What's your favorite holiday TV show or movie? 
My youngest daughter, Katie, LOVES "Frosty the Snowman." Shayna, our 10-year-old, likes "The Santa Clause." Growing up, my favorite was always the clay-mation classic, "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." These days I like "A Christmas Story."
Narrator from "A Christmas Story": Over the years I got to be quite a connossieur of soap. Though my personal preference was for Lux, I found that Palmolive had a nice, piquant after-dinner flavor -- heavy, but with a touch of mellow smoothness. Life Buoy, on the other hand ... YECCHH!
What puts you and your family in the holiday mood?
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Our family loves "A Christmas Story", despite knowing it by heart. (Well, mostly Dad, but we all humor him.)
I'm fond of Jewel's song, "Faces of Love".