving and then went to the girlfiend’s house for dinner.

Also, a milestone–mom saw "Christmas Story" for the 1st time on Thursday. She was a little wary of seeing it (she thought it was going to be some long, drawn out movie)–it took me three years to get her to see it (I saw it back in 1990 for the first time), and she LOVED it! Go mom!

On Saturday, my boyfriend’s mom and dad made a belated Thanksgiving dinner for their extended family, also because Steve’s brother Tom (who’s a captain in the Army stationed in Columbus Georgia) was home for the week. Afterwards, Steve, myself, and Tom went to the movies.

Ghosted by Allison @ 11/28/2005 7:59 PM EST


Anyone ever see the John Denver christmas movie "The christmas Gift"? I loved that movie. Frig John Denver–the movie was good though.

Ghosted by Allison @ 11/28/2005 8:25 PM EST


Hi, does anybody know if there is a DVD or VHS with all the Mickey’s Christmas Carol short cartoons on it like it came on TV? Do you remember Goofy going skiing on the tv special? I laughed so hard….

Ghosted by dylaparent @ 12/12/2005 9:21 AM EST


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