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I’m in heaven right now. It’s dark, quiet and I’m surrounded by tiny twinkling lights. The lights from the Christmas tree, the lights on the house, the lights on Christmas Snoopy. It smells like pine and I just drank some hot cider.
Nothing could be better right now than this. Every year I wonder why I can’t have fresh pine and glowing lights 365 days a year.
But would 365 days of Christmas really be great? It’s hard to imagine, but the upsides are clear: The lights, the sense of giving and gratitude, Trader Joe’s peppermint Joe Joe’s…
How about the downsides? The cost, the pine needles sticking in your socks, Fox News commentators railing on about “The War on Christmas” and this new Jesus that was supposedly white, thankyouverymuch, Ms. Kelly.
How about you?
What’s your favorite holiday, and would you still like it if it lasted an entire year?
Valentine’s Day would either be yummy candy and hot sex every day, or yummy candy and the noticeable lack of a person to have hot sex with. Halloween: pranks and more candy. But also the pressure to have an original costume every single day?
Fourth of July, Hanukkah, Thanksgiving, Columbus Day (God forbid), New Year’s Eve… Which would you chose for a year-long holiday?
Vintage snowman photo: Flickr/Moa
Arbor Day. Because every day’s a good day to think about trees. Plus, no presents to buy.
Bill Murray ended up getting Andie McDowall to like him after living Groundhogs Day over and over again, so I’d probably try and copy him. That said, of the more “holiday-y” holidays, I’d go with Halloween. No one says you HAVE to dress up and the candy would get expensive, but I think my eyes would be happy and all the horror movies on TV would suit me.
I think that’s a good point, Allan……
I said Fourth of July, even though you Canadians cannot appreciate that at all… Because I’ve never NOT been happy on 4th of July. I don’t even know why that is. I’m not particularly patriotic.
Thanksgiving. ‘Natch!