#Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree

[mice-rats-daily]

Today's mice are the Mouse Family from The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) and Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995)!

[bobauthorman]

Here's some Muppet Trivia for this Christmas

The "No Cheeses for us Meeces" mice from The Muppet Christmas Carol...

...are the same family of mice from Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree!

[ariel-seagull-wings]

MUPPET LADIES: BETH BEAR

@princesssarisa​ @softlytowardthesun​ @moonbeamelf​ @fragglesesamemuppetz2​ @amalthea9​ 

Beth is a bear who cuddled with Fozzie while hibernating in a cave in The Muppets Take Manhattan.

The puppet was recycled as one of the bears in Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree.

[toweroftickles]

Gretel & Hansel

- Narration is kinda corny at times, but uniquely unsettling. Sophia Lillis is great as usual. (Did you know the son of the guy who played Norman Bates directed this? Weird)

Rebel Moon Pt. 1

- I have no idea why people are crapping on this so much, it’s a 5/10 at worst. Not great, but I still want to watch Pt. 2. You’d think people would give Zack Snyder more credit after ZSJL.

Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree

- Old Jim Henson TV special starring Kermit, Robert Downey Jr (!!!) and Leslie Nielsen (!!!). Not as fun and weird as that sounds.

Wonka

- Actually very good & charming. But Chalamet is still miscast and the new songs aren’t great.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

- Different pre-Iron Man RDJ thing. Breaks the “show, don’t tell” rule a LOT, but it’s freakin hilarious.

wait guys. reblog this and tell me what the last movie you watched was. bonus points if you add a short review <333

[theschoolinghaus]

children's book guide for winter + the holiday season ❄

❄❄ books for winter ❄❄

snow

over and under the snow

snow birds

snowscapes

winter sleep

goodbye autumn, hello winter 

sugar and spice and everything mice

little homesteader winter treasury

so much snow

a blessing for winter's child

the biggest snowman ever

winter snow fun

mouse and mole: a winter wonderland

penguins and polar bears

the story of snow children

the big snow

hiders, seekers, finders

❄❄ books for christmas and advent ❄❄

pick a pine tree

little red sleigh

twas the season of advent

the polar express

merry christmas, george

one night in bethlehem

mary did you know?

all of creation waits

christmas is coming: traditions from around the world 

the snowflake

how winston delivered christmas

the twelve days of christmas

a christmas wish for corduroy

gingerbread mouse

mr. willowby's christmas tree

the christmas miracle of jonathan toomey

christmas is coming: an advent book

year of the perfect christmas tree

apple tree christmas

cat family christmas

arthur's christmas

the gift of the magi

cranberry christmas

richard's scarry best christmas book ever!

a peter rabbit christmas collection

how the grinch stole christmas

the first christmas night

mortimer's christmas manger

how winston came home for christmas

red and lulu

*list taken from https://www.mainlymarta.com/2023/11/holiday-winter-themed-childrens-books.html

[brookston]

Holidays 12.6

Holidays

Abolición del Ejército (Costa Rica)

Adore You Day

Armed Forces Day (Ukraine)

Christkind (Central & Southern Europe)

Constitution Day (Spain)

Dia de la Constitucion (a.k.a. Constitution Day; Spain)

Dogecoin Day

Ed Tech Appreciation Day

Encyclopedia Britannica Day

Give a Secret Gift Day

Gorse Day (French Republic)

Gramophone Day

Halifax Explosion Anniversary Day (Canada)

Ice Cube Day (Astronomy Club)

International Bad Hair Day

International Desk Day

International Memecoin Day

Miner's Day (West Virginia)

Mitten Tree Day

Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies Day (Azerbaijan)

Musical Instrument Gift Day

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)

National Microwave Oven Day

National Miner's Day

National Pawnbrokers Day

National Sunnies Day (Australia)

National Travis Day

Put On Your Own Shoes Day

Quito Day (Ecuador)

Sindhi Topi and Ajrak Day (Pakistan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Make & Bake Day

National ‘Cook For Christmas’ Day

National Gazpacho Day

Samichlaus Day

1st Wednesday in December

Special Kids Day [1st Wednesday]

Independence Days

Åland Islands (from Russia, 1917)

Bophuthatswana (from South Africa, 1977)

Finland (from Russia, 1917)

Ireland (from the UK, recognized in 1922)

Kingdom of Titan (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Abraham of Kratia (Christian; Saint)

Aemilianus (Roman Catholic Church)

Akibasan Gongen Hibuse Matsuri (Fire & Water Festival; Japan)

Crossover Doozer (Muppetism)

Day of the North Wind (Pagan)

Denise and companions (Christian; Saints)

Dionysia, Dativa, Aemilianus, Boniface, Leontia, Tertius, and Majoricus (Christian; Martyrs)

Eliot Porter (Artology)

Frédéric Bazille (Artology)

Gamera Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Insult a Religious Fanatic Day (Pastafarian)

James Bernouilli (Positivist; Saint)

János Scheffler (Christian; Blessed)

María del Monte Carmelo Sallés y Barangueras (Christian; Saint)

Nicholas of Myra (Christian; Saint) [brewers]

Peter Paschal (Christian; Saint)

Pirate Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Theophilus, Bishop of Antioch (Christian; Saint)

Thor's Day (Norse)

Turnover (The Seasons of Earnings begins; Church of the SubGenius)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [35 of 37]

Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [28 of 30]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [56 of 60]

Premieres

Adaptation (Film; 2002)

Aeronauts (Film; 2019)

As Good As It Gets (Film; 1997)

Beggar’s Banquet, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1968)

Bullseye Bullwinkle, or Destination Moose (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 3; 1959)

Cinderella (Disney Cartoon; 1922)

Day Tripper, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)

DuBarry Was A Lady (Broadway Musical; 1939)

Dumb and Dumber (Film; 1994)

Ferry Cross the Mersey (Documentary Film; 1964)

Gimme Shelter (Concert Film; 1970)

Going To A Go-Go, by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Song; 1965)

A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, recorded by Bob Dylan (Song; 1962)

Hip Hip-Hurry! (WB MM Cartoon; 1958)

The Lake District Murder, by Ernest Elmore, writing as John Bude (Novel; 1935)

Live at the BBC, by The Beatles (Compilation Album; 1994)

Mary Had a Little Lamb, recorded by Thomas Edison (Song; 1877) [1st Recording of the Human Voice]

Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree (Muppet TV Special; 1995)

19th Nervous Breakdown, recorded by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1965)

Popeye (Film; 1980)

Red Bank Boogie, recorded by The Count Basie Orchestra (Song; 1944)

Rubber Soul, by The Beatles (Album; 1965)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Animated TV Special; 1964)

Running on Empty, by Jackson Browne (Live Album; 1977)

Sixteen Stone, by Bush (Album; 1994)

Smoke on the Water, recorded by Deep Purple (Song; 1971)

Squeeze Play or Invitation to the Trance (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 4; 1959)

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Film; 1991)

Still Crazy After All These Years, by Paul Simon (Album; 1975)

The Story of an Hour, by Kate Chopin (Short Story; 1894)

The Stroll, by The Diamonds (Song; 1957)

Sympathy for the Devil, by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1968)

Tommy Tucker’s Tooth (Disney Cartoon; 1922)

Turn! Turn! Turn!, by The Byrds (Album; 1965)

We Can Work It Out, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)

Whole Lotta Love, by Led Zeppelin (Song; 1969)

Today’s Name Days

Denise, Henrike, Nikolaus (Austria)

Nikola, Nikolai, Nina (Bulgaria)

Nikica, Niko, Nikola, Nikša, Vladimir (Croatia)

Mikuláš (Czech Republic)

Nikolaus (Denmark)

Klaus, Laas, Laus, Nigul, Nigulas, Niilas, Niilo, Nikolai, Nils (Estonia)

Niila, Niilo, Niki, Niklas, Niko, Nikolai, Nikolas (Finland)

Nicolas (France)

Denise, Henrike, Nikolaus (Germany)

Nikolaos, Nikoleta, Nikos (Greece)

Miklós (Hungary)

Nicola (Italy)

Klāvs, Niklāvs, Nikolajs (Latvia)

Bilmantas, Mikalojus, Norvydė (Lithuania)

Nikolai, Nils (Norway)

Dionizja, Emilian, Jarema, Jarogniew, Mikołaj (Poland)

Nicolae (România)

Mikuláš (Slovakia)

Nicolás (Spain)

Niklas, Nikolaus (Sweden)

Nicholas (Ukraine)

Claus, Ira, Nicholas, Nichole, Nicholet, Nick, Nicklaus, Nickolas, Nico, Nicolas, Nicole, Nicolette, Nikki, Niko, Nikolas (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 340 of 2024; 25 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 49 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ruis (Elder) [Day 9 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Gui-Hai), Day 24 (Wu-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 23 Kislev 5784

Islamic: 23 Jumada I 1445

J Cal: 10 Zima; Threesday [10 of 30]

Julian: 23 November 2023

Moon: 36%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 4 Bichat (13th Month) [James Bernouilli]

Runic Half Month: Is (Stasis) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 74 of 89)

Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 15 of 30)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 12.6

Holidays

Abolición del Ejército (Costa Rica)

Adore You Day

Armed Forces Day (Ukraine)

Christkind (Central & Southern Europe)

Constitution Day (Spain)

Dia de la Constitucion (a.k.a. Constitution Day; Spain)

Dogecoin Day

Ed Tech Appreciation Day

Encyclopedia Britannica Day

Give a Secret Gift Day

Gorse Day (French Republic)

Gramophone Day

Halifax Explosion Anniversary Day (Canada)

Ice Cube Day (Astronomy Club)

International Bad Hair Day

International Desk Day

International Memecoin Day

Miner's Day (West Virginia)

Mitten Tree Day

Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies Day (Azerbaijan)

Musical Instrument Gift Day

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)

National Microwave Oven Day

National Miner's Day

National Pawnbrokers Day

National Sunnies Day (Australia)

National Travis Day

Put On Your Own Shoes Day

Quito Day (Ecuador)

Sindhi Topi and Ajrak Day (Pakistan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Make & Bake Day

National ‘Cook For Christmas’ Day

National Gazpacho Day

Samichlaus Day

1st Wednesday in December

Special Kids Day [1st Wednesday]

Independence Days

Åland Islands (from Russia, 1917)

Bophuthatswana (from South Africa, 1977)

Finland (from Russia, 1917)

Ireland (from the UK, recognized in 1922)

Kingdom of Titan (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Abraham of Kratia (Christian; Saint)

Aemilianus (Roman Catholic Church)

Akibasan Gongen Hibuse Matsuri (Fire & Water Festival; Japan)

Crossover Doozer (Muppetism)

Day of the North Wind (Pagan)

Denise and companions (Christian; Saints)

Dionysia, Dativa, Aemilianus, Boniface, Leontia, Tertius, and Majoricus (Christian; Martyrs)

Eliot Porter (Artology)

Frédéric Bazille (Artology)

Gamera Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Insult a Religious Fanatic Day (Pastafarian)

James Bernouilli (Positivist; Saint)

János Scheffler (Christian; Blessed)

María del Monte Carmelo Sallés y Barangueras (Christian; Saint)

Nicholas of Myra (Christian; Saint) [brewers]

Peter Paschal (Christian; Saint)

Pirate Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Theophilus, Bishop of Antioch (Christian; Saint)

Thor's Day (Norse)

Turnover (The Seasons of Earnings begins; Church of the SubGenius)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [35 of 37]

Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [28 of 30]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [56 of 60]

Premieres

Adaptation (Film; 2002)

Aeronauts (Film; 2019)

As Good As It Gets (Film; 1997)

Beggar’s Banquet, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1968)

Bullseye Bullwinkle, or Destination Moose (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 3; 1959)

Cinderella (Disney Cartoon; 1922)

Day Tripper, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)

DuBarry Was A Lady (Broadway Musical; 1939)

Dumb and Dumber (Film; 1994)

Ferry Cross the Mersey (Documentary Film; 1964)

Gimme Shelter (Concert Film; 1970)

Going To A Go-Go, by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Song; 1965)

A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, recorded by Bob Dylan (Song; 1962)

Hip Hip-Hurry! (WB MM Cartoon; 1958)

The Lake District Murder, by Ernest Elmore, writing as John Bude (Novel; 1935)

Live at the BBC, by The Beatles (Compilation Album; 1994)

Mary Had a Little Lamb, recorded by Thomas Edison (Song; 1877) [1st Recording of the Human Voice]

Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree (Muppet TV Special; 1995)

19th Nervous Breakdown, recorded by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1965)

Popeye (Film; 1980)

Red Bank Boogie, recorded by The Count Basie Orchestra (Song; 1944)

Rubber Soul, by The Beatles (Album; 1965)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Animated TV Special; 1964)

Running on Empty, by Jackson Browne (Live Album; 1977)

Sixteen Stone, by Bush (Album; 1994)

Smoke on the Water, recorded by Deep Purple (Song; 1971)

Squeeze Play or Invitation to the Trance (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 4; 1959)

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Film; 1991)

Still Crazy After All These Years, by Paul Simon (Album; 1975)

The Story of an Hour, by Kate Chopin (Short Story; 1894)

The Stroll, by The Diamonds (Song; 1957)

Sympathy for the Devil, by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1968)

Tommy Tucker’s Tooth (Disney Cartoon; 1922)

Turn! Turn! Turn!, by The Byrds (Album; 1965)

We Can Work It Out, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)

Whole Lotta Love, by Led Zeppelin (Song; 1969)

Today’s Name Days

Denise, Henrike, Nikolaus (Austria)

Nikola, Nikolai, Nina (Bulgaria)

Nikica, Niko, Nikola, Nikša, Vladimir (Croatia)

Mikuláš (Czech Republic)

Nikolaus (Denmark)

Klaus, Laas, Laus, Nigul, Nigulas, Niilas, Niilo, Nikolai, Nils (Estonia)

Niila, Niilo, Niki, Niklas, Niko, Nikolai, Nikolas (Finland)

Nicolas (France)

Denise, Henrike, Nikolaus (Germany)

Nikolaos, Nikoleta, Nikos (Greece)

Miklós (Hungary)

Nicola (Italy)

Klāvs, Niklāvs, Nikolajs (Latvia)

Bilmantas, Mikalojus, Norvydė (Lithuania)

Nikolai, Nils (Norway)

Dionizja, Emilian, Jarema, Jarogniew, Mikołaj (Poland)

Nicolae (România)

Mikuláš (Slovakia)

Nicolás (Spain)

Niklas, Nikolaus (Sweden)

Nicholas (Ukraine)

Claus, Ira, Nicholas, Nichole, Nicholet, Nick, Nicklaus, Nickolas, Nico, Nicolas, Nicole, Nicolette, Nikki, Niko, Nikolas (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 340 of 2024; 25 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 49 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ruis (Elder) [Day 9 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Gui-Hai), Day 24 (Wu-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 23 Kislev 5784

Islamic: 23 Jumada I 1445

J Cal: 10 Zima; Threesday [10 of 30]

Julian: 23 November 2023

Moon: 36%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 4 Bichat (13th Month) [James Bernouilli]

Runic Half Month: Is (Stasis) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 74 of 89)

Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 15 of 30)

[quatresnuku]

Mr willowby's Christmas tree is one of my favorite Christmas movies and I watch it every year whenever we put up the tree

[itsagentromanoff]

Merry Christmas! 🎅🎄⛄❄🎁

[tony-stark-ing]

Tony Stark and Jarvis- Christmas 1991

I watched this Christmas thing with RDJ and couldn't help myself

[nevertoooldtolovemuppets]

[sobeautifullyobsessed]

One of my family’s perennial Christmas favorites; I taped it’s initial airing in 1995 for my toddler girl & newborn boy, and we’ve watched it every year since. But I missed the first 4 1/2 minutes, and I don’t recall it airing the next year...so I’ve waited 22 years to finally see the beginning! 🎄💖🎄 

[bobauthorman]

Jim Henson Co. Xmas Trinity

Christmas is but hours away, so here are three Jim Henson Company Christmas Specials to consider;

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977): A son and mother enter a talent show to give each other a Merry Christmas.

The Christmas Toy (1986): A toy tiger thinks Christmas is about him, and puts his life endanger trying to get under the tree.

Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995): The Perfect Christmas Tree is spread around more and more people- with a family of mice taken along for the ride.

[wellesleybooks]

Our Favorite Christmas Stories

These are some of our favorite Christmas stories! Stop by and we will tell you why.  What is your favorite?

Books loved by (clockwise) : Rachael, Lorna, Lauren and Melinda.

[sonnysideofthestreetxarchive]

“... Have you heard about the tree-shortage this year? Boy, it’s times like these I really regret being a stickler over freshness! But I just can’t picture Christmas without a tree... Pine is in my DNA or something, I swear...”

[conventionalwisdomcomic]

Forget about Iron Man, clearly THIS is Robert Downey Jr.’s greatest performance