I have very relaxed opinions when it comes to pre-Christmas Christmas things. I know a lot of people who get bugged by the fact that all the Christmas songs and decorations and stuff go into full effect right after Thanksgiving. This doesn't bother me at all. In fact, I don't even mind some PRE-Thanksgiving Christmas stuff. To me, November and December are the holiday season... it's just how it works. October is a little ridiculous, but any time after that is fine by me.
This laissez-faire attitude is balanced by my feelings post-Christmas. Once it's over IT IS OVER. Done. Finished. Let's start getting ready for New Year's. If that tree/wreath/inflatable snowman is still up Dec. 26th, I guess that's OK. You need time to take it all down. But once December 27th rolls around, you'd best be having some big plastic Baby New Yearses on your lawns and paper pictures of champagne bottles on your walls. Cuz Christmas ain't for another 363 days, baby. 364 on years preceding leap years.
You can imagine my chagrin when the restaurant I went to with my family last night started playing some kind of Christmas rap.
Needless to say, I shot up the place.
Friday, December 30, 2005
CHRISTMAS IS OVER
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A sad story: As I(his Dad)sat in the restaurant listening to the same songs Geoff alluded to, I was thinking, "yea this is nice, a way to extend the season, up to the city to see a Broadway show with the family, somehow it feels like a Christmasy thing to do, and these Christmas songs are just the right touch". Just then I was shaken from my reverie by Geoff offering his strong opinion, the same as the one he outlines in the above post. Yea, he's right. Christmas is over. But it was nice to have the feel of it in that restaurant if only for a brief moment. Until..
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