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For the last week of the year, we’re reflecting on our favorite things this year. Today: movies.

Bananas: Jumanji: The Next Level

Lamb: Charlie’s Angels

Mr. Prickles: Clue, but that’s my favorite movie every year that I watch it, and I watch it every year.

Honey: I am a mother, and watching a film means sitting down, which means I fall asleep. Thus, I only watched a few new movies this year–The Lovers with Tracy Letts and Deborah Winger and Mary, Queen of Scots because I was on an airplane and Aladdin because it was a child’s birthday choice. None of them really deserve a mention here, so I’ll go with an old favorite: The Muppet Christmas Carol, which is not the best Muppet movie (that is Muppets from Space) but is the best version of A Christmas Carol.

It’s Christmas Eve! To honor the last day of Advent, we’re loving each other by asking each other a question about something we know is important to the other person, then listening carefully to the answer, without interruption or correction.

This Advent, we’re committed to doing acts of kindness each day. Today’s suggestion comes from Bananas:

“When you say your prayers, tell God that you’re thankful for your family.”

This Advent, we’re committed to doing acts of kindness each day. Today’s suggestion comes from Honey:

“With their permission, give everyone in your family the hug they want and that you want to give them. Maybe it will be a shoulder-to-shoulder squeeze. Maybe it will be a bear hug. Maybe it will be a long, heart-to-heart embrace. Whatever the two of you choose, let them know you love them.”

Madame Vigée-Lebrun et sa fille, by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1789

This Advent, we’re committed to doing acts of kindness each day. Today’s suggestion comes from Bananas:

“Go outside together.”

This Advent, we’re committed to doing acts of kindness each day. Today’s suggestion comes from Honey:

“Take a treat to a teacher. Some ideas: candy, a gift card for a cup of coffee, a piece of fruit, or a tube of new lip balm.”

This Advent, we’re committed to doing acts of kindness each day. Today’s suggestion comes from Bananas:

“Let someone else go first.”

Water Bottle by Jonathan Gladding

This Advent, we’re committed to doing acts of kindness each day. Today’s suggestion comes from Honey:

“When you go for a walk today, take a small bag to pick up litter.”

Above, a sculpture made from litter found at the Great Lakes.  Will you find something magical or inspiring when you pick up trash? Probably not, but you’ll make your neighborhood nicer.

This Advent, we’re committed to doing acts of kindness each day. Today’s suggestion comes from Bananas:

“Snuggle!”

This Advent, we’re committed to doing acts of kindness each day. Today’s suggestion comes from Mr. Prickles:

“Spend time together around a fire. If you don’t have a fireplace or a woodstove, have a candlelight dinner.”