Tuesday = Nat'l Popcorn Day

Happy Tuesday!  We are still getting orders for Valentines That Give and I am so grateful!  Keep them coming until Friday :)

Yesterday on Twitter, the lovely Muffy Martini mentioned today is National Popcorn Day!  And there is nothing I love more than popcorn--sometimes its my dinner, I mean seriously, that is popcorn love.  Popcorn, although, I love it anywhere, anytime, makes me think about the movies.  So I thought we'd talk movie etiquette today in honor of National Popcorn Day.

Movie Etiquette Ideas:

--Cell phone needs to be on silent or vibrate.  If you need to text or respond to an email, do so outside the theater, as the light can be distracting.
--Keep whispers and conversations to a minimum
--If you are worried about other talkers, sit near the back as louder patrons tend to sit closer
--Another way to avoid crazy crowds is to skip the opening weekend and see the movie at a later time.

Should you take your baby to the movies?

Okay so, here's the deal... I completely understand that sometimes you just need to get out of the house and head down town to a matinee. Personally I think that is perfectly acceptable, especially since there aren't many people on a Monday afternoon at a movie! But here is what isn't acceptable (by the way, I am a BIG fan of babies so their fussing bothers me much less than the normal person, just an FYI!!) if your baby starts to fuss more than a quick hush hush can fix, just politely stand up and walk to the back of the theater by the door and see if a little trot does the trick... if not.... take a step outside (although if you are the only one in the theater... let'em fuss all they want!). It's really not okay to stay seated while your child wails through 20 minutes of the movie.

**This also applies to church!**

Moviegoing Etiquette

I absolutely love going to the movies, until something like this happens...
Needless to say there are rules about what you can and can not do while
catching a flick.

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How many seats can I save? It’s simple: You can save one seat for each person in your party who has already purchased a ticket. So, friend in the popcorn line: Yes. Friend en route with Fandango receipt: Yes. Friend who hedged and said she might tag along for Spider-Man 3: No.
Can I text-message if the movie gets dull? Can you shine a flashlight into the eyes of people behind you? No. Just because something doesn’t make noise doesn’t mean it isn’t incredibly, annoyingly distracting. If you have urgent business to conduct, walk outside.
Do I have to clean up? Tough one. But we side with Jerry Seinfeld on this, who said, “We have a deal with the theaters: You rip us off with overpriced, oversized crap we shouldn’t be eating in the first place, and when I’m done I just open my hand.” That said, don’t be a pig.
Can I talk during the movie? We’d like to say, “No, no, never, no, absolutely not.” But the days of respectful silence are gone. During the pre-film ads, speak as much and as loudly as you like. Whispers and derisive yelps are permissible during trailers. During the feature, you must limit yourself to the occasional whisper. Silence is preferred, but a hushed “Wait—didn’t she die in that car wreck back there?” is okay. There is one exception to these rules: the brilliant, brave comment in the terrible movie. For us, it was at I Know What You Did Last Summer, in a particularly histrionic scene of Jennifer Love Hewitt’s emoting that a guy shouted out “Oscar clip!” and provided the high point of the night.

(article via NYmagazine.com)