It's That Time of Year Again and Again and Again

I love this time of year, but I am always angered by how people here on the east coast are constantly shocked by the fact that the holidays and winter are fast approaching. Now, Ney and I are no dummies. We are fully aware of the fact that black friday is no longer the unofficial beginning of xmas. It's really the day after halloween, or "all souls' day" for those devout catholics amongst us... Anyway, that's why we began listening to christmas music in mid october. Why fight it?

Yet, I still hear old ladies and stiff-shirted corporate men whining about how "early christmas seems to be coming this year" and "all you hear on the radio is christmas this and christmas that." Yeah, no shit! Star 99.9 is all holiday all the time, AND I LOVE IT!!!! If you don't like it, listen to NPR, fools!

"It's too much Christmas. By the time the holiday actually comes, you're so tired of it, no one cares!" Yeah right, don't YOU get tired of reciting the same complaints every year?

Unrelated, but sort of still related, we live in New England. Yes. The weather is weird this time of year. One week might be 65-70 and the next, 35-30. Still, everyone living here seems to get amnesia when Decemeber comes and for some reason goes berserk if we have an "unseasonably warm" day. Ok, I know global warming's an issue, but when have we NOT had a day or two in December that's gone above 60? Calm down, kids. Soon enough you'll be griping about not being able to feel your face from January to March and you'll be bitching about all christmas shopping and partying you missed because the holidays flew by too fast.

Slow down, you easties and enjoy a yultide carol in early october or an outdoor cafe in mid december. Like our old fellow Connecticutite, Mark Twain once said, "Don't like the weather in New England?... Wait a minute!"