Christmas, a few days after the Winter Solstice, the point of many heated topics, the supposed birthday of the prophet Jesus of Nazareth, and an excellent time to mooch off of your parents/immediate family for s**t you don't really need.
They say that it is a time to celebrate, give gifts, and be merry. I may be an Atheist, but I say that anything that helps bring families together is worth keeping around.
It's a time of tradition, such as my family enjoys going over to our grandmother's house on the Eve of this day every year and listen to the season-specific songs, watch NORAD track the jolly fat man that likes children as he flies around the world, and promptly stuff our faces and have a gun fight, followed by presents at midnight, where my uncle usually gives us a joke present, such as a doorknob, a slice of cheese, or a pair of used underwear stuffed in a spray-painted Pringles can and sprinkled with a crushed doughnut stick.
Trust me, there are stranger.
And... I forgot what I was ranting about....
Hm...
Well...
All I know is that there better be a drumset under that tree, dammit!
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