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

Shopping

Holiday Decor at Target

Hershey's at Ulta?

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!