Comments on: Xmas spirit all though the year

Question: Xmas spirit all though the year

neroli — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:48:06 -0800

What are some actual examples of this Christmas-time cliche?

"If only we could keep the spirit of this day all year round..."

I know this hackneyed sentiment has been expressed in tons of Christmas-themed narratives. But when I try to think of specific examples, I come up blank.

What are some books, movies, songs, etc. where someone expresses the wish that the "spirit of Christmas" isn't just a once-a-year event?

By: pecanpies

pecanpies — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:52:09 -0800

A Christmas Carol?

One of the things said about Scrooge after his "enlightenment" is that he knew how to keep Christmas in his heart all the year. I'm paraphrashing, but the story definitely mentions keeping the spirit of Christmas year-round.

By: Jon_Evil

Jon_Evil — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:53:56 -0800

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

By: PhoBWanKenobi

PhoBWanKenobi — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:56:18 -0800

This Sunday's Luann comic contained a watered down version of the sentiment.

By: Solon and Thanks

Solon and Thanks — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:10:00 -0800

A Change at Christmas, by The Flaming Lips is exactly this. Here are the lyrics.

By: headnsouth

headnsouth — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:19:04 -0800

Nobody clichés the way Elvis clichés --- if every day could be just like Christmas, what a wonderful world this would be!

By: naoko

naoko — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:27:32 -0800

Keep Christmas with You from Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (recently on MeFi here).

By: roger ackroyd

roger ackroyd — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:10:11 -0800

Here's a hilarious take on it:

Christmas Every Day by William Dean Howells

Once there was a little girl who liked Christmas so much that she wanted it to be Christmas every day in the year, and as soon as Thanksgiving was over she began to send postcards to the old Christmas Fairy to ask if she mightn't have it. But the old Fairy never answered, and after a while the little girl found out that the Fairy wouldn't notice anything but real letters sealed outside with a monogram--or your initial, anyway...

By: bradly

bradly — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:16:01 -0800

Christmas Every Day (1996)

"The Groundhog Day of Christmas movies"

By: decagon

decagon — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:41:09 -0800

Here it is in its purest form.

By: booksandlibretti

booksandlibretti — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:53:05 -0800

98 Degrees' "If Every Day Could Be Christmas" (lyrics)

By: tallus

tallus — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:09:11 -0800

There's the 1973 UK Hit by Wizzard I wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (Youtube). Then there's This bloke .

By: jozxyqk

jozxyqk — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:50:34 -0800

The Christmas In Heaven musical number from the end of Monty Python's Meaning of Life?

It's Christmas in Heaven,
There's great films on TV,
The Sound of Music twice an hour,
and Jaws I, II, and III...

By: EmpressCallipygos

EmpressCallipygos — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:52:51 -0800

The last lyrics to "Christmastime Is Here" from the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack:

"Christmastime is here,
Families drawing near,
Oh that we could always see
Such spirit through the year..."

By: the latin mouse

the latin mouse — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:04:13 -0800

Marry Christmas Everyone by Shakin Stevens.

"How I wish that every day was Christmas
What a nice way to spend the year."

By: indiebass

indiebass — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:04:03 -0800

The end of Scrooged, for sure.

By: neroli

neroli — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:52:25 -0800

These are all great! Thanks so much. I don't want to be geeky and give every one a "best answer," but every one is a best answer.