Keeping It Short But Sweet
'Tis The Season = Celebrate + Remember
Twas just days before Christmas,
And all through the house…
Lots of creatures were stirring…
Maybe even a mouse?!
It’s hard to believe it’s almost Christmas. It’s also hard to believe how much there is to celebrate, observe, and remember today, “on this day,” a week before the big holiday.
December 18th is a pop culture goldmine, filled with birthdays and milestones across the spectrums of Creativity, History, and Masculinity.
Actors like Brad Pitt, whose charisma has defined decades of film. Artists like Paul Klee, whose colorful works continue to inspire generations. Filmmakers like Steven Spielberg, a storyteller who’s shaped the way we dream on screen. And countless other people and moments that deserve a moment of reflection as we soak up the season’s spirit.
But with so much to do—last-minute gifts, holiday prep, and trying to keep up with everything—I’m keeping this post short but sweet.
In the spirit of celebration, I posted a new montage early this morning I hope you enjoy.
McKay have been active on Instagram for years, sharing feel-good photos from their 14+ years of living, loving, and working together. Inspired, I reached out to ask if I could create a video using some of their moments. Thankfully, the gents graciously said yes!Let’s take a moment to raise a glass (or a hot chocolate) to the incredible people and moments that make “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” worth celebrating.
“Joy To The World” and “Peace On Earth” to you and yours!
Clint
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ON THIS DAY = DECEMBER 18
BIRTHDAYS
1626 = Christina, Queen of Sweden = Swedish monarch 🌈
1879 = Paul Klee = Swiss-German painter and educator
1886 = Ty Cobb = American baseball player and manager
1888 = Robert Moses = American urban planner
1890 = Edwin Howard Armstrong = American engineer and FM radio inventor
1904 = George Stevens = American filmmaker
1916 = Betty Grable = American actor, singer, and dancer
1917 = Ossie Davis = American actor and activist
1943 = Alan Rudolph = American filmmaker
1943 = Keith Richards = English musician
1946 = Steven Spielberg = American filmmaker and DreamWorks co-founder
1954 = Ray Liotta = American actor
1961 = Angie Stone = American singer = songwriter = and actor
1961 = Brian Orser = Canadian figure skater and coach 🌈
1963 = Brad Pitt = American actor and producer
1964 = Stone Cold Steve Austin = American wrestler and producer
1968 = Rachel Griffiths = Australian actor
1968 = Casper Van Dien = American actor and producer
1970 = Jonathan Yeo = English painter
1975 = Sia = Australian singer-songwriter
1978 = Josh Dallas = American actor
1978 = Katie Holmes = American actor
1980 = Christina Aguilera = American singer-songwriter
2001 = Billie Eilish = American singer-songwriter 🌈
HOLIDAYS + OBSERVANCES
EVENTS
1777 = The U.S. celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.
1892 = The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky premieres at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg.
1917 = The resolution containing the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the U.S. Congress.
1944 = The Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Korematsu v. United States supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 which cleared the way for the incarceration of nearly all 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens, born and raised in the United States.
1958 = Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.
1980 = The New York State Court of Appeals abolishes the state’s sodomy laws.
1984 = The Times of Harvey Milk wins the New York Critics’ Award for Best Documentary of the Year. (Where to watch?)
1985 = The Color Purple—the film adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Whoopi Goldberg—is released in theaters.
2018 = A meteor exploded over the Bering Sea with a force over 10 times greater than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945.
2019 = The U.S. House of Representatives impeaches Donald Trump. For the first of two times.
PHOTO + QUOTES OF THE DAY
“All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.”
Steven Spielberg
“There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility.”
Steven Spielberg
“You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know.”
Steven Spielberg
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Clint, tis the season I'm hunkering down in my Ivory Tower ready to raise up the drawbridge. Just a few more essentials to buy from the price by date reductions in food stores to stuff in my freezer 😎 However the merry go round will start on 27 December when the food stores reopen and bargains to be had on fresh foodstuffs that were not sold before their sell off date. Do you🇺🇸 do that too? hunt the date sell items, usually referred to as 'Yellow Label' shopping here, usually because the reduction stickers are Yellow 😁 The post Christmas store 'Sales' usually start on 27 December too and guess what by end of January Easter goods (Chocolate Easter Eggs) will be on the sales shelves 🥺 Two nations with a common language but not common ways I always think. Cheers DougT 🇫🇴