Christmas Review: Holiday Movies

It's past the reading/viewing period for the 2012 Christmas Challenge, but I still wanted to share with you the results. I enjoyed more screen time over novel time last year. I hope next Christmas season will bring more holiday reads vs. scenes. Happy Christmas Past!

Live Action Movies:
The Santa Clause
The Santa Clause 2
The Santa Clause 3
Love Actually
Elf
Meet Me in St. Louis
A Muppet Christmas: Letters to Santa
Holiday Inn
White Christmas
While You Were Sleeping
 Muppet Christmas

Animated Movies:
Jetson's Christmas Carol

Charlie Brown Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
The Small One
Pluto's Christmas Tree
Mickey's Christmas Carol

Rankin/Bass Animagic Movies:
Little Drummer Boy Book 1
Little Drummer Boy Book 2
Pinocchio's Christmas

Rudolph's Shiny New Year
The Year without a Santa Clause
Jack Frost
Life and Adventures of Santa
Leprechaun's Christmas Gold
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Santa Clause is Coming to Town

Review: Total Devotion

Total Devotion: 365 Days to Hang Tight with Jesus by Kevin Johnson


Total Devotion is geared toward young adults and their faith struggles and growth. I may not be in high school, but the passages chosen and the lessons shared are applicable to Christians whatever their age. The book was originally published in 2004, so there are a couple technical advances, but some life lessons never change throughout history. Replace the VCR with a DVD or Blu-ray player as you read and focus on connecting the passage to your daily life.

Daily devotions include a title, opening paragraph describing a situation, passage, and closing remarks that include Bible references to link the situation(s) to the text read. The year is broken down into several topics including faith basics, obedience, prayer, trust, popularity, family, guy-girl stuff, stamina and more for a total of 26 different themes.

Reviewed from a personal copy.