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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.

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THERE ARE FIVE MORE!!!!! IT'S LIKE A MINEFIELD OF CHRISTMAS DELIGHT. Even though it's only November 16th :/

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I CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO IT!

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ME TOO, THE FREQUENCY WITH WHICH I FEEL THE NEED TO PRESS PLAY IS IMPAIRING MY ABILITY TO DO ANYTHING ELSE? (SERIOUSLY, the only time I think I've ever been this excited about a single christmas song is the day I discovered S Club 7's "Perfect Christmas" in middle school.)

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Umm, I am going to have to find that S Club song. (Note I left off the 7. THAT SHOW ON ABC FAMILY, WAIT, WHEN IT WAS FOX FAMILY, WAS AMAZING. Please tell me you watched it.)

I think my favorite non-traditional Christmas song may be a tie between "Last Christmas" by Jimmy Eat World and "The Christmas Song" (OOOOOH MY GOD, I wish it weren't a Christmas song so I'd have an excuse to listen to it all the time). And aaaaah, I can't find it on iTunes, I think it disappeared!

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What childhood would be complete without ridiculous S Club 7 shows? OH MAN, a year or two ago I dug that up on youtube and spent a weekend rewatching, and THEY ARE STILL WONDERFUL.

Oh, I looooooove that Jimmy Eat World song SO VERY MUCH. My sister hates it, she spends the Christmas season telling me how terrible it is. My other favorite is Ron Sexsmith's "Maybe This Christmas".

ANYWAY:

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I had a big crush on Jon. Was he the blond one? And Hannah was always my favorite. Speaking of which, LOLOLOLOLOL at those outfits. Oh, S Club 7. (WAIT, DO YOU KNOW STEPS? They were a four-person British pop group in the late '90s/early '00s, I think. I bought their album on a whim when I went to Williamsburg with my parents and looooooooved it. Very pop-y, very hilarious in retrospect.)



I love "Maybe This Christmas," too! That show always reminds me of The O.C.

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Jon and Hanna were my sister's favorites! I liked Rachel and Bradley.

I DID NOT KNOW STEPS, BUT THAT VIDEO IS WONDERFUL, so I think I will get to know Steps.

Yes! Was it the song they used in all the Chrismukkah episodes or was it just in "The Best Christmukkah Ever"? I don't think I've seen any of the other ones since they aired.

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I liked Bradley, too! Remember when Hannah and Bradley were dating *~*behind the scenes*~*? I remember not being able to figure out if they were dating in real life or not, since it was a "reality" show. Lololol, younger self.

I liked, it was 5 people. And one of them was named Claire, so of course, I was all, "STEPS RULEZ!" Also worth a watch:





(Those are the only songs I still have of them, but I'm pretty sure they were all awesome.)

I think it was just "The Best Chrismukkah Ever." Was that the one where Marissa stole? Because I think it was that episode.

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AHAHAHA THE HAND GESTURES!! There will never be anything like British pop of the late 90s EVER AGAIN.

Yeah, that was the one where Marissa stole! God, Marissa. What a little drama queen.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

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LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL, THE CARTOON RENDERINGS. That reminds me of this:

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OH MY GOD, IS THAT EDEN'S CRUSH? No lie, I was singing, "Get over yourself, goodbye (goodbye)" today. WOW. WOOOOOOOOOW.

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IT IS!!! I don't suppose you liked Dream too? APPARENTLY WE HAVE ABSURDLY COMPATIBLE TASTE IN POP MUSIC.

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I only remember one Dream song, whichever one was their most popular. "He Loves U Not," that was it! (Fact: I had to check on Wikipedia.) The coordinated pink outfits! Aaaaah. Did you hear that three of the members are now in their own group (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Phoenix#New_Group)? Without a doubt, I was most "obsessive" with O-Town. 98% of it was because my best friend was OBSESSED, but then, of my own accord, I, too, became really obsessed. You can see my head on one of their concert CDs. I went to TRL for them. Wow. I never realized what "Liquid Dreams" really meant until, like, three years ago (and, to be honest, I'm grateful for that).

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I didn't know they'd formed a new group! I was going to "psh" disinterestedly because at some point they made a second album and it was TERRIBLE, sexed up pop music that pretty much lacked any melody at all, but apparently the ~new group~ is all the girls I liked and NO HOLLY (I swear to god, part of the reason I listened to groups more than singers back then is because I enjoyed watching the same three music videos over and over again and deciding which ones I "liked" and which ones I thought were lame). HMMMM. HMM.

I loved O-Town too! I was too defiant to like *NSync or Backstreet Boys with the same fervor as everyone else, so I picked up O-Town and 98 Degrees instead.

I KEEP FORGETTING: here's Janelle Monae (http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=20020beef39f3c5fc74064dd4c81b78a3858770053f42b8a)!

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I was never into them enough to remember their names. I think someone posted a song of Lady Phoenix on ohnotheydidnt a couple months ago, and it wasn't too bad. They have good voices, it just wasn't really my style. Hahahaha at you and music videos. I love it.

I was never really into 98 Degrees, but one time during the Thanksgiving Day Parade, one of them waved to me (I think it was Drew?) or looked right at me (mind you, I was in a building, so they probably weren't even looking at me), and I was like, *~*"Oh my god, I looooove him, I want to date him, he is perfect, he likes me, he waved at me, he knows who I am!!"*~* Yep.

Thank you, again! :-)

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Wow, I just looked Lady Phoenix up on youtube, and there isn't much but ICK, EMBARRASSMENT SQUICK. The 12-year-old inside me is sad :(

Haaaaaahaha that is the ultimate boy band story. I WOULD'VE DIED.

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