Deck the halls

Last weekend ended up being quite Christmas-y. On Saturday I went on an iTunes Christmas music binge, and bought three albums: Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas (Ella Fitzgerald), A Charlie Brown Christmas (Vince Guaraldi Trio), and Let It Snow! (Michael Bublé). I was tempted to get Diana Krall’s new album too. We both love that swingin’ holiday sound; Thom’s got a huge collection of songs gathered into a playlist called “Retro-mas.” And that night we watched one of my favorite movies for this time of year, White Christmas.

On Sunday we decorated our tree, which Thom got from Jackson & Perkins. It now complements our two ornament trees on the table behind the sofa.

Random thing: Les Misérables is currently playing in D.C., and there are ads for it (with that big “One Day More” pose) in some Metro stations; last night I looked closer at it and thought the Marius looked like someone I went to high school with, who was a year or two behind me. I looked up the Les Mis touring cast online and, wouldn’t you know, it is him. We were in a couple of musicals together in high school, and my senior year, we alternated in one of the lead roles. I am both extremely happy and insanely jealous. Heh.