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Sorry the 2nd post is later this week; I didn't manage to get it finished yesterday. :) It's only 3 days till Christmas, so today I'm sharing some festive entertainment! It's a mixture of music, books and TV. :)  Last year I wrote my 3rd Christmas Round-up (a follow-up to posts in 2016 and 2018). You can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/12/christmas-round-up-3.html Music   Coco Jones- Santa Is Me/Call On Christmas This week's Weekly Music Video is Santa Is Me/Call On Christmas, two new songs by American singer Coco Jones. Both songs are from her new Christmas EP Coco By The Fire. Watch the video here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/12/weekly-music-video_18.html CHUNG HA- Sleigh Korean singer CHUNG HA /Chungha (a former member of now disbanded K-pop girl I.O.I turned solo star) released the special Christmas digital single [Christmas Promises] on 3rd December. It consists of 2 tracks- Sleigh and There Goes Santa Claus!. This is Sleigh. It...

Sorry the 2nd post is later this week, I'm a bit behind in the lead-up to Christmas. Anyway, it's Christmas Eve today, so here's some last minute festive inspiration! :) In 2016 and 2018 I wrote two Christmas Round-up posts featuring a round-up of Christmas themed posts on the blog, plus some festive favourites. You can see them at the links below: Christmas Round-up:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/12/christmas-round-up.html Christmas Round-up 2: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/12/christmas-round-up-2.html   So for Christmas 2023 I thought it would be good to do another round-up. :)   First, here are my Christmas posts from the past 5 years (all music themed):     Christmas Songs 2019: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/12/christmas-songs-2019.html Christmas Songs for 2020: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/12/christmas-songs-for-2020.html Christmas Music Round-up: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/12/christmas-music-round-up.h...

Hallowe'en is coming up next week! In previous years I've done themed posts. You can check out last years here: Hallowe'en Inspiration: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/10/halloween-inspiration.html This year I decided to feature some horror films from around the world. Unless otherwise stated, videos are trailers. :) Hong Kong Dumplings (2004) Please note: This film contains themes that may disturb some people. Former actress Mrs. Li ( Miriam Chin Wah Yeung ) feels that life is passing her by, she fears losing her looks and her husband is having an affair. So she goes to mysterious local chef Aunt Mei (played by Bai Ling ) for help. Mei's speciality is dumplings which have amazing rejuvenation powers. But they have a secret ingredient that Mrs. Li could never have imagined.... Update 4/6/22: The original trailer was gone, so I had to replace it. Spoilers below! Dumplings was originally a segment in the horror compilation Three...Extremes...

Two years ago I did a Christmas round-up post of Christmas themed posts on the blog, plus some  of my festive favourites. You can read that here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/12/christmas-round-up.html This year I'm doing a follow-up post for Christmas 2018. Post contains spoilers. :) First up here are my Christmas posts from the last two years: Lindsey Stirling's Carol of the Bells:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/12/weekly-music-video_13.html K-pop Christmas! (no Christmas songs apart from TWICE's release, but just some K-pop songs for the holidays):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/12/k-pop-christmas.html   Christmas Music and Films: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/12/christmas-music-and-films.html Christmas Music:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/12/christmas-music.html Hello! WM- Timing video (K-pop): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/12/weekly-musi-video.html Now here's some more Christmas e...

Sorry the 2nd post is later this week, I wasn't able to finish it yesterday. :) It's almost Hallowe'en! It's this Wednesday (31st October) so here is this year's themed post. :) In 2016 I did a Hallowe'en Faves + Round-Up post which was about my favourite Hallowe'en/scary things and also a round-up of spooky themed posts I'd previously done on Star Sparkle. You can check that out here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/10/halloween-faves-round-up.html And here is last year's post with more Hallowe'en films and TV: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/10/more-halloween-films.html This year I'm doing a general Hallowe'en inspiration post which includes scary TV and films. :) Contains some spoilers, although I've tried to avoid them. :) TV In March I did a post called More X-Files Episodes, the follow-up to 2014's Top 10 X-Files. Check it out here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/03/more-x-files-episodes...

Last year I did a Christmas round-up post which you can read here:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/12/christmas-round-up.html  Now Christmas is here again, so here's a new festive themed post! Music These are my most recent Christmas music video posts: Lindsey Stirling's Carol of the Bells:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/12/weekly-music-video_13.html   K-pop Christmas!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/12/k-pop-christmas.html Ariana Grande's Wit It This Christmas: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/12/weekly-music-video_20.html Also check out more songs from Ariana's Christmas & Chill EP: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/12/ariana-grande-christmas-songs.html Here's  Mariah Carey's single Oh Santa! from 2010: And the video for The Star, from the new animated film of the same name: Also I found a K-pop themed Christmas playlist on YouTube. (I've added it to the K-pop Christmas post). Listen he...

In October I did a Hallowe'en round-up post. Since today is Christmas Eve I thought it would be cool to do a Christmas round-up. :) Note: Post contains spoilers. Books The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (Narnia) This is the 2nd book in the fantasy children's series The Chronicles of Narnia. Originally published in 1950, it's become a kid's classic. The series is about the magical land of Narnia which is actually meant to be Heaven. It's ruled over by the great lion Aslan (who is like Jesus). But if you're not religious (like me) it's still an entertaining story. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is about siblings Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie who are evacuated from London to the country during the Blitz . They go to stay with Professor Kirke who lives alone, apart from his housekeeper Mrs. Macready.  While looking round the house the youngest girl Lucy discovers an entrance to Narnia in the back of a wardrobe. She come...

It's Hallowe'en on Monday, so I'm doing a post on my favourite Hallowe'en/scary things, plus a round-up of spooky themed things on the blog. :) I tried to avoid spoilers but there are a couple. Books Trick or Treat by Richie Tankersly Cuisick This is a Point Horror book (the series was hugely popular in the 90s, ahhh nostalgia! lol) and the story is about Martha, a girl who moves to a new town after her dad gets married. She finds it hard adjusting to having a stepmum and isn't keen on her stepbrother, Conor but most of all she dislikes the creepy house. She learns that something terrible happened in the house and in the lead-up to Hallowe'en weird things keep happening, especially in Martha's room! I've had this for years and like to re-read it occasionally around Hallowe'en; I just started reading it again today. :) Halloween Night by R.L. Stine Another Point Horror, written by R.L. Stine who also wrote the Goosebumps series (see b...