Christmas Consistency

Last post I talked about the importance of winter memories, so to build on that thesis statement:

I had a great 2 week’s off from work at Christmas time.  Highlights included: the 6^th annual Abazaba Christmas Party(an exhilarating and bizarre event as always), got a Where’s Waldo book for Christmas(it was a French/Canadian version called Où est Charlie?, that I once saw on the back of a box of Life cereal when I was camping in Canada when I was 5, I don’t know how Santa found it),

and lastly I went to the 3^rd annual Four Year Strong holiday show at the Palladium(they debued 3 new songs, I got kicked in face, without a doubt best xmas show ever)

A lot of people think Christmas is about one thing or another, but I’d argue that consistency is an almost essential aspect to all Christmas experiences.   Every year you hear the same music playing over the radio. Every year you bring a pine tree into your house.  Every year your Uncle Ephrem will get hyped on eggnog at the Christmas party and do something embarrassing like curse at the dinner table or kick the cat. The most important Christmases are never the ones where you do something new or go someplace different.  The essential Christmases come from doing the same things you do every year.

For some people(including myself), Christmas is one of the few constants that glues any changes in their lives together.

 

Quote of the day:

“The more snow that falls on Christmas Eve, the more Christmas magic there is. The more bourbon in the eggnog, the further Uncle Ephrem kicks the cat.”

Yo Grandma Jokeof the day:

Yo Grandma is so fat, she was walking home from our house on Christmas Eve and ran over a Reindeer.   Now there is no such thing as Santa.