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November 29, 2005
Send Your Dreidels!
Let me just say this...
Holidays have been getting less and less exciting over the years. Take last Christmas... Christmas Eve I was working at Godiva in Somerset, dipping strawberries into chocolate and listening to the same techno Bing Crosby-Winter Wonderland mix over and over again. And what sounded like Juilio Iglasis singing "Ave Maria." Ho Hum.
We went to a nice seafood joint and it was all fine and good, but really? I'm starting to feel less inclined towards a holiday spirit. This year, I'm seriously considering switching to Chanukah. (12/26-1/2 this year, kids, which means I have time to buy the Menorah.) Since my immediate family is not Christian, aren't I free to go wherever I like with this holiday bullarkey? And celebrating the preservation of oil seems a lot more pertient to these times then some long-dead Armenian who was actually born in the Spring...
I think I also miss NY on this one, because Christmas in NY was special. That first snow, coming down between the buildings, not sticking to anything... the outside shopping bonanza in Union Square... big tree in Rockefeller... now that's how you do fucking Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanzaa/Ramadan.
Posted by emily at November 29, 2005 2:10 PM