Happy Festivus!
It's that time of year again...Festivus! The "festivus for the rest of us" immortalized on Seinfeld. The official date for Festivus is December 23rd, but I thought I would start early, to avoid the "Christmas rush." During Festivus, it is customary for one to air their list of grievances. Here are my Holiday grievances, in no particular order:
- Slow jams of Christmas music. I just heard what I believe was a Boys 2 Men version of "Let it Snow," and it was so wrong. Apparently, the original lyrics were not good enough for B2M, so they needed to throw in some of their own: "I wanna wrap you up baby! 'Cause it's snowing outsi-iii-iiii-iiide!" (those type of "runs" in a song drive me INSANE)
- Competing displays of holiday merry-making, electronically activated toy Santas, reindeer, snowmen, etc. If you are going to have these things all sitting in the same area, can you please make sure that they take turns spreading their special brand of Holiday Cheer? When they are all "dancing" and singing their little high-pitched holiday tunes (each one a different song, of course) at the same time, it just gives me a headache.
- "Grandma got run over by a Reindeer." This song was mildly amusing the first time I heard it, 15 years ago, but now it is just annoying. My holiday would be much brighter if it was removed from the radio station playlists.
- People who complain about the gifts you give to them. True story - my best friend Mel's mother-in-law told her that she not only thought Mel should have spent more on her gift, but that she would prefer not to receive (insert LONG list of items here) in the future. The end result: Mel no longer buys her any gifts. She leaves that shopping to her husband.
- Drunken co-workers at holiday parties. While sometimes this can be amusing, other times it is just pathetic or irritating. For example, the time when one of my co-workers wore a see-through black lace shirt, with NO BRA, to the staff party, got drunk, and then proceeded to fawn all over my husband. I so wanted to "accidentally" spill my wine down her lace-clad front, but I held my temper in check. Barely.
I don't think I heard the story about the black lace top sans bra! I'll need to whip up some grievances over the next couple of days for the celebration.
My cousins mother did that too by sending a list to her children of places not to shop for her from which was all the places my cousin's wife shopped. RUDE. Makes you not want to have Christmas at all.
Beverly
Mel's mom. Oy vey.
Happy Festivus! I'll be listing my grievances shortly. :)
Santa Baby sung by a man. It's just all kinds of wrong.
Oh yeah, and I need about 50 more hours in the day to get everything done.
how funny. i will have to come up with a list and get back to you
I'm kind of annoyed by my kids' school right now. Why they keep scheduling open houses, and programs, and so on that go after my kids' bedtimes is beyond me. Aren't the teachers always saying that well-rested kids behave and learn better? I keep looking around at the programs thinking, "am I the only scrooge parent here annoyed that my kids should be in bed right now?" ...cause you know I can't get anything done til after they go to bed, but that's not my point...