Dec. 20 2011

So you get tired of Christmas. You do not get tired of Christmas because of traffic jams, commercialism and family squabbles. Nor is tiresomeness caused by yuletide carols being sung by a fire and folks dressed up like Eskimos; the TV Christmas specials; the bathtub creches that are old tubs upended and half-buried in front lawns to form porcelain shrines; malls littered like bus stations, bus stations littered like malls; convenience store eggnog; bogus reports of epidemic suicide; cozy snow sprayed in the corners of store windows; and ubiquitous Santa Clauses. You get tired because of the obligation. We are obliged, however, to let nothing us dismay. Santa and Scrooge, go high, go low, beat you short, beat you deep.

Henry Allen, in the Style section of Dec. 20, 1995. (via washingtonpoststyle)

guess who is starting his shopping right now.  two-day shipping is my co-pilot.

Dec. 25 2009

ratcliffe-lee:

“quality without compromise.”

see’s candy is dad’s favorite.

today was heavy, long but good.  the holidays always get you right when you think they won’t.

Dec. 25 2008

josephweisenthal:

Judy Garland-Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.

Given the economy this year and uncertainty hanging over America and the world as a whole, it might be time to bring back the original first verse of this song:

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
It may be your last
Next year we may all be living in the past…

Here’s Mark Steyn on the story behind this classic.

Dec. 03 2008

ratcliffe-lee:

This kind of makes me feel like a douche for having a fake tree at Christmas.

my grandmother grows christmas trees on her property in new york state.