Merry Freaking Christmas!
Being the full time cynic and grouch that I am it will probably surprise you to know that I actually really like Christmas. I have an extensive list of Christmas music on my iPod, I watch all the classic Christmas specials (Charlie Brown, Rudolph, Frosty, etc). I grew up in Maine which is a pretty good place to be a kid at Christmas time. Back before Al Gore invented the internet and global warming we got tons of snow and being Maine you are pretty much surrounded by Chrstmas tree’s anyway. Also my Mom is about the biggest Christmas geek you will ever meet. Crhistmas in Maine also meant parties. Christmas Eve was at the Pellitier’s house which was fun because Norm was a teacher so lots of teachers from my school were there and I got to see them drunk and it seemed to buy me a little more slack in school which was pretty sweet. Then Christmas Day my parents had what seemed to be half the town over for a good old fashioned blow out. Maine is the only place in the world that I have ever seen coffee brandy, which is as nasty as it sounds. Regardless, Mainers drink that crap like water. Nasty.
Now that my brother has a kid, it is fun to buy toys for Christmas. Hopefully next year I can make it back and play with them. Luckily Rachel’s son Canyon is the same age as my nephew, same color hair (toeheads!). The only difference is that my nephew, being an O’Connor is 6 inches taller! So at least I get to play with some toys on Christmas. I got him a kick ass dinosaur set that I can’t wait to get my hands on.
