Normally bedtime is at 8 for the girls because by then Breanna is usually getting run down and Hayley wakes up early but never naps so it’s a good time.
Tonight Hayley got to stay up late though. Tonight CBS ran the original Rudolph the Reindeer special, followed by Frost the Snowman. I remember every year as a kid I looked forward to those, especially Rudolph. I was always just a little afraid of the “abominable” even though I knew he was good in the end; all those teeth and the creepy way his fur blew in the wind… But when the end would come I was always so happy to see that everyone was singing Christmas songs together and decorating the tree, with the abominable putting the star on top.
Hayley said she really liked Rudolph, and although she said Frosty was good too, I think she only thought it was okay because she got a little bored; I guess she prefers the reindeer to the snowman, just like me.
Right now she’s watching some other special called Frosty Returns, a special I never saw before but even though you could never get her to admit to it, she’s running out of steam. She’s lying on the couch, looking pretty tired, and when it’s over in five minutes I’ll get her (protesting, I’m sure) into the bathroom to brush her teeth and then shoo her into bed.
It’s nice, though, to see traditions you enjoyed being passed on to your kids.
That’s too funny – I made sure I was ready to watch those shows tonight too! I don’t think I have ever missed a year of watching them. Some things still are the same after all these years!
Even old goats like me still watch those shows. Amazing that I still found parts of Rudolph and Frosty that I hadn’t seen before. … and Frosty Returns? I didn’t remember ever seeing that one before even though I liked it and the folks doing the voices.
beautiful tree! we just got a 4 1/2 foot real tree in a pot. Much excitement!
I was so disappointed to hear we had missed Rudolph (2/3 of my kids were gone last night) that I forgot we have the DVD. oops.
We watched them at our house, too. I’d never before realized how sexist-sounding the Rudolph special was—Rudolph’s dad telling his mother to stay at home rather than helping him search, something about how it was a man’s job, and then later when they’re out in the snow Rudolph’s dad says something about needing to get the women home, as if they were hothouse flowers. Snort.