Two of my friends have great Christmas entries in their respective blogs.
For starters, Christopher Knight of Reidsville, NC, has pictures of his Star Wars-themed Christmas tree, which includes an ornament with Darth Vader fighting Obiwan Kenobi. Knight gained local, regional and even national recognition with his campaign ad that also featured a Star Wars-theme when he ran for Rockingham County School Board last year.
It reminds me of a year when I put up Turkish Karagoz and Hacivat shadow puppets from Bursa, Turkey, on my mom's Christmas tree. A visitor to our house thought there were The Three Wisemen!
Knight also has a Christmas essay that he wrote for the school newspaper while attending Elon University in the Burlington, NC, area.
And, he talks about eating pizza at King's Inn Pizza in Eden, NC. Up until now, I thought the most unique thing about Eden was the town's drive-in theater and their Biscuitville, but it seems like Knight has found something else in the border town that used to be known for its textile outlet shops.
My friend Moviezzz has two great holiday entries as well.
The first one talks about the 1981 punk rock Christmas carol "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses. According to Moviezzz, Chris Butler from the band wrote a portion of the song in a New York taxi cab on the way to the recording studio! The lyrics were sung splendidly by Patty Donahue, and the song is still played on radio stations around the country and perhaps the world.
There is a nifty Youtube video of the song on the blog.
Moviezzz also has a trailer for "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," which I was fortunate enough to see at the Grandin Theatre in Roanoke, Va, Saturday night.
The screening was quite an undertaking by my friend Jason Garnett, who manages the cinema that was built in the 1930s since the film print he used was the only one of the 1989 film that the studio had available!
Earlier in the week, Moviezzz made the stunning revelation that the grizzly "Silent Night, Deadly Night" film that spawned several sequels about a serial killer Santa Claus was actually directed by a born-again Christian! If you don't believe me, then you'll just have to check out his blog...........
Useful Links:
http://theknightshift.blogspot.com
http://www.karagoz.net/english/shadowplay.htm
http://talkingmoviezzz.blogspot.com
http://www.grandintheatre.com
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