New Christmas Story?

What? Why?
‘A Christmas Story’ Sequel in Pre-production

And an update, if you want to be in Christmas Story Too, answer the casting call

Valentines Day Christmas Lights

I am not one to put up lights for Valentines Day, I stick to my Christmas Lights and that is more than enough. Do you put of Valentine's Day Lights? Where do you get them?

Department 56 Ralphie Visits Santa

Ralphie Visits Santa

Been remiss in blogging about my Christmas haul in regards to a Christmas Story houses and accessories from Department 56. 2011 Was the year or to fill out the neighborhood. This included Department 56 Ralphie Visits Santa which is a must have with the Higbee's Department Store. With all of the pub that bad pictures with Santa gets and the always-hysterical visit Ralphie and Randy have with Santa, the visit to Santa accessory was perfect. More to come on other items I received.

Automated Christmas Light Secrets

GREAT article on how to create your own automated Christmas light show (whether with Mr. Christmas or not)...sums it up perfectly. 20 Secrets Behind Unbelievable Christmas Lights Displays.

They might be in your neighborhood, or in the town next door: Grand, elaborate Christmas displays that light up the block for the holiday season, sometimes drawing thousands of onlookers. Some of this year's most ornate displays include Fred Loya's home in El Paso, Texas, the "Dyker Lights" display in New York, Mike Cole's home in Cour D'Alene, Idaho and displays by neighbors Jeff Norford and Bobby Morris in Charlottesville, Va. 

Angry Birds Christmas Lights = Awesome

Let the American Sale sales begin

In classic American Sale style, they are "drastically" reducing prices on blowmolds, outdoor Christmas decorations, and Christmas lights. Good sign they are starting early, but I normally wait until after Christmas to get great deals on LED Lights. If you have been to American Sale, let me know what sales you found of interest.

Great Automated Christmas Light Video

Lunacy in Lights has a great display. Enjoy

Review of A Christmas Story

A Christmas Story the Musical (@AChristmasStory) has started it's holiday run in Chicago and opened to great reviews. Just a snippet from the Chicago Tribune:

It's true that "A Christmas Story, The Musical" tracks the famous 1983 movie closely — if it did not, most of the audience would demand refunds — and was clearly determined to honor the movie's numerous quirks and not merely drown everything in seasonal sentiment. But if you just want to relive those amusing scenes of frozen tongues et al., then TBS has an "A Christmas Story" marathon coming up in a week. The producers of this musical clearly understood they had to offer a deeper emotional experience, more of a celebration of an ordinary family filled with eccentrics, struggling for money but lucky in love

Add FM Transmitter to Your Mr. Christmas Lights and Sounds of Christmas

If you are looking to be less of an annoyance to the neighbors by saving them from the music of the Lights and Sounds of Christmas, it may be a good idea to add an FM Transmitter to your Mr. Christmas. This may seem like a daunting task, but it is fairly simple and does not require an electrician apprenticeship.

The Lights and Sounds of Christmas has a simple speaker setup where the speaker is connected via white and orange wires. Find the speaker (can't miss it) and find the wires. Those wires are soldered to the board. To add a connection for an FM transmitter, buy an RCA plug, strip the end of the wires and solder them to the same connection as the white and orange wires. Run the RCA plug out of your Mr. Christmas, attach an RCA phono plug coupler, then simply plug your FM transmitter stereo jack into the coupler and you are good to go!

If you have added an FM transmitter to your Lights and Sounds of Christmas, please comment below and tell me how you did it.