I planned out our whole day. First, we’ll make snow angels for a two hours, then we’ll go ice skating, then we’ll eat a whole roll of Toll House cookie dough as fast as we can, and then we’ll snuggle.
Elf
Bonne Année
(bon a-nay )
French
Struffoli - These bite-sized pastry poppers are fried up and sweetened with honey, sugar, and nonpareil sprinkles
Italy
He was made of snow, but the children know
How he came to life one day
Frosty the Snowman
Merry Christmas you filthy animal
Home Alone 2
Feliz Ano Novo
(feh-liz an-oh noh-voh )
Portugese
Buñuelos - typically consist of a simple, wheat-based yeast dough – often flavored with anise – fried, and finished off with a sweet topping. Buñuelos may be filled with a variety of sweet or savory fillings.
Mexico
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring ting tingling too
Come on it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you
Outside the snow is falling and friends are calling, "Yoo hoo!"
Come on it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you
Sleigh Ride
Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see.
Polar Express
Frohes Neues Jahr
(frohes neuyis yar)
German
Melomakarona - these egg-shaped beauties boast an irresistable blend of orange, honey, and cinnamon that leaves everybody wanting more
Greece
You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
4:00, wallow in self-pity. 4:30, stare into the abyss. 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one. 5:30, jazzercize; 6:30, dinner with me. I can’t cancel that again. 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing. I’m booked. Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9, I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling and slip slowly into madness.
The Grinch
Gëzuar Vitin e Ri
(gu-zoo-ar vi-tin e ri )
Albanian
Makowiec/Beigli - While some people keep with the traditional poppy seed filling, others use walnuts and/or raisins for a little extra flavor.
Poland & Hungary
Said Santa to a boy child, "What have you been longin' for?"
"All I want for Christmas is a rock 'n' roll 'lectric guitar"
And then away went Rudolph whizzin' like a shootin' star
Run Rudolph Run
I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all really. Maybe it just needs a little love.
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
(ghu-lukkikgh-neew-yaarr)
Dutch
Joulutorttu - Ricotta pastry filled with sweet prune jam
Finland
You're a vile one
You got termites in your smile
You have all the tender sweetness
Of a seasick crocodile
You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch