So, it's that time of year again. The lights, the presents, the food, the presents, the alcohol, the presents, the parties, the presents, the presents, the presents, the PRESENTS......
And not just the ones for myself. Naturally.
No, in all seriousness, I absolutely adore Christmas, and not just for the presents (which I'm not gonna lie, helps) but for the whole atmosphere. Birthdays are great because you spend a day being fantastically happy, but Christmas is so much greater because everybody is fantastically happy. It's the combination of everything that all comes together to culminate in the absolute best time of the year, and here's my little shortlist of what makes Christmas so awesome: -
1. Decorations - let's face it, who can walk past a fairylight-strewn, snowman model-adorned, wreath-smothered house without feeling just a little bit more cheerful? The Removal of the Christmas Decorations is quite possibly the most depressing day of the year (when I was little I used to lock myself in the bathroom and refuse to participate in such sacrilege), in the same way that putting them up is one of the most exciting.
2. Food - do I really need to explain this? Free chocolate, Yorkshire puddings and brandy cream - but not all together (hopefully that was obvious).
3. Family - Christmas day is a day that everyone should spend with their family, and my own Christmas is generally full of laughter, alcohol, drunk adults, superb food (a la my auntie) and hilarious games that get progressively louder as the night goes on.
4. Friends. Christmas party + alcohol + friends = comedy. Lots and lot of comedy.
5. Weather - now I know that everybody hates December weather; it's cold and wet, but when I refer to weather I'm talking about what you hope the weather will be, rather than what it is. Every year, people hear the word 'snow' on the weather forecast, completely tune out and subsequently ring everyone in the phonebook, informing them that this year it really will be a white christmas, and you know so because it was on BBC News. What you missed was the fact that they actually said "Snow is a possbility for the highlands in and around Scotland," but, despite the fact that it has never happened before, you always hold out for that tiny little flake of white on Christmas morning.
6. Music. Everyone who says they hate Christmas music is lying. Yes, it's generally very bad, but that doesn't stop it filling you with a warm, squishy feeling of satisfaction that it's almost Christmas!
So you Scrooges out there who think that Christmas is a 'consumerism' holiday, or a 'waste of time and money', I think I speak for everyone that possesses festive spirit when I say sit down, shut up and accept the fact that nobody cares what you think, you miserable twerp.
And to the rest of you, Merry Christmas!!!
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