Holiday Movie Quotes: 12--the final one!

We made it, Gators!

Here's your last chance to win chocolate this year:

12. Faith is believing when common sense tells you not to. Don't you see? It's not just Kris that's on trial, it's everything he stands for. It's kindness and joy and love and all the other intangibles.

Possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Good Luck and Merry Christmas! Share your answer by commenting to this post, using your first name and last initial. I'll post answers to this post and the previous post later today.

Holiday Movie Quotes: 11

Only 2 more days, Gators!

Which means only two more chances to win chocolate from this contest! Here's today's quote:

11. It's Christmas Eve. It's-it's the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we-we-we smile a little easier, we-w-w-we-we-we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year we are the people that we always hoped we would be.

Possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Share your answer by commenting to this post using your first name and last initial. Later, check back in the comments for the correct answer and to see if you've won chocolate!

Good Luck!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 10

Happy Wednesday--3 days 'til break!

Here's a new quote for you to solve:


10. Charlie, stay away from those things. They're reindeer, you don't know where they've been. They all look like they've got key lime disease.

Possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Share your answer by commenting to this post, using your first name and last initial. Then, watch the comments for the correct answer and where to claim your chocolate if you are the first to answer correctly! Good luck!

New Books for Christmas!

Hey Gators!

We just got in a shipment of new books, just in time to check out over Winter Break! Here's a Photo Peach slideshow of some of them:
New Books for Christmas! on PhotoPeach

Holiday Movie Quotes: 9

Ho Ho Ho, Gators!

There's still chocolate to be won for the last two quotes and today's! Get your Jingle Bells on and give it a try!

9. If I live to be 100, I'll never forget that big snow storm a couple of years ago. The weather closed in and, well you might not believe it, but the world almost missed Christmas. Oh, excuse me, call me Sam. What's the matter? Haven't you ever seen a talking snowman before?

Possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Share your answer by commenting to this post, using your first name and last initial, then watch for new comments--one of them will give the correct answer and explain how to claim your chocolate!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 8

Last Monday of the year, Gators!

Celebrate with chocolate when you are the first to identify today's quote:

8. Happy birthday! Hey, I said my first words. But... But snowmen can't talk. Ha ha ha, come on now, what's the joke? Could I really be alive?

Possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

To win chocolate, comment to this post with your first name and last initial. Check the comments later for the correct answer and who gets chocolate today!

Good luck!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 7

Happy Chilly Friday Gators!

Just one week to go! Did you go home and do your Holiday Movie homework? Will there be a new winner? Stay tuned to the Library Blog to find out! Here's quote #7:


7. It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes, or bags.

Possible answers:
Titles:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Share your answer by commenting to this post using your first name and last initial, and then watch the comments for the correct answer!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 6

Wow it's been cold, eh Gators?

Brooke C has certainly thawed out--she's won another piece of chocolate for her correct guess of Elf for quote 5. Let's give her some competition, K? You can do it!!!

Quote 6:

6. Football? Football? What's a football? With unconscious will my voice squeaked out 'football'.

Possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

As always, share your answer by commenting to this post using your first name and last initial, then watch the comments to see if you won!
Good Luck!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 5

Holy snowstorm, Gators!

I'm a day behind and posting late as well! Better late than never, here's quote #5:

5. It's just like Santa's workshop! Except it smells like mushrooms... and everyone looks like they wanna hurt me...

Possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Give your answer by commenting to this post, using your first name and last initial. I'll write a comment verifying the correct answer.

Good Luck!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 4

It's Monday, Gators!

Here's your quote o' the day:
4. Look, Daddy. Teacher says every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.

Possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Remember to use only your first name and last initial when you share your answer by commenting to this post. The correct answer/winner notification will be found in the comments to this post as well.

Good Luck!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 3

Happy Friday, Gatorland!

Our 1st two quotes now have answers! Click on the comments below each post to see what the correct answers were. (Hint--awareness of these answers will make each following quotes that much easier!) I'll always let you know in the comments when a correct answer is given, along with instructions for the winner to claim their prize! As always, give your answer by making a comment to the post, using your first name and last initial.

OK. Ready for quote #3? Here ya go:
3. We're kicking off our fun old fashion family Christmas by heading out into the country in the old front-wheel drive sleigh to embrace the frosty majesty of the winter landscape and select that most important of Christmas symbols.

The possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Good Luck!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 2

Hey Gators!

No answers for the first one yet...remember to send your answer by commenting to this post, using only your first name and last initial!

Here's the second quote:
2. No, no. I mean "Jingle Bells". You know, deck them halls and all that stuff. No, no, no. You don't get it at all. I mean "Jingle Bells". You know, Santa Claus, and ho-ho-ho, and mistletoe... and presents for pretty girls...

The possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Good luck!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 1

Happy December, Gators!
Here's a little contest that will be running daily until break. Every day, I'll post a new Holiday Movie Quote, along with a list of 12 possible movies--each one will be used just once. Figure out which movie the quote comes from and tell us by commenting to the post. (One comment per person per day, please--use your first name and last initial to identify yourself--teachers can play, too!) There might just be a little prize for the first correct answer each day. It should get easier as it goes, because your options will be getting used up--you'll have to monitor the blog for those answers! Ready? Here we go!

The quote:
1. This is extremely important. Will you please tell Santa that instead of presents this year, I just want my family back. No toys, nothing but Peter, Kate, Buzz, Megan, Linnie and Jeff. And my aunt and my cousins. And if he has time, my Uncle Frank. Okay?

The possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

(From: Colby Willen’s Word Blog)