What are you doing right now?

[Mike16]

Originally Posted by jwblu

I wish you all a Happy Holiday Eve and hope that you are loved, well and safe

You too, jwblu! Merry Christmas everyone!

[Waboman]

Having a cup(s) of sanity before the festivities this evening.

[VictoryAtNight]

Got back from work with a few gifts from a couple of co-workers, manager & supervisor.

Currently, setting up my PS4 console and downloading the HBO update so I can watch WW84.

[Penton-Man]

without having to do it secretly in order to avoid detection, now getting ready to take my time in wrapping Christmas presents to my wife, who’s left the house to put in another shift at the hospital

[ctujackbauer]

Made magic cookie bars/seven layer cookie bars from this recipe:

https://www.livewellbakeoften.com/magic-cookie-bars/

The only problem was that I took out a piece to eat after cooling it off for 15 minutes instead of the 3 hours that I was supposed to. Letting the rest cool now.

But on the plus side I have enough ingredients for a couple more batches to try again.

[sk33tr]

watching a youtube video of an old chinese man making stuff out of wood. he uses no power tools, just hand-powered tools. and he's pretty damn good at it. he also uses a lot of natural materials that are around him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fIvi-XnUlo

it'd take me twice as long using all the power tools in my shop to create what he does with only a couple hand tools.

[VictoryAtNight]

Encore movie channel is playing Elf back-to-back-to-back until 11pm.

I might watch it again.

[Scarriere]

Merry Christmas fellow Blu-rayers!
🎅🏼

[Member-244966]

Merry Christmas! Just taking a break for making dinner.

[Mike16]

and watching Santa Girl on Netflix. Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!

[JackSkellington]

Merry Christmas, everyone!

[Member-244966]

Dinner is done. Absolutely stuffed. Some lovely gifts including some good Blu-Rays, soon we'll move on to games.

[TheWildWhelk]

Enjoying a glass of Delacourte champagne after a huge meal this afternoon. Got Hercule Poirot's Christmas lined up for this evening (it's 6.40pm as i type this Uk time.)

[civiclx]

Helping at Straw Hat today as they'll be open. I don't have any family here in the Bay Area but the owner and his family is kind of like my own now. Last night I watched The Holiday which was my first time seeing it since watching it in the theater with my mom back in 2006.
Tonight, I'll plan to watch It's A Wonderful Life for the first time ever and I'd also like to watch Valkyrie as well but not sure I'll be able to stay awake. Even though Valkyrie isn't a Christmas movie, it was released on Christmas Day in 2008.

And then I was reminded on FB of a memory from 8 years ago

[Show spoiler]Christmas.jpg

[sk33tr]

just watched WW84

[Batman1980]

Eating dinner at work, at least we close in just over 2 hours

[ctujackbauer]

I was wondering what Times Square would be like in the "new normal" and saw an ad on facebook (coincidentally I'm sure) about their virtual New Year's Eve party. It looks like they'll let in some people into Time Square to celebrate, but not anywhere near what it usually is.

I guess they're trying out a virtual New Year's Eve in response. I think the concerts may actually end up being better than watching a random top 100 pop artist perform two songs on ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rocking Eve and then leave the stage before another pop artist comes up. A lot of the virtual stuff looks lame though.

https://nye2021.com/authenticate

I ain't downloading no app but I may check it out online.

Originally Posted by civiclx

Tonight, I'll plan to watch It's A Wonderful Life for the first time ever

What did you think of It's a Wonderful Life? I was actually late on this one too even though it is ubiquitous around Christmas time. I saw it about 7'ish years ago, I think. Outright classic in my opinion.

[civiclx]

Originally Posted by ctujackbauer

I was wondering what Times Square would be like in the "new normal" and saw an ad on facebook (coincidentally I'm sure) about their virtual New Year's Eve party.

It looks like they'll let in some people to celebrate, but not anywhere near what it usually is. Some of the virtual stuff looks lame, but I think the concerts may end up being better than watching a random top 100 pop artist perform two songs on ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rocking Eve and then leave the stage before another pop artist comes up.

https://nye2021.com/authenticate

I ain't downloading no app but I may check it out online.



What did you think of It's a Wonderful Life? I was actually late on this one too even though it is ubiquitous around Christmas time. I saw it about 7'ish years ago, I think. Outright classic in my opinion.

I did like it and I thought Donna Reed was dreamy The part where she goes to the record player and removes the record and smashes it was great. I had seen that gif, I think here on the boards and I had thought it was quite funny. I didn't know which film it was from. But yes, a wonderful film and maybe it will become a tradition in the coming years.

[ctujackbauer]

Originally Posted by civiclx

I did like it and I thought Donna Reed was dreamy The part where she goes to the record player and removes the record and smashes it was great. I had seen that gif, I think here on the boards and I had thought it was quite funny. I didn't know which film it was from. But yes, a wonderful film and maybe it will become a tradition in the coming years.

I recommend the extras on itunes. I still haven't gotten through all of them because there's over an hour of extras, plus a colorized version. They go through the restoration process and how the film transfers to 4k.

[civiclx]

I was surprised to see that there were no special features but I was watching the Blu Ray disc and not the 4K disc.

I just got done watching Valkyrie and checking out the special features for the first time. I'm going to make a post on Facebook sharing as much and a bit more. I've mentioned this before so apologies for repeating myself, but during my 2015 Germany/Austria vacation, I took over 1,400 pictures There were only two places that I didn't take any pictures, out of respect. The first place was the Memorial to the German Resistance in Berlin. The memorial is on the site where Colonel Stauffenberg and three other conspirators were executed and the two-story museum occupies space that included the offices where the Valkyrie plot was carried out.