Dad's preferred taste in movies is typically testosterone-filled, shoot-em-up, plotless "guy flick" mindlessness. If it stars Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Steven Segal, etc. it's a given he will watch it. If it is just ... plain ... weird ... he will watch it. If there was a lot of money spent on special effects, he will watch it.
The other night, I was in the bedroom listening to some tunes, and Melissa came in shaking her head "if there is a dumb program on TV, that man [Dad] will find it". It kills me, he typically doesn't watch something that requires an attention level to follow it or has wholesome programming of *any* sort.
However, every year, he watches Christmas movies. These are wholesome, plot-driven, feel-good stories. What a departure from the norm and totally out of character for him. Yet, it is a welcome change as many of them are pretty well done, and I don't mind watching them, and more importantly, it's not the same old stupid shit he usually watches.
However, a few days ago, the Hallmark channel started in on the holiday season by playing Christmas-themed movies 24/7 -- ALREADY! They do this every year, but good Lord, can't we at least get past Thanksgiving before being subjected to it? Don't get me wrong I have no problem with Christmas -- at least the premise of what it supposed to represent and did before commercialization tarnished the occasion.
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Thank the Lord for the Hallmark channel!! he can even have western & Christmas at the same time!! over 45 days of not automatically ducking and tuning out the box!
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