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What irks me about the holidays
Jeff Wrangler:
OK. I'm gonna really stick my neck out here and 'fess up that what really irks me about the holidays is the song White Christmas.
I know the whole world thinks it's the greatest thing since sliced bread, but it annoys the heck out of me; the way people swoon and go all gooey over it also annoys the heck out of me.
I think this is because I grew up in a place where a "white Christmas" was a rarity rather than the norm. And even when there was snow on the ground at Christmas, it usually wasn't enough even to bother about. Only once--once!--in my growing up or later was there a snowy Christmas worth dreaming about. It certainly doesn't qualify as the "ones" (note the plural) "I used to know."
I much prefer The Christmas Song, aka Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 21, 2014, 09:18:06 pm ---IT's called a seed potato...it's this part that makes the new plants!
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Beg pardon? ??? I don't understand what that has to do with a fragment of potato that hasn't been cooked thoroughly? ???
CellarDweller:
You're right about the song, Jeff. I can barely remember any white Christmases that we've had, and it's not like you go out and do anything with the snow, you're busy opening gifts and visiting with each ohther.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on December 22, 2014, 09:16:36 am ---You're right about the song, Jeff. I can barely remember any white Christmases that we've had, and it's not like you go out and do anything with the snow, you're busy opening gifts and visiting with each ohther.
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Thanks for not "clipping" me, Chuck. :-*
If I knew where to look, it might be interesting to know exactly how many "white Christmases" my home town has had since weather records began to be kept.
I will admit to remembering one "white Christmas" when I was a child, when there was so much fresh snow we walked to church on Christmas Eve in the traffic ruts in the street because nobody had yet shoveled their sidewalks--but that's the only Christmas that might fit the song, and I don't dream about a Christmas like that one. I was a little boy then, and you can't go back.
If I have any dream about Christmas now, it's being able to be in several places at once, so that I could share Christmas with "family of choice" as well as "family of birth."
serious crayons:
I dislike the song for exactly the opposite reason. Christmases here are almost always white, and I don't like winter. This year may be different. At the moment, there are only tiny scraps of snow on the ground, thanks to a series of days in the mid-30s to low-40s. There's a snowflake icon on my phone's weather app for tomorrow, but since the temperature forecast is 34, that snow probably won't stick more than an hour. Which is fine with me!
Next week: single-digit highs.
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