T'is the Season

Lileks has a compact, pictorial holiday bleat..

He noted the changing holiday scene:

At the Mall on Tuesday it was almost the Holiday That Dare Not Speak Its Name; there were references to the season, and things festive. "

Maybe it's just a sign of our over-inclusive, PC times, but I was shocked - shocked, I tell you - to see explicit references, not only to the Christmas holiday (omitting the now-obligatory references to Hanukkah and Kwanzaa), but to the actual story of the Navitity on...

..."The Wiggles", an Australian kids' show that makes "Barney" look like "24", and is usually not much less PC than "Captain Planet".

And yet there it was, plain as a Sunday School lesson - the whole Christmas story, complete with Mary, the star, three wise men, baby Jesus...I sat and listened, amazed I was actually hearing this on the "Disney" network. The "Wiggles" are Australian; maybe the same un-PC-ness that gives Australian English 35 words for "drunken vomiting" allows them to speak of a key tenet of their nation's major faith.

Anyway.

I had a wonderful Christmas, thanks for asking; had my mom and her husband and my little brother over for dinner today. First time I've ever done Xmas dinner solo - nobody's come down with Salmonella yet.

Knock wood.

I should take this time to point out that I love Christmas. Easter is more important spiritually, and Thanksgiving is a big personal day for me, but Christmas is still the big kahuna. I guess it has a lot to do with having kids. For them, it is the most wonderful time of the year. In trying to keep it that way, maybe it rubs off on me. I don't know. But I may be the only adult I know that actually looks forward to the season.

I know why so many people find the season depressing; they are exactly the reasons I refuse to feel either depressed, or the "pressure" that seems to bring it on for most people.

And I'm looking forward to next year already!

Anyway - I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday, and thanks for brightening my 2003 by stopping by!

Posted by Mitch at December 25, 2003 08:04 PM