The perfect picture for Matthew McConaughy’s Christmas cards…featuring girlfriend Camila Alves and himself with son Levi in tow at the Grand Canyon.

Picture Matthew McConaughey’s Christmas cards…Matt, Camila, Levi, and BJ (the dog) hanging 10 on a surfboard in the Malibu waves. Okay, maybe Levi is a little young to be hanging 10 and I don’t know if dogs really have 10 toes that they can hang with but that would be a great card. Although, this picture borrowed from Matthew McConaughey’s Official Website would also be a great photo for their family Christmas cards.

TMZ has been focusing on Matthew McConaughy and his dog walking habits lately. I must admit some are pretty weird, especially when he rides a motor cycle with BJ racing behind him. McConaughy seems to be a free spirit. His motto is “Just Keep Living,” which is also the name of his foundation, j.k. livin, that he started to help teenage kids lead healthy lifestyles. Growing up in Texas probably contributed to his desire to walk a dog without a leash. I am sure it is a bit alien to him. I grew up in New York City and always felt that my dog should be running free and not attached to me with a leash. But there are laws governing that. I really don’t think that he considers it cruelty but it could be a little dangerous because he now lives in California, where drivers aren’t as wary of animals as in Texas. He probably should let BJ run free when he retreats to his 1,600 acre Texas ranch and keep her on the leash in Malibu.

Matt really seems to love animals. He helped to rescue various pets including cats, dogs, and hamsters after Hurricane Katrina. That doesn’t sound like someone who doesn’t care for animals. He also rescued a cat from a group of boys that had doused it with hairspray and was attempting to set it on fire. He may not really be too enamored with crocodiles, however. I understand that he was attacked by a croc in an isolated area in Morocco while filming a movie.

Back to Christmas…I don’t know what he buys for Camila and Levi but he gave his family headlamps for Christmas one year. He had given them electric toothbrushes the previous year. He doesn’t seem to put much thought into individual Christmas gifts. He did put thought into where he would spend Christmas one year. He visited the family in Australia that he had lived with when he was an exchange student. He hadn’t seen them in 19 years, so I am sure that they were thrilled to see him again.

Matt’s current film is a romantic comedy parodied after Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. He is a miser like Scrooge but he is stingy in the love department. He is visited by the “ghosts of girlfriends past” (which also happens to be the title of the movie). I am not too sure whether I will fork over the bucks to see the film. I may wait for the DVD as some critics are suggesting.

Christmas cards from the Jonas Brothers have all the pre-teenage girls going goo goo for the crooning trio – Kevin, Joe, and Nick.

As I walked passed by my daughter’s room the other day I noticed a Christmas card from the Jonas Brothers hanging in the corner of her dresser mirror. My daughter is crazy about the Jonas Brothers, and as a member of their fan club, she received the celebrity Christmas card during this past holiday season. For anybody out there who doesn’t have a pre-teenage girl, the Jonas Brothers are the newest heartthrobs of the music world. They remind me of when I was her age and Andy Gibb was all the rage.

There are three Jonas Brothers in the band – Kevin is the oldest at 21, Joe is next at 18, and then there is Nick. Nick Jonas seems to be all the girls’ favorite brother. I guess maybe because he is the closest in age to the “tween” set at 16. Nick Jonas has also been a great inspiration to millions of Type 1 diabetic children. Nick was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2005 at the age of 14. It is particularly inspirational to me; my son was also diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes two years ago at the age of 8. Nick Jonas is living proof that this disease does not have to keep you from pursuing your aspirations or goals.

As a parent of a pre-teen girl, I am always concerned about the music she is listening to. It used to be you only had to worry about what they were watching on TV, but now you have to worry about what they are listening to on their iPods. Song lyrics have gotten very suggestive over the years, and as a mom, I am thankful for groups like the Jonas Brothers. I got to know the lyrics of their songs – word for word – as my daughter sings them aloud everyday! One of her Christmas gifts was their newest album. I have to admit, after hearing them over and over again, I find my self sing them from time to time. I hope she keeps their Christmas card hanging on her mirror for a while; I shutter to think who else’s Christmas cards will be hanging on that same mirror in a few years from now.

When Alec Baldwin was a regular on SNL, he performed a memorable Christmas cards-themed skit.

Alec Baldwin is a talented actor who did some great movies and is currently on the television show 30 Rock. He often appears on Saturday Night Live, and one of his more memorable skits was from episode 11 on season 21 of the show. Baldwin appears with a Santa hat saying he forgot to send out his Christmas cards and he would like the following to serve as his Christmas card this year. He then reads a very funny ultra-generic letter that is a spoof on every thing that is personalized in Christmas cards. It makes you wonder what his own celebrity holiday cards look like.

Well this year Alec Baldwin may be sending out holiday cards with his daughter’s name included once again. Apparently their rift of a year ago has been healed. You remember when he cursed on the phone at his then 11 year old daughter? You remember where he had derogatory words to relay in his lengthy tirade about his ex-wife and Ireland’s mother, Kim Bassinger? You remember where he called his daughter a little pig? If 2007 celebrity holiday cards from Alec Baldwin were sans his daughter’s name, then this year all should be happy in the Baldwin clan.

The marriage of Alec Baldwin to Kim Bassinger started out with such promise. They made such a great couple and didn’t they just look perfect together. They were blessed with the addition of a little girl and you would think they had it all. Unfortunately, the perfect world was replaced with a viciousness that has spilled over into their parenting. Can you imagine what its like for a little girl to grow up with two famous parents without the added burden of having everything concerning you in the headlines? Alec with his message that turned into a tirade and Kim, who it is obvious, was the only person capable of leaking the recording to the press. Perhaps, Ireland Baldwin would prefer to have her own holiday cards without either parent being included.

A lover of animals, Bonnie Hunt recently featured adorable pet-friendly Christmas cards on her daytime talk show on NBC.

Bonnie Hunt has a new daytime talk show on NBC, which airs on the East Coast at 2pm. She seems to be a very sincere and caring person. Bonnie, a very family orientated person, has a segment every week that is called “Ask Alice.” Alice is Bonnie’s mother and she gives advice on the show. You can tell that Bonnie gets her love for family and her sense of humor from her mother. Bonnie always discusses growing up in Chicago in a family of six. She has had two of her brothers as guests on the show.

During one of Bonnie’s previous segments, she asked her viewers to send in Christmas cards. One of her viewers sent in Christmas photo cards, which has got to be the cutest holiday card I have ever seen. It featured a little black Chihuahua with a green elf’s hat and a candy cane in his mouth – an image that could capture anyone’s heart. The puppy had a guilty look because he stole the candy cane. The snowman behind him was almost as big as the puppy. Even if you are not a dog lover, you have to admit that this makes an adorable Christmas card.

Bonnie Hunt seems to be such an animal lover, that this theme would make a great holiday card for her. She could dress up her golden lab, Charlie, and have a photo Christmas card made. There is not a week on the show that she does not have on something that pertains to animals. She could also go in another direction for a special Christmas card and have a photo card made of Brian Williams in an elf hat. Anyone who watches Bonnie Hunt knows that she has a mad crush on Brian Williams.

Bonnie Hunt started out as a nurse, but always dreamed about becoming a talk show host. She has also done quite a few movies. Although Bonnie has never had children, she played the Alice Newton in Beethoven, a very funny movie about a St. Bernard and of course Kate Baker in all three Cheaper by the Dozen movies co-starring Steve Martin. Bonnie has been quite the busy bee!