Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Eve Eve!

Also, Gooturducken!

If you get it, you get it. If not, carry on.

"Donkey!" (said in Scottish ogre voice)

So, it's the shortest day of the year, which makes me think with fondness of Gram and how this day would have made her more cheerful than a day in August, because now we start building up to longer days as opposed to losing increments of light with each passing day. Oh, Gram.

As for me, I'm taking some time today to make a cardboard donkey for one of my colleagues. Don't judge me. My friend at work sent this tidbit to me in an email:

December 21st, the shortest day (longest night/Winter Solstice) of the year, is dubbed St. Thomas Day. In parts of the Sauerland (in Germany), whoever wakes up late or arrives late to work on that day is issued the title "Thomas Donkey." This person is given a cardboard donkey and is the subject of numerous jokes throughout the day. But this gentle abuse ends deliciously with round, iced currant buns called "Thomasplitzchen". In other parts of Germany the day is called other names such as Durchspinn-Nacht or Durchsitz-Nacht. Traditionally a lot of alcohol is consumed and the next day is often called Kotzmorgen (hangover morning).

So, of course we had to make a cardboard donkey and present it to our perpetually late colleague. This was my template:


I love December.

Snowed in and loving it!

I love being snowed in. Right now I'm listening to Christmas music, watching the snow fall through windows lined in lights, eating Christmas candy, and I'm about to wrap some presents in shiny foil wrapping paper. Everything is sparkling and glowing and the ground is covered in fluffy white snow. I'm pretty much full-up on contentment.

This makes me happy

Look at those windows. I wonder if I could do this in my sunroom...

The Greatest Christmas Decoration Ever

James just sent this to me.



The man who created it wrote:

"Good news is that I truly out did myself this year with my Christmas decorations. The bad news is that I had to take him down after 2 days. I had more people come screaming up to my house than ever.Great stories. But two things made me take it down.

First, the cops advised me that it would cause traffic accidents as they almost wrecked when they drove by.

Second, a 55 year old lady grabbed the 75 pound ladder almost killed herself putting it against my house and didn't realize it was fake until she climbed to the top (she was not happy). By the way, she was one of many people who attempted to do that. My yard couldn't take it either. I have more than a few tire tracks where people literally drove up my yard."

How's this for a slice of fried gold?

This:


Plus this:

Equals: "I couldn't be happier. Thank goodness!"

This just in:

"Broadway star of Wicked Idina Menzel is in talks to join Fox's Glee as the coach of Vocal Adrenaline, the McKinley High glee club's nemesis. Menzel would appear in the remaining nine episodes of the season."

Whee!!!!