Hello everyone, I’m here with you today to discuss the importance of remembering to share your holidays with the best secret agent to hit the big screens, I talk of course of…”Bond, James Bond.”
I have a little tradition, you may or may not have heard of it before, but it involves the combination of two things I love…Christmas and James Bond movies. It’s been a few years but here’s how it works. You know advent calendars, right? Those (mostly) cardboard boxes with the windows you open daily starting December 1st-24th, often times containing tiny chocolates, toys, etc. Well take that, mash it up with the series of Bond films, and then you have what I like to call “Bondmas.”
What better year to do this all now as well since there are 24 (official, Eon productions) Bond films so far…with a 25th soon on the way. Here we are at exactly 2 weeks until Christmas and about halfway through the Bonds so far.
Here’s a list (in order) of them all…
- Dr. No (1962) – Completed (12/1/19)
- From Russia With Love (1963) – Completed (12/2/19)
- Goldfinger (1964) – Completed (12/3/19)
- Thunderball (1965) – Completed (12/4/19)
- You Only Live Twice (1967) – Completed (12/5/19)
- On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) – Completed (12/6/19)
- Diamonds Are Forever (1971) – Completed (12/7/19)
- Live And Let Die (1973) – Completed (12/8/19)
- The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) – Completed (12/9/19)
- The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) – Completed (12/10/19)
- Moonraker (1979) – Completed (12/11/19)
- For Your Eyes Only (1981) – Coming Soon (12/12/19)
- Octopussy (1983) – Coming Soon (12/13/19)
- A View To A Kill (1985) – Coming Soon (12/14/19)
- The Living Daylights (1987) – Coming Soon (12/15/19)
- Licence To Kill (1989) – Coming Soon (12/16/19)
- GoldenEye (1995) – Coming Soon (12/17/19)
- Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) – Coming Soon (12/18/19)
- The World Is Not Enough (1999) – Coming Soon (12/19/19)
- Die Another Day (2002) – Coming Soon (12/20/19)
- Casino Royale (2006) – Coming Soon (12/21/19)
- Quantum of Solace (2008) – Coming Soon (21/22/19)
- Skyfall (2012) – Coming Soon (12/23/19)
- Spectre (2015) – Coming Soon (12/24/19)
…whew. Now here’s a bonus, if you all stay good little boys and girls I’ll share my viewing notepad for each movie (guided outline, observations, quotes, humor, etc.) that I took down while watching them all. They will likely be posted between christmas day and new year’s. Stay tuned to this article for updates.
So what do you think? Like the idea? Have any advent traditions of your own? Comment below!
Until next time…
DGM-payne
James Bond will return in… No Time To Die (2020)
