“The holidays” are a beautiful thing and nothing is more beautiful than waking-up on the first day of vacation knowing that the ENTIRE Company is shut down. No need to check e-mails throughout the day because, in theory, NO ONE is sending e-mails. This is the biggest and sweetest differentiator between Christmas break and a typical vacation: no major catching-up to do when you return to the office!
Of course, it’s always a challenge to fill your time with things that you want to do. For example, I want to bake chocolate chip cookies and ginger bread. Ah, what the hell, I’ll do both! And why does fruit cake have such a bad reputation? It is succulent. It delivers a generous portion of the best fruits on Earth. It is delicious. If you are the owner of an unloved fruitcake, please forward it to MA.
I love the holidays because it doesn’t matter that baking one batch of cookies and one loaf of ginger bread required a full day. Oh and that golf lesson will probably require a full day too. Same goes for the Christmas shopping, a run, Storage Wars, Dad’s coin collection, the WiFi extender, and a blog post. Whew. I need a nap already.
For more opinions about using the phrase “The Holidays,” please refer to I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas by Lewis Black.