*Sings* “Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the wa…” Oh!
Holaaaaaaaa! Or HO-HO-HO-La! Or something. It’s almost time for the Holidays
again kids! Aren’t you excited? I know I am! You can tell by all the
exclamation points I’m using!
I really do love this time of year. It’s finally cool, cold
even! It was like 28 degrees when I woke up this morning. Damn near too cold to
go commando, but not quite. Doesn’t the cold air make you feel alive? It does
me. I feel all invigorated and shit when that cold November wind hits me in the
face and makes me get all teary eyed and snot-nosed. It’s a wonderful feeling!
Why was I out in the cold wind you ask? I had to go and get something for my sore throat and this cold that I caught being outside
in the cold air so much last week. So now my throat hurts all the time, I’m
sniffing and sneezing non-stop, snot is running down my nose constantly and my
head feels like it’s stuffed with cotton. But, that’s a small price to pay for
enjoying this wonderful and magical time of year.
I just love going into any store and hear Christmas music
already. I LOOOOOOVE Christmas music! I also love to wander around and look at
all the cheap Christmas crap made in China. Uh, I mean all the beautiful and
expertly made Christmas stuff manufactured by our very good friends over in
China. (Whew! That was a close one. I would hate to have to apologize to China
three times, right Jimmy Kimmel?)
Every year I go into Walmart or some other place thinking
that I might get a few new Christmas decorations. I wander around and look at
all the shiny stuff they have and end up getting nothing. Well, a couple of
years ago I did get a new wreath for the door at an after Christmas sale, but
that’s it. I’m sure this year will be the same. I’ll just put out that ceramic
snowman, creepy Santa and of course Rudolph. The very same Rudolph who has been
hung on the wall since I was like 10 years old.
Isn’t he cute? Why would anyone want to replace Rudolph? I
guess I could get a NEW Rudolph, but what would be the point in that? Rudolph
is Rudolph and that Rudolph will last another 35 years easy!
Oh don’t worry, none of these decorations will be going up
until after Thanksgiving. I’m not a savage you know! Oh, that reminds me. I will
once again be spending the week of Thanksgiving in beautiful, mysterious and
exotic Omaha, Nebraska. (Weather permitting, of course.) So, that means I will
be taking that week off from IWS related activities. No show on the 24th
unless Matt-Man wants to do the show by himself or get a special guest co-host,
and no blogging that whole week by me. Try not to miss me too much, okay?
It is almost my intention to once again get all my Christmas
shopping done by Thanksgiving. I will either do it here or in Omaha. That way I
won’t have to worry about shipping anything and trusting the USPS to actually
deliver the package. I have my doubts about their ability to do that. Anyway,
that way just when things start getting really hectic for most people, all I
will have to do is hang Rudolph on the wall, put up the tree and make the
fudge. And THAT’S what makes the Holidays such a wonderful time of year!
*Sings* “Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la
la, la la la la.”
6 comments:
It is so nice to know that you will be spending quality with your family. I hope that they feel the same. Cheers Jayman!!
Matt
Is there an arrow on the floor of your apartment pointing towards Omaha?
Matt-Man: Ha! They're probably fairly ambivalent about it.
Jay
Mike: Yes, and I get down on my knees on that arrow five times a day and pray.
Jay
I love the Rudolph! I'd never part with a classic like that either.
I'm not sure I'm really in the holiday spirit yet. I have been jonesing to see "Home for the Holidays" though; one of my very FAVORITE holiday movies. Everything about it reminds me of how dysfunctional the holidays can be :o)
Hope you feel better soon! I hate that snot-nosed, stuffed head feeling.
Charlotte: One of my favorite parts of Christmas is all the great movies. Can't wait!
Thanks for stopping by!
Jay
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