Who Can Sleep When There's So Much to Watch?

Every now and then, when I'm scrolling through the JustWatch app thinking about what I want to watch that night, I like to reflect on how far television has come. When I was a kid, there were four channels--2, 4, 7, and 9--and I still remember how exciting it was when Fox started airing on channel 13. Sure, we could have gotten cable, but a) my father was way too cheap and b) there were only, like, four more channels on cable anyway. Watching TV was basically choosing the best of your four options, then flipping to the second-best option during commercial breaks.

Now, the choices are endless. I can spend as much time deciding what to watch as I do watching. In order to combat this indecision, my husband I made a list of all the movies we wanted to watch. Here it is, in all its glory:

I Watched Christmas Movies Part 3: Christmas Overload

We opened our presents, went ham on our ham, and settled in for … EVEN MORE CHRISTMAS MOVIES!

When my family asks me what I want for Christmas, I'm always stumped. I don't need clothes--why would I, when I can just keep wearing this same 10-year old sweatshirt that is stretched out just the way I like it? I don't need toys or collectibles--frankly, it would be a gift to me if someone could get my husband to stop buying them. I don't need books or CDs--my phone holds more entertainment than I could consume in ten lifetimes. I guess you could, like, pay for six months of Spotify for me?

On my side of the family, we've basically phased out presents except for white elephants, and the obligatory pile of gifts for my nephew. However, my husband's family does a big gift exchange. When they asked him what I wanted, he cast about for a moment and then said, "well, she likes tea." How do I know?

BEHOLD MY CHRISTMAS TEA HAUL!

I Watched Netflix Christmas Movies Part 2: Princess Switcheroo

My tree is up, my fireplace is glowing, and there’s a cat in my lap, which means … it’s time for Christmas movies!

I would normally have watched a bunch of Christmas movies by now, but life happens, and it's been happening pretty hard this month. It's a combo of changing work schedules, a total rearrangement of all our furniture, and the good problem of having too many people who want to hang out with us. Hard to complain that I haven't watched A Christmas Story yet when I'm busy hanging out with friends and family.

But I knew that there was a Christmas movie trilogy I absolutely had to watch. It was time for me to put my Christmas movie moxie up against the three-headed hydra that is ...

Vanessa Hudgens in The Princess Switch Saga.

I Watched Netflix Christmas Movies So You Don't Have To

For the past couple of years, Netflix has been crushing the Cheesy Christmas Movie genre. It's almost as if there were a huge, underserved audience of romance fans who wanted to see the stories they love on screen ... huh.

Last night, Hubs had to work, so I took the opportunity to binge three new Netflix Christmas movies. There's a huge crop this year, and I'm here to let you know what's worth watching!