Tis' the season to be Jolly, and all that rubbish.
As anyone who speaks with me on the topic for more than Sixty seconds would know, I'm not exactly the biggest fan of the holiday season.
This may or may not be affected by my current occupation that forces glitter and fake cinnamon scents upon any in a 2 mile radius.
On the other hand, I am a huge fan of Winter. It's such a crisp season. The contrast of a barren tree against an overcast sky after a fresh snowfall; the first flurries of the season dusting full pines twinkling with cheesy string lights; smashing a snowball smack dab in the middle of a younger sibling's face.
But I digress, here is a nice positive list of things I love about this time of year, in no particular order.
Snow - This is a no brainer. Some of my best memories are walks in the snow, building tunnel networks in the neighbourhood, and awesome snow figures.
Even the biggest Miser has to fight that frown from turning upside down during a snowfall.
Hopefully North Carolina will get more than scattered snowflakes this year.
Movies - Speaking of Misers, marathons of veiled political commentary and well rounded uplifting movies are a must have.
I don't know about you guys, but I can't get enough of the cheesy 60s clay-mation Rudolph films.
I'd give the Abominable Snowman a hug any day.
Food - Delicious, scrumptious, necessary to live; food. Holidays in general are the best excuse ever for (over)eating.
Spot half a pig you'd like to get intimately friendly with? No worries, 'tis the occasion to nom. Marshmallows toasted over a fire? Hells yeah, might as well do some sort of multi-tasking after you've finished that bout of Pyromania.
There is some deep-set obsession within the human race to stuff the ever living hell out of our faces, and Christmas (or really any mild sort of celebration) is the perfect excuse to let loose those desires all over your Mother's gravy boat. (It vomits gravy from its mouth!)
It's a Holiday! - You can't forget the best part of this whole arrangement; it's a silver platter full of excuses to do jack-all for the better part of the day.
With the sun down by the time Average Joe gets home from work, all the better to stay home and dream by the fire while mowing down Zombies in your favourite video game. (Let's face it, almost all of them have some sort of Zombie mode now-a-days.)
Not into video games? No worries, you have Football, Basketball, Hockey, Winter X Games, and Winter Baseball Leagues (elohel), to tickle your optics with.
Still not happy? Well, you're just impossible and I'll have nothing else to do with you.
Lastly, I have to dedicate this post to my Grandfather who passed away this past weekend. Christmas was always his favourite holiday, during which he would drink Canadian Rye and watch Ten Commandments starring Charles Heston every year.
Cheers, Papa.
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