by Stella Atrium 12/20/11
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In the spirit of writing a blog as a list (the newest route to securing blog traffic), I thought I would write out my Grinch list. There's a plethora of these lists circulating, so please view mine with a grain of salt.
1) Articles Written as Lists: Too obvious to explain.
2) Andy Williams Christmas Specials: When I was a kid (I'm giving away my age here), we waited all day for the hour of the Andy Williams Show with the in-jokes and set decorations and his colored voice that everybody recognized. The Osmond Brothers were introduced on that show. Now a mock-up of William's voice is used for Target ads. The old hour-long episodes are faded and jaded, looking sadder than "Lawrence Welks" or "Sing Along with Mitch" from a decade before.
3)
Christmas Blow-out Giveaway on Twitter: Think about lead time, folks!
Twitter is for last minute planners, I know, but a Christmas list is
not. Any woman who plans for a large family knows the gift packages
were wrapped ten days ago. She's now in the stage of polishing silver
and making fruitcake before the real cooking begins. She may not
return to Twitter until time to return gifts starting on Monday. 4) Politically Correct Stance against Saying Merry Christmas: Deal with it, and may God bless...
5) Warnings about a Hard Chicago Winter: Supposedly, the hardest winter in twenty years is coming, touted with images from last year's blizzard just for good measure, when it's 44 degrees outside. This is why everybody's so dissatisfied; the doom and gloom of the news broadcasts. We had one hard freeze and no snow. The grass is still green and making buds. Let's enjoy the moment.
6) Over-cheerful Helpers at the UPS Store wearing Santa Hats: Don't you just want to slap them? They're celebrating the slow death of the US Postal Office so they can charge three times as much for the same services.
7) Dry, Smelly Christmas Trees; The Most Grinch Dislike of all: At least the men no longer chain smoke in the same room, because I make them go outside. Next year the men can decorate a tree outside, and maybe light the gas grill and cook their own holiday meal. Just my luck, though, it will snow in Chicago in December 2012.
Merry Christmas, all!
Jennifer
Hudson attended the music award wearing a short dress made of clinging
silver, so her name was trending for an hour or so...
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