Beating the Bah Humbug

My poor neglected blog. It's not that I haven't had things to write about...we moved (pics to come...in theory), I've been getting in squabbles w/friends over politics (you know me and my rants), I had a run-in with the RUDEST Wal-Mart cashier ever...yeah, stuff is happening. But I guess I haven't really been that motivated to write lately. Hopefully I'll do better now.

Anyhoo...Christmas. I am not a fan. I used to be...I used to go all out w/the decorating (my house would be covered in lights and we had a really big tree) and I would refuse to listen to anything but Christmas music once December came. But then...2 years ago I found out on the day after Thanksgiving that I'd lost a baby and those of you who read this regularly know the continuous struggle I've faced. Needless to say, the Christmas season following that horrible event was awful and it has been ever since. Now, this isn't something I want to whine about right now...I do enough complaining as it is. But that's why I really don't like the holidays.

This Christmas season started out no different...I was bummed out and in general quite grumpy about it. But then my little sister burned me this CD:

Now, I'm sure most of you are thinking, "WHAT THE..." but yes, those are cabbage patch kids. When I was little...probably 5 or 6...my grandparents gave me this record for Christmas (yeah, this was back in the day when people actually listened to records). I guess they used to have a cabbage patch television show and this was the Christmas episode...I have no idea really...but in the years following my sister and I listened to it pretty much non-stop from Thanksgiving through New Year's Day. We even made a movie of it one year (SO humiliating to watch it now...seriously...). I think if you were to add up all the times we listened to it, the sum would be well over a thousand.

So needless to say, I was really excited when she gave it to me...she spent a lot of time and effort on the internet finding and downloading the songs, which I greatly appreciate. It was pretty much getting back a piece of my childhood that symbolizes the magic of Christmas. And even though I'm 27 years old and most definitely not a child, I still listen to it like one. I crank up the volume and sing my guts out completely without shame...it's helped take away some of the sadness. So thank you Kaj for making the season a lot more bearable. :-)

P.S. If anyone wants me to burn them a copy just let me know...it's totally awesome with songs like "Christmas Day in the Cabbage Patch is a Happy Whoop-De-Do" and "Gimmie Gimmie Take Take"...how could anyone resist???