Am I just totally crazy that I spent all of today doing Christmassy things? I watched several Christmas movies and TV episodes on my DVR throughout the day, listened to Christmas music, went to the store but drove around a bit first specifically to find decorations still up, decided to keep my own decorations and tree up until my days off next week (thought the same thing last week about this week), and just kept reminiscing and trying to recreate what it was like throughout December. I just didn't want to do anything else, to be honest I
couldn't do anything else, just cuz it's still so close to having recently been the season, I don't want to move on from it. I guess I'm not as ready to let it go as I thought.
Has anyone ever seen the episode of King of the Hill called Twas the Nut Before Christmas? I just watched it again a little while ago from when I recorded it in December. It's when Bill becomes Santa during the season, and if you know the show you know Bill definitely has a few loose screws in his head. Anyways, he finds so much joy and gets so much attention and adoration from being Santa during the season that when it's over it doesn't even occur to him to end it when the season ends, going so far as to keep running his Santa's village and maintaining his Santa persona pretty late into January. It's kind of weird and dark if you imagine something like that to happen in real life. It's funny, and in line with the humor of the show, but weird nonetheless. Hank and the other guys try to nudge him out of it, and through another series of events he finally does snap out of it. But I hate to admit it, I'd be lying if I said I don't see a little bit of myself in Bill during this episode. Obviously not to the extend that is portrayed in the episode, but like I said, it's hard to watch it and not in some way understand what's going on in his head.
I don't doubt that if a psychologist knew just how passionate I am for Christmas that I would be diagnosed with some kind of label for it. Don't get me wrong, I'm fine with being this way and totally embrace it. I'm just saying, if I really unfiltered expressed my love for Christmas and the extent to which I go all out for it, to include not wanting to let it go when it's over, I think the majority of people would see it a bit odd, and maybe even think something's wrong with me.
But that's why I'm here at MMC so I can do that and people won't look at me weird.
Anyways, that's my post-Christmas thought of the day.
Have a great night everyone!!!
