Why I Kind of Hate The Holidays

Look, I like the pretty music and decorations and food and parties and family and friends, but when you consider how much manual labor it takes to get to that point, suddenly you're not not fa-la-la-ing with quite as much good cheer.

I don't wanna be a Grinch, but when you are in charge of cooking, cleaning, laundry, and shopping, the holidays just pile it on. Add 'Emmanuel labor' to the regular rigorous regimen of chores, plus surfing the net, blogging, napping, talking on the phone, and sitting around watching Tv -- you can see there's barely enough time to fight mall traffic let alone pepper spray some rude shopper.

I am still on schedule, fortunately -- although there are still six more opportunities to fall behind ....

... So, on the eighth day before Christmas, I got all my shopping done:

      Five assorted gift cards.
      Four flannel shirts size LT,
      Three paperback books,
      Two Lionel ore cars that say Bethlehem Steel on the side,
      And an upgrade to our Sirius radio.

Also, on the seventh day before Christmas I got my baking done:

      Four calling birds,
      Three French hens,
      Two turtle doves,
      And a partridge in a pear tree.

No, that's not how it goes:

      Four dozen kiffels
      Three poppyseed rolls
      Two nut rolls too,
      And a pumpkin pie with home-made crust.

This week calls for more cookie baking, final wrapping, and mailing. Don't even mention Christmas cards, since I am starting a new tradition of sending Martin Luther King Day cards .... I will probably spend the daylight hours of December 24 cleaning and then curled up in a fetal position to ease my aching back before tackling the traditional five-course Slovak Christmas Eve Feast ....

Oh What Fun It Is ....

I think for next Christmas I'll ask Husband for a Christmas Assistant. Or, if you happen to be an elf,  fairy, or angel, please drop by my house: you will be welcomed warmly, fed well, then put to work. (You can even stay in our basement ... angels can try the attic if they prefer ....)

... Gotta run ... I saw a big star hovering over the UPS store so I thought I'd take some gifts and go check it out ....










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