associated in random thought

prepare ye the way for christmas cheer.

i realize that i am still wearing shorts. it feels nothing like the holiday season, despite the giant scary nutcracker standing sentinel in my office building.

but, the season has officially arrived, as marked by mandatory overtime and oversized wreaths on sale at walgreens. despite my overt cynicism, however, here's a bananie fact:

i.love.christmas. ask helen. i think i drove her nuts during our first holidays together with my festive zeal.

i love putting up a christmas tree (even when we purchase it at target). i'm a sucker for stocking stuffers. in christmases past, i have forced charley to wear reindeer antlers. i have designs on a clem-sized elf suit. moe will be santa claus, naturally. and lucy? i think i'll just let her remain lucy. for safety's sake.

my house will smell like mulled wine and spruce tree home fragrance. you're invited, of course, to visit.

on my lunch hour at work today, i have officially kicked off the holiday cheer, itunes style. now added to my library are newly recorded christmas songs by aimee mann, over the rhine, and sarah mclachlan. of the three, i can't recommend otr's snow angels enough. karin? linford? how do you keep getting betterer and betterer?

happy holidays, friends. welcome to my sugar plum world.