Christmas...Again...Really?

So here we go once more 'round. Ol' holly jolly will grace us once more with his yuletide cheer and what not while we gotta run about buyin' stuff and smiling gleefully as we offer forth monetary pledges into little metal containers in hopes that the people controlling the containers will stop ding-a-ling-linging happy little hemorrhages into our heads. Oh yes the holidays are fastly upon us. And I, for one, am quickly settling into the spirit. My goals for this holiday season:

1. Don't go into any further debt. It's a tough, probably losing, cause but I'm remotely passionate about it.

2. Stay positive. They say that a good attitude can create miracles. That said, I'm not staying positive to become the next Messiah. I'm just doing it in hopes it will stop me from killing somebody over the next two months.

3. Surprise myself. Sure, that might sound difficult or odd but the other day I drank two full glasses of water and put my underwear on backwards before I went to bed. I woke up the next morning in a flat out foot race and found that I had some serious trouble at the end. It was a very unexpected adrenaline rush.

4. Buy some candy canes. Really, I used to love these things but you just don't see 'em much anymore. I really think we need to bring the candy cane back into the holidays.

5. Lastly, thaw the turkey. Three years now we've had fried turkey and three years we've nearly burned down the house (or garage last year). I think some serious prep-time needs to be set aside for this endeavor because I really believe we've just gotten really lucky in the past (or maybe that was just me thinking positive).