Please take this post with all seriousness and also uh Gingerbread cookie with Milk. Here are a Jewish kid’s 12 Days (or things) of Christmas by Me that Jewish fella. Enjoy.
On the first day of Christmas, my true love (George Clooney) gave to me
My favorite film of the year:
On the second day of Christmas, my true love (Robert Eggers and David Fincher) gave to me
My most anticipated films of 2022:
THE KILLER.
On the third day of Christmas, my true love (Evil Executives) gave to me
The most shocking cancellations of 2021:
Cowboy Bebop (Netflix 1st season)
AP Bio (NBC/Peacock 4th season)
Y: The Last Man (FX 1st season)
WTF SANTA!
On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love (My car and American Airlines) gave to me
4 quality road trips:
Tallgrass Film Festival in Wichita, KS
Bentonville Film Festival in Arkansas
Pittsburgh
Orlando.
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love (Marvel Studios) gave to me
5 magical moments:
Loki
WandaVision
Hawkeye
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider Man: No Way Home.
On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love (Spotify) gave to me
This playlist:
Matt Beringer’s ONE MORE SECOND
TV On the Radio’s WOLF LIKE ME
Ezra Furman’s LOVE YOU SO BAD
Father John Misty’s cover of EVERYTHING IS FREE
Sir Sly’s MATERIAL BOY
St. Vincent’s DOWN.
On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love (UFC) gave to me
The best fighters of the year:
Derrick “The Black Beast” Lewis (2-1)
Rose “Thug” Namajunas (2-0)
Brandon “The Assassin Baby” Moreno (1-0)
Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko (2-0)
Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Pena (2-0)
Max “Blessed” Holloway (2-0)
Charles “Do Bronx” Oliveira (2-0)
Kamaru “The Nigerian Nightmare” Usman (3-0).
On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love (Podcast Heaven) gave to me
My favorite Podcasts Picks of 2021:
Band of Brothers hosted by Roger Bennett
Foundation: Official Podcast
Small Town Dicks season 9
The Office Deep Dive with Brian Baumgartner
Life Is Short with Justin Long
The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani
Westward
Stephen King’s Strawberry Spring.
On the nineth day of Christmas, my true love (these folks) gave to me
My favorite performances of 2021:
RJ Cyler in The Harder They Fall
The Cast of MASS – Ann Dowd, Reed Birney, Jason Isaacs, and Martha Plimpton
Mimi Keene as Ruby in SEX EDUCATION
Alan Tudyk in Resident Alien (and like a million animated voiceovers)
Jason Genao in On My Block
Dev Patel in The Green Knight
Nicholas Cage in PIG
Evan Peters in Mare of Easttown
Jean Smart in Mare of Easttown and Hacks.
On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love (RIP) gave to me
These notable deaths in 2021:
Hank Aaron
Michael K. Williams
Ed Asner
Jessica Walter
Dean Stockwell
Norm MacDonald
Stephen Sondheim
Richard Donner
Cicely Tyson
Anne Rice
On The eleventh day of Christmas, my true love (TV) gave to me
My favorite “TV” shows of 2021:
Ted Lasso (season 2)
Foundation
Invasion
Mare of Easttown
The Wheel of Time
The Wonder Years
Arcane
The Shrink Next Door
Acapulco
Reservation Dogs
Sex Education (season 3)
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love (Interviews) gave to me
My favorite interviews of 2021:
Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King
