Monday, September 22, 2008

Today is the first day of fall and you know what that means...

Christmas is just a mere 94 days away!! Oh stop your whining you grumpy headed, beetle-browed, bellyaching, love muffin. You know you like Christmas, so why be grouchy about it? If anyone here wants to complain, let it be me. I'm the one who has to spend his Christmas in a desert with ubiquitous road construction, fake lakes, and palm tress that were shipped from other parts of the country. In the end, I have neither the splendour of a big cosmopolitan city, nor the natural winter habitat of a frosty, Christmastime desert. Boo-hoo.

Take me to New England, I say! Where the hills are adorned with color-shifting trees; where the streets are narrow and cobble-stoned; where cottages and houses with English motifs make a fireplace all the more cozy and enticing. Yes, I'll take the snow, too.

Maybe someday.

For now, I'll have to settle for a city that - despite having lost much of its small town intimacy - is still my home.

I wrote this post a few weeks ago anticipating the autumn season. However, despite the fact that I had scheduled it to post automatically for today, Blogger made sure it got posted on September 7th, so some of you with "Reader" or RSS feed might have gotten an unauthorized look ahead of schedule. Is there something wrong with Blogger that I don't know about? Do they need a loan or bailout to get them to function properly?

8 comments:

Kathleen Miller said...

Tom,

This is a clever piece of writing. At least you will stay warm in Vegas!

Tracy said...

yeah, my thoughts exactly.. if I could only stay warm in winter.. my entire attitude would be different... but alas I live in cold.. freezing..MN and the winters are brutal and it makes me dread. dread.. dread winter and even at times Christmas (I know.. shame on me:)

Adrienne said...

I can do without MN freezing and Las Vegas roasting. But I love Christmas....

Katie Alender said...

I didn't see it on the 7th... I guess what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. *ducks flying rotten tomatoes*

I love Christmas! Autumn is my favorite time of year (and we don't really get "winter" in LA... I think of autumn as lasting all the way to spring).

Adrienne said...

You have an award waiting for you at my place.... ;-)

paramedicgirl said...

Great post, Tom! You should experience a Canadian Christmas, with all our snow and sub-zero temperatures. Now that I am at the Coast, it does seem a little strange to not see a blanket of white snow in the winter. But I'm not complaining - I froze through every winter of my life until moving here last year!

Jennifer said...

I am Canadian, with snow. And I hate it. Cold, miserable, have to shovel it, makes driving difficult etc. I could go on and on about how much I hate snow and overload this server and crash it. LOL.

But I lived in Texas for a year. On the Mexican border. No snow for Christmas. It just didn't feel like Christmas...so I know what you mean.

Perhaps I will mail you some of the snow if you really want ;)

Tom in Vegas said...

Jennifer-

Yes! Ship it. By the tons, please:0)