I guess I should be grateful to be able to unwrap undershirts and curtains (?) for Christmas, when many poor families don’t have anything to unwrap. And don’t get me wrong, I’m grateful. However I never really understood why my family seems to get me more “practical” gifts rather than “fun” gifts. It was my fault for not asking for anything specific.
I’ve come to the conclusion that it doesn’t matter what you got for Christmas. If you’re about bragging to your friends about the stuff you got for Christmas, chances are they got something bigger and better. So you’re better off keeping your mouth shut and to be thankful for what you’ve got.
Since it’s Wednesday night, we’ve got church tonight. I suppose everyone will be wearing their new clothes they got for Christmas. Not me.
The mass media has us fooled. Pre-printed Christmas day editions of the Tennessean. Taped Today Show segments. I must admit they had me fooled for a while. They should rename the Christmas Day Today Show to “Two Weeks Ago Show” since that’s when it was probably taped. We don’t expect Matt “Almost Bald” Lauer and Katie “Colonoscopy” Couric to come into work on Christmas Day.