As we enter into this Christmas season, I'm reminded of all the things that I love and all the things that I hate about this season.
Things I love about the holidays:
- shopping for gifts for loved ones
- the music
- the food
- seeing family
- the decorations
- the cooler weather
- spare time to read and relax
Things i hate about the holidays:
- shopping for gifts (i hate the consumerism and commercialization)
- the music (while your shopping with money you don't have in places that are too crowded for fire code, the holiday carols are played so much that they are seared into your psyche)
- the food (i'll gain 10 lbs. by the end of the year - and it's not my fault...i can't resist the pumpkin pie)
- the decorations (i hate heights, but yet i'll be up on our roof again hanging lights while my knees are knocking because the only thing that scares me more that being on the roof is seeing my pregnant wife on the roof. Pray tell, what does this have to do with Christmas?)
Oh how i need a Festivus miracle!