Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Bah Humbug

I've been listening to Christmas songs on the radio for the past day or so.
This is akin to Chinese water torture.
Sure it's fun for awhile...
but after you hear "Let it Snow" or "Baby It's Cold Outside" for the 500th time, you're ready to commit Hari Kari.
They play the same hundred Christmas songs over and over and over.
Sure there's different versions but I have to turn it off now before I have a conniption.
Also, lyrically these songs are all written from the point of view of someone who's actually seen...snow.
"Let it Snow" "Frosty the Snowman" "Walking in a Winter Wonderland". etc.
I live in Austin Texas.
It snows here maybe once a decade.
When it does, everything shuts down.
There's a panic run on the grocery stores that resembles Russia during World War One.
By noon the next day, all the snow has melted.
So snow is a non-event and a pain in the ass.
Sort of like the Fourth of July.

2 comments:

  1. Oh Miles! You haven't lived until you experience snow in NYC. Sure, it gets dirty and messy the next day but while it is snowing it is fantastic. We had a big snowfall last weekend and there was an impromptu snowball fight in the middle of Times Square and no one got hurt! It was amazing. Please spend a couple of days in NY during Christmas especially when it snows. You'll find yourself singing those songs as you stroll along Central Park and Fifth Avenue. One more thing, why do you look so skinny? I hope you're eating enough! Peace and love for Christmas and a healthy happy new year. Marilyn

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  2. What he said.....and a healthy and happy new year!

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