christmas is on its way

Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas, upon which the entire year revolves. That is a quote from Adult Ralphie in A Christmas Story. It is also the philosophy I have chosen to live by. For me (and even more so, my wife), the whole year revolves around Christmas. It is far and away the best time of year. As soon as Thanksgiving is over (and even before), we become completely immersed in Christmas and it brings back such awesome, amazing memories. Sometimes I wonder why Christmas is the best time of year. I mean, there are obviously a bunch of different things combining together to make it the best, but why do those things come together this time of year and not another? There's no other day (holiday or otherwise) during the year which gets this much attention. To a large degree, Christmas is undoubtedly commercialized, but for many of us, it also is very significant, fun, and meaningful. Many of my favorite movies are Christmas movies. Many of my favorite songs are Christmas songs. (In Boston, one station started playing them as soon as Halloween was over.) Many of my favorite memories are Christmas memories. Christmas is quite simply the best, for many reasons. So, from now until Christmas Eve, my blogs will be inspired from various quotes and scenes from my favorite Christmas movie, A Christmas Story. Not all of them will necessarily be Christmas related, but a majority of them will be. Enjoy the Christmas season! I know I will.