Last week Elf stormed our poll, with over 50% of your votes hailing it as the ultimate comedy Christmas movie.
I don’t know about you guys, but I’m getting pretty excited for Christmas. Right now, I am wearing pants that have a little bell on the front that jingles when I walk and they say “Jingle my bells” on them. I’m unsure of the pun but I do feel very Christmassy indeed.
But come on guys; real talk. Christmas Day. You’ve consumed more than your own body weight in roast dinner, the top button on your jeans desperately fighting to keep to keep the food baby at bay. You’re entering the final phase of Christmas day: hibernation. You’re desperately trying to force your eyes open, holding in those toxic Brussels sprout farts. You don’t want to talk to your family anymore; in fact, you’re becoming dubious as to how you are even related to them, or their stupid views on politics.
You all waddle into the living room; mashing your fingers into the TV remote- can you get RSI from holding a fork? Probably, you conclude. But now everybody’s waiting.
What do you put on?
There are a couple of favourites nobody disagrees over, like shameless reruns of The Vicar of Dibley on Gold. You all know what happens. The first episode came out 21 years ago, but you still laugh when Dawn French has to get carried home in a bulldozer. It’s just not Christmas until she declares “I’M GOING IN” before diving head first into a massive chocolate fountain.
But we’re getting pretty excited for what’s in store for Christmas Day TV 2015. Here’s a run down of my family’s TV schedule:
1. Doctor Who 5.15pm, BBC1
-Time for a quick toilet break relay. Good god, where’s the air freshener?-
2. Strictly Come Dancing 6.15pm, BBC1
-Seriously, I couldn’t eat another bite. Cheese and biscuits? Oh, go on then-
3. Call the Midwife 7.30pm, BBC1
-“Is Miranda in this one?” “Kat, if you want to talk, do it in another room”-
4. Gogglesprogs (Gogglebox, but with kids!) 8pm, Channel 4
“So we’re watching people watch TV? Has society not reached a new low?” “Seriously Kat, just leave”
5. Downton Abbey 8.45pm, ITV
“Night, mum”
On behalf of Funny Women we all wish you a lovely Christmas, and we’re so excited about what we can achieve in the year to come.
