Christmas Movies

Do you like the Christmas movie Elf? It’s one of the best. Bob Newhart. Ed Asner. James Caan. Mary Steenburgen. Will Ferrell. That girl with the funny name, from New Girl. Other Christmas movies that I like: The Polar Express. The Santa Clause movies. John Grisham wrote the short story “Christmas With the Kranks” which was made into a pretty good movie. Trading Places is kinda a Christmas movie. These off the top of my head. I’ve never seen It’s a Wonderful Life.

Other classic Christmas movies: Home Alone, A Christmas Carol, The Family Stone, While You Were Sleeping, Miracle on 34th Street, Scrooged, White Christmas, A Christmas Story.

They’re decorating our office at work for the “holidays’, with a “holiday tree”, presents, etc. There’s been a wicker reindeer that’s been part of the lobby decorations for years and years. About ten years ago I started moving the reindeer around the lobby to see if anyone noticed. Well the ladies in  purchasing sure did – they were MAD! They were trying to get security camera footage to see who was messing with their decorations. Those ladies have long since retired, so every year I move the reindeer around the lobby. This year I will really have to go big on moving the reindeer around, perhaps upstairs to the breakroom and to other departments.

When Santa arrived at the end of last Thursday’s Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade, Ceil noticed that Mrs. Claus appeared to be Asian. Was hard to detect Santa’s ethnicity. Then I saw the new Lexus Christmas advertisement, featuring the same Mrs. Claus as last year – though she appeared to have colored her hair from all white to black. Could’ve been Asian, not sure.

The Chick-fil-A milkshake: always a good choice. What flavor? I got me a peppermint milkshake from CFA last week.

The father/son golf tournament is coming up in a few weeks, the PNC. Dec 18-21. Trevino. Gary Player. Cink. John Daly. Singh. Annika. Nellie Korda. Did Justin Thomas recently have surgery? No Tiger this year. I completely missed the MLB golf tournament. Smoltz and Michael Harris came in third. Two guys from the Twins won it. The Capital One MLB Open.

A coworker ran the Atlanta Half Marathon last Thursday. I told her that she didn’t do it right – she forgot to talk about it every day for the two months leading up to the race.

Don’t be one of these people…

1. Have the constant need to be right. People who can’t consider other perspectives or admit that they might be wrong. Reveals low self awareness.  They reject feedback and stay stuck, instead of growing as a person.

2. Blame others instead of owning their own actions. They shift responsibility to anyone but themselves, which keeps them from growing.  

3. They talk more than listen. They dominate conversations and ignore what other people have to say. They care more about their own voice than learning anything new.    

4. Refuse to learn. Avoids challenges and dismisses advice. A closed mind keeps them stagnant. Smarter people remain curious and adaptable.  

5. Be overconfident without having substance. They act like experts without real knowledge or experience, often speaking impulsively, revealing and exposing their lack of depth. People can see right through this – they are not fooling anyone.   

6. Judge others too quickly. Snap assumptions and stereotypes show a lack of empathy, and almost always leads to unfair conclusions and strained relationships.