Kevin told me that if he was manager he'd get me in trouble for writing "Merry Christmas" instead of "happy holidays" on the customer's bills when they finish eating. I told him I wasn't forcing them to do anything, and if they wanted to get mad and take it out of my tip, so be it.
I've never been a big christmassy person. Never hugely excited over the season, I hate the cold and I hate the pressure and rules that come with it. Presents for Uncles and Aunts you ONLY see on holidays, who who have absolutely everything you could ever want? Who thought up that tradition?
In my darkest days (ahem, the last, ahem, couple of years) I annouced viciously that I hated Christmas. That isn't true, and it never was. The idea of christmas is absolutely lovely. It's just what happened to it. Now I have relaxed a little, I don't make a fuss over the pressures and stress and announce my dislike. Its still not a favorite of mine, though. Maybe someday it will be. I look forward to then.
Being that I'm not fond of the season, I'm also not fond of the radio replaying the same ten christms ditties over and over and over and over and OVER! It always drives me crazy. I mean, really, the FIRST rendition of "Rockin' Round the Christmas Tree" was enough! My whole family loves it, though, so I heard it 234 times, like usual.
However, there are a few songs in honor of christmas that really move me. I the beautiful ones honoring God's gift to mankind. I still appreciate that.
Here's a special one, never overplayed, about the first christmas. I learned it on guitar and played it for our relatives last year, everyone was touched. I hope you are too.
Merry Christmas.
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