aaaaall the way

[elapses]

DANCE BREAK:

By my own rules I am not supposed to be Christmas-y until the day after Thanksgiving, BUT THEN GAP OUTDID THEMSELVES WITH THEIR 2008 ADS AND I HAD TO. HAD TO. (ALTHOUGH, okay, I'm also feeling oddly chatty and just felt like posting? HI!!) It is so many things I love about the holiday season: cute sweaters, dorky dancing, sooooongs, and glee. Also if you, like me, listened to this and thought "WHY DO I NOT HAVE AN AWESOME HIP HOPPY VERSION OF JINGLE BELLS ANYWHERE IN MY ITUNES???" there is a just plain Trey & Flo version, AND I WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO RIP IT, SOMEHOW.

Tomorrow I am going to buy myself candles. Lots and lots of delicious smelling candles. Also sheet music. Except knowing my penchant for procrastination, I will still be saying this a week from now :(

P.S. FUN UNRELATED FACT: The Christmas classic "Baby, It's Cold Outside" originates from a crappy Esther Williams swimming movie from the 50s (I think it was the 50s?) that has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE HOLIDAYS AT ALL.

Comments

[jenaben.livejournal.com]

In Canada our Thanksgiving is before Halloween, so stores have been Christmasing themselves out since November 1st over here. That does not make me love this Gap ad ANY LESS though, because I adooore all the GOOD christmasy things (remixed songs! ads like this one! etc!). AND I LOVE THAT HIP HOPPY VERSION SO MUCH.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

Stores here do it too, I was on the outdoor mall here on election day and they were stringing the trees with holiday lights. But it always feels weirdly out of place until December. BUT STILL, it must be strange to live in a non-North American country where there is no Thanksgiving cue for when it is time to usher in the holiday season?

ME TOO, OH MY GOD. What was my life before hip hoppy jingle bells? I CANNOT RECALL.