Thursday, November 25, 2004
This week's The Thursday Threesome meme:
Onesome: Christmas-- Is it Thanksgiving? ...or just the day before the start of the "Christmas Season"? (...and how are you supposed to shop if you're all stuffed with food?) Hey, is anyone going out tomorrow to save tons of money standing in endless lines with 10,000 of your closest friends? Just curious...
A. I wish Thanksgiving marked the start of the Christmas season, but stores have had decorations out since August, lots of my neighbors have already decked their houses with a zillion-and-two lights several days before Thanksgiving, and it has just taken the joy out of what should be a "holiday-season." It used to be that Christmas was officially kicked-off when you saw Santa at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Now, he's in the malls long before then. As for shopping on the day after Thanksgiving ... I refuse to get caught up in all of that MADNESS!
Twosome: Bells-- Okay, we'll give in and admit that maybe the season has started: what decorations are you looking forward to seeing in the next few days? ...the lights in the downtown? How about knowing you'll soon have a tree with that memorable ornament? The Toys for Tots drop off? What makes you comfortable knowing the Christmas season is really here?
A. Once again, decorations in the neighborhood and in town have been up for a week or more already. That takes the excitement and joy out of it for me. I'm comfortable when the day after Christmas arrives and I can look forward to all of the decorations everywhere being removed within the next few weeks (at the latest -- hopefully!) And, NO!, I'm not really a Scrooge - just realistic ... six to eight weeks is too long for anything to be decked (four months, if you count all of the stores!).
Threesome: are Ringing-- ...in your ears? What song are you just dreading to hear this season? Come on, the one that just makes you scrunch up inside and want to duck into an iron foundry so you can't hear it? Weird Al? Something from "The Nutcracker"? Those dogs? I mean come on, there's some bad stuff out there
A. Anything by Elvis. After living in Memphis for five years, and having "Elvis" crammed down your throat at every turn, I can do without any Elvis ditties!
DISCLAIMER: Once again, I am really NOT a Scrooge, even though it may sound that way.
(c) 2004 A Southern Belle's Life
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