Favorite Christmas episodes of TV shows! Go!
The Simpsons — When Bart gets caught shoplifting. A sweet, funny episode.
Roseanne — When David’s mom yells at him, and Darlene realizes that David’s life is crappy. It’s sad, but good.
Frasier — The one where Fraiser needs to buy the “Outlaw Laser Robo Geek” for his son, but can’t find one in the store. I love the name of that toy. Based on name alone, I want one too! Even if it’s just the name for a tray of celery, I want one.
The Office — Any Christmas episode of the US version s good. And the UK version’s Christmas special is brilliant, if surprisingly upbeat and hopeful.
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia — Charlie and Mac realize harsh truths about their childhood Christmas memories.
What are you favorites? Tell me by writing them in the non-existent comment section below.
What lives behind the 15th door of this calendar…?
It’s a Telescope, a Megaphone, and a Ladle!
Ok!
Let’s remember that Playmobil calendars are less expensive than Lego calendars. Let’s also remember that 2016 has been a weird, bad year. With those two things in mind, let’s examine these wonderful oddities!
The telescope is nice and perfectly pirate-y. A pirate without a telescope is like a werewolf without a jetpack or a 9th place finisher on Dancing with the Stars without a sense of regret regarding career choices.
Pirates need telescopes. It’s how they navigate and look for treasure and spot mermaids. A+ for this telescope. Let’s move on to…
The Megaphone.
I don’t know about this. I don’t know why pirates need megaphones. I guess it’s for crying out, “Avast!” or “Hello, Mermaid! I respect you and your cultural nudity!”
I’ve never seen a pirate use a megaphone. Jonas Cannoncube used it to stop Kayla and Hezzy from fighting.
HEZZY: Why won’t you let me see your phone?
KAYLA: Why do you want to see my phone?
HEZZY: I just want to see it.
KAYLA: Tell me what you want to see and I can show you.
HEZZY: Can I just see it or a minute.
KAYLA: You can see it, but I’m not letting you hold it.
HEZZY: I just want to see it.
KAYLA: You think I’m texting Trevor? He texted me! I never texted him! I can’t stop him from texting me! I’m not the FBI of telephones, Hezzy!
HEZZY: Why did you make out with Barry at Six Flags!?!
KAYLA: That was two years ago! You and I weren’t even dating!
HEZZY: YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WE’D GET BACK TOGETHER!
KAYLA: You still owe me $440 for the tow truck!
HEZZY: And I told you, when my band gets paid for last night’s party, I can give you $17 towards it! Relax!
KAYLA: Why did your friend Jared laugh when I said we were dating?
HEZZY: Why won’t you give me your phone?!
JONAS: Shut up! You two are wrong for each other! Avast!
So that’s the megaphone. Which leads us to the greatest item of the day: The Ladle!
If you told me I would be gifted a ladle in mid-December, I would call you a liar and then offer you a candy cane because even liars get candy canes. It’s Christmas!
This ladle is stupid and I love it. This could be the Lego Sausage of Playmobil. And that sentence has never been written before in all of human history. (I just checked.)
It’s a ladle. It’s golden-bronze in color. It’s a bronze ladle! This isn’t a utensil — it’s a trophy!
The Bronze Ladle!
It can scoop soup, holiday punch…anything!
Now when people at Christmas parties ask me how many toy ladles I own, I won’t have to lie!
I imagine when children open this calendar and see the toy ladle, fights break out over who can play with it first.
This ladle is why I open toy calendars every year. You know me. You know I like dumb things. This is among the dumbest.
Avast, indeed!
Day 15 Rating: 4.9 out of 5 (Points added for the ladle, which I enjoy.)
See you tomorrow!
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