I don't think I like holiday seasons. The excessive decorations, the "themed" aisles in Walgreens, the paraphernalia, etc. And I also realized that I don't like carving pumpkins. I enjoy looking at carved pumpkins, but the event of carving them really isn't that fun. Think about it. There's a lot of pressure to come up with something unique and creative to carve. Once that's done, there's the actually drawing/carving of the pumpkin, which quickly dashes all hopes of something awesome, as my art skills haven't progressed past my kindergarten fingerpainting days. Followed by the grueling work that is cutting through the pumpkin rind. Couple that with the fact that on Saturday, my carving tool was a tiny broken saw blade that shredded all the skin on my thumb and index finger and you can begin to see how I may not have enjoyed myself. But I also felt a bit guilty, because I felt like I should be loving it because it's the fall/Halloween season. No more.
And I'll save my thoughts on Christmas for Christmas. But I will just say that I despise Christmas music. They are some of the most mind-numbing songs ever created, and there is a grand total of 6 of them, which are remixed, reinterpreted, rerecorded, (aka long ago beaten to death) by everyone from Amy Grant to August Burns Red. I digress.
I like Thanksgiving. It's a little tamer than the rest, and includes a delicious meal. And now I feel like I'm rambling. So let's wrap this up.
Halloween - wtf? why is it even a thing?
Thanksgiving - good food. And good to be thankful
Christmas - *sigh*
I'll work on making my next post more interesting.
I'm RIGHT THERE WITH YOU! at least, I don't like carving things. like gourds. and I don't like Christmas music. (one of my students is obsessed with them and we're already learning carol of the bells...)
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