Saturday, December 4, 2010

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas in Theaters in December + Kid Prize Package GIVEAWAY Contest

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Curious George Movie in Theaters, Giveaway for Kids

See details at the bottom of this post to enter the multi-prize Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas Giveaway. Contest ends 1/1/2011

For the entire month of December Kidtoons presents the very kid-friendly, animated feature Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas. Matinees are every Saturday and Sunday this month through the weekend of December 25-26 at well over 100 neighborhood theaters across the U.S. Be sure to check the list where this is showing because many more big screens where you can take your child to see this have been added recently.

During the last few months MommyBlogExpert has hosted some really good Kidtoons giveaways. These include Spookley Square Pumpkin (October 2010) and Care Bears: Share Bear Shines (November 2010) in conjunction with their monthly screenings just for children in theaters nationwide. These keep get better, so don't miss out on entering the current giveaway as well as following this blog so you will be the first to know when next month's giveaway is announced.

The Storyline for Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas

George and The Man with The Yellow Hat are having a very merry time counting down the days until Christmas. There’s only one puzzle: neither of them can figure out what to give the other for a present. The Man is having trouble reading George’s wish list and George doesn’t have a clue about what to get for The Man who has everything. Will they be able to find the answers before Christmas morning?

The Kidtoons Concept

This is much more than just taking your child to a movie at the mall. Participating Kidtoons theatres showcase a different fun and affordable family friendly matinee movie each month providing a family experience filled with entertaining, kid-friendly characters, as well as cartoon shorts, music videos and sing-alongs before each movie. They even have fun giveaways, such as stickers, temporary tattoos, activity books or toys, after every film.

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Everyone can get a FREE movie pass to a Kidtoon Films showing in your neighborhood on your child's birthday.

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas

GIVEAWAY Contest

To help Kidtoons celebrate this month's feature -- once again -- we're giving away a multi-prize package to one lucky family. December's sweepstakes includes a winning bundle of fun that any Curious George fan would love.

The Winning Family Gets ALL These Prizes

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1 Curious George Book
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1 Curious George DVD
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1 Curious George Poster

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About Kidtoon Films

Kidtoons mission is to showcase fun and affordable family-centric movies at participating theaters. Every month a different entertaining film is screened. This brings parents and children together to enjoy kid-friendly characters, cartoons, music videos and sing-a-longs as well as giveaways for the kid audience members like stickers, activity books or toys after every film.

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4th Candle - Candlelight by The Maccabeats, Lyrics by Uri Westrich - Rock Hanukkah Music for All

Tonight is Saturday night and we just lit the fourth candle on the menorah. So we've just marked the half-way point of the eight day Festival of Lights celebration.

Since I'm observant -- I don't take photographs or work on the Sabbath which lasts for approximately 25 hours that just ended a short while ago -- I haven't any pictures from Friday night and Saturday daytime Hanukkah activities to share with you for this evening's post.

However, I do want to get you to watch this Chanukah YouTube video that my teens got ME addicted to. This has new and original lyrics and is set to the music from Dynamite by Mike Tompkins and it will certainly appeal to generations, young and old. Once you've watched this you'll see why I say it must be heard to be appreciated.

This post is particularly exciting for me to write, not only because I personally LOVE this tune, but because Uri Westrich who made this video and wrote the lyrics to Candlelight for the group The Maccabeats is a member of my synagogue.

If you haven't already seen this YouTube video for Chanukah give it a listen. This has gone viral and currently has over 1.6 million hits in A WEEK and it's being well-received by both Jews and non-Jews alike worldwide. It's being sold on iTunes too so you can easily download it to your iPod for listening all year long.

Rock to this song right now -- it will definitely light up your night, because I know it's already lit up mine.

Happy Hanukkah!

Don't miss these other MommyBlogExpert Hanukkah Posts:

3rd Nite of Chanukah - Some Really Creative Handmade Menorahs

2nd Nite of Chanukah - Homemade Potato Latkes for Kids
1st Nite: in the Chanukah Mood With Adam Sandler & 8 Crazy Nights Song
Guess what my teen daughter is getting for Chanukah this year
Beyond Thanksgiving Pie: Moving into Hanukkah & the rest of the holidays
Really Memorable Gifts for Celebrating Hanukkah

Once you've watched the Uri's YouTube, leave me a comment below and tell me how you like it. Happy Hanukkah!

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Friday, December 3, 2010

3rd Night of Hanukkah Tonite! Kids Get Creative With Menorahs & Rock Band

Me at Homeschoolers Hanukkah Party Last Night

Photo by son of Janis Brett Elspas

Can't believe how fast Hanukkah is going. It's already the 3rd night and we'll be lighting candles in a few minutes. The kids are getting more wound-up with every day of this holiday so I can't even imagine how rambunctious they'll be by the time we get to the last candle 5 nights from now.

Last night, the whole family went to a really fun Chanukah celebration put on by the L.A. Jewish Homeschoolers group we belong to. The food was delicious, but what made this event so special was that there was a menorah contest featuring some really creative handmade holiday candelabras made by both little and big kids.

To top it all off some of the middle school and high school homeschoolers put on a Chanukah rock music concert for us featuring original arrangements of popular songs celebrating the Festival of Lights.

Below: Assorted Menorahs from the Party ALL Made by the Kids

All Photos by Janis Brett Elspas, MommyBlogExpert.com