Post Break: Laughing through a timeless holiday theme

“The Santa Clause” is one of my favorite holiday movies. Every year, as we decorate the tree, my family and I watch it when it comes on our directv specials.

Tim Allen as Santa is truly funny. His comedic delivery is always spot on, and the tale that is told in this family frolic is heartwarming as well.

Our family makes a tradition of watch “The Santa Clause” as we all sit by our fireplace after decorating the Christmas tree. We serve up hot chocolate, and munch on popcorn while giggling our way through the movie.

Aside from the laughs, “The Santa Clause” has a wonderful story line. The suffering the lead character, Scott, must endure as he finds out he has become Santa makes for a complex character despite the move being a comedy. The acceptance of becoming Santa strikes a chord with me and my family as we experience that we are all asked to undertake tasks we may not want, but in the end it is best for everyone.

A funny journey featuring Chris Kringle in a whole new treatment, make “The Santa Clause” one of mine and my family's favorite holiday movies

Contribution by Saul Martin

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The ultimate Barbie gift

Ever since we had our daughter, I've learned all kinds of things about little girls that I didn't know. Most of them actually have to do with fixing their hair and Barbies. But the one that I'm better at is buying Barbies. I've kind of become a mini Barbie expert because they're our daughter's toy of choice. Fixing her hair is still something that I'm working on. A lot of times in the mornings before we drop her off at school my wife barely has time to fix her own hair, so I'm forced to fix our daughter's hair.

I thought that maybe I would get something that has to do with that and decided that for Christmas I would get one of those Barbie heads where you can style her hair. While I was looking online to find one of those to order I came across some Clear 4G Internet pricing info that I thought looked pretty good. So I think that I'm going to switch over our internet access to it.

That also reminded me that I needed to go ahead and order her a Holiday Barbie. It's become kind of a tradition for us to buy her one each year because that's the ultimate Barbie gift.

Guest post written by John Cook

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Post Break: The Big 12 Championship

You can claim that this was an off year in the BIG 12 conference since they won't put a team in the BCS National Championship game like they usually do. Blah, blah, blah. Still, you can't complain about the fact that you get to watch two top 15 teams like Nebraska and Oklahoma square off on College Football Conference Championships weekend to see who will go to the Fiesta Bowl. Two dynamite teams that were a couple of losses away from a chance at the championship? There is no way I'm not checking this out on my direct.tv.

What is so intriguing about this match up is the fact that there really is no favorite. National sportswriters seem to be giving a slight edge to Nebraska, but it's not like they should be the outright favorite against a team like Oklahoma? Sure, Nebraska has had a "sexier" year with the school coming back to relevance, but Oklahoma is actually ranked ahead of Nebraska! This is going to be one of those run and gun type games where (clique alert!!!) the last team with the ball will probably win the game. Me: I'll be rooting for Nebraska, but only because it's good to see them be back on top. With that said, i would not be surprised to see Oklahoma playing in Glendale.

I appreciate the guest post, Lindsay Valdez

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