Hello everyone, and welcome back to This Month With Cristobal!
November is the perfect time of the year for Mariah Carey to defrost, even though her way of defrosting this year felt insulting to people who want to find alternatives to celebrate the holidays. 93.9 Lite FM had started playing Christmas music on November 4th, with the first song to play being Mavis Staples' theme song for National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation; all while the broadcast was recorded on my portable cassette player/recorder.
I've been in repeated drama (Thanks, Mom!) all through the month, but I know to make it content for my therapist (he's got Cristobal's Water-cooler via email) and for my subscribers (via Dialogue with Cristobal Martinez).
It's been two months since I've joined Leaflet, and don't get me wrong, I'm still trying to find a style for both of my Leaflet publications. Now, I decide to treat each monthly post on This Month With Cristobal as an issue of a magazine, thanks to the features that Leaflet is constantly adding.
So in this "issue" of a month in review, I would like to share the moments I had this November. Each moment has its dedicated subpage. I hope everyone had a nice November, and will have a stunning December!
—Cristobal Martinez
Style
Getting My Virtual Pets Into the Holiday Spirit
From the start of autumn until Halloween, my three virtual pets (two chihuahuas, Aaron and Omar, and a Japanese cat, Dante) were dressed in autumnal attire.
So cute!
When November came, it's Christmas season for my pets!
Aaron wears a Santa hat, Dante wears an angel halo, and Omar wears reindeer antlers. Omar later on wears a Santa Claus back decoration after I took the photos shown in this page.
It's so good to raise pets with that holiday magic!
Shopping
Holiday Decor at Target
I have managed to take plenty of photos at Target that contain items that I found interesting. Let's take a look:
Is it weird that Target has become a brand in itself? I may not like the choices the store made in this presidential era, it's nice to see Target hold a mirror to itself.
Analog vibes, what can I tell you?
I had to incorporate the Snoopy stocking because my inner chihuahua loves Snoopy.
Hershey's at Ulta?
Beekman 1802 (is it right?) partnered with Hershey's to release their self-care brands. Do you want to know the first thing that stood out to me?
Child, when I tell you, my hands would've smelled like a Hershey's chocolate bar if I had grabbed it off the shelf.
Jumbo Hershey's Kisses goat milk soaps? I swear Beekman 1802 is giving their target buyers pica. There is some scrub they have in small containers (I think).
Entertainment
Wicked: For Good
Part One had its moments where I needed to weep. For Good had me in a heavy position. The friendship between Elphaba and Glinda grew on me, and the sex cardigan? Where can I get it? Name the store, and I will make a purchase.
Rick Steves' European Christmas
I had to watch it again on Hoopla after watching it religiously a couple of times on YouTube. I didn't finish it on Hoopla, but I knew the sentiment of the whole documentary.
That's it for This Month With Cristobal! Special shout out to the one subscriber on Bluesky for enjoying this publication. If you have not subscribed, please do so below this edition.
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I hope to see you for my December 2025 in review and 2025 as a whole soon. Later!