Here it is only the first week of December and already I have watched at least a dozen cheesy Christmas specials with my family.  Before Christmas day arrives I am sure we will watch several dozen more.  And, I will enjoy them all.

I watched one with the kids a few days ago that gives new meaning to the idea of a “cheesy Christmas special.”  In it, Drake and Josh were doing all they could to make sure that some young children had a great Christmas celebration.  The put 4,000 pounds of ice into a wood-chipper to try to make snow and give the children a “white Christmas” even though they lived in Southern California.  Instead, the chipper shot the ice out like a Gatling gun, destroying everything in its path.  Eventually another character discovered that it was possible to give them a white Christmas by putting cheese into the wood-chipper.  Cheese came floating down in nice white fluffy flakes.

I’m not opposed to a cheesy Christmas if the cheese comes not from a wood-chipper but in a gift basket. Rosenberg Havarti cheese with Dill from Denmark, Tour De Marze Brie cheese from France, Red Mild Gouda cheese from Holland, Mccadam Muenstr cheese from USA and Gjetost Ski Queen Mini / Norway — it all sounds good to me.

And, one of the great things about Christmas is the panorama of color. And what is more colorful than the selection in this English cheese basket at left? But the problem is that when you drop it into the wood-chipper it will result in a green-white-yellow Christmas.  And, who really wants what appears to be yellow snow?