Merry Christmas Socrates

Wow , christmas is almost here and I can feel it in my bones! All the happyness and stress of the corprate hustle and bustle and the merriness of the people around. The little kids running around outside with rosy cheeks and pointing out their favorite toys in the window of the local toymaker's shoppe. The togatherness and the laughter, it's all so heartwarming!
Wish it was like that in my head.
Christmas, X-mas or Presentmas, whatever you want to call it has been changed from a quiet and religeous gathering to a corprate holiday. Back in the days you would have jolly old men make toys out of wood and paint them and sell them to you with a jolly ho ho ho. And children believed in Father Christmas. Now their just angry businessmen who can't get a date, pushing you to overcharge your creidit card with this and that, and using jolly old St. Nick as an advertizing figure. People are hardly home anymore! I went to my aunt's last year and we barely stayed home for an hour on christmas day! She lives in the suburbs so she has to decorate the house just right, and go to christmas party after christmas party and then throw her own cocktail party. She has to show up in church at just the right time so she doesn't look sac religeous or like an old woman with nothing else to count on except god. Have you ever realized that when you go to church there's a lot of old folks there? I think it's because they know they're gonna die soon so they're sucking up to the big guy before they kick el bucket. We set up are tree! We lost our old christmas ordaments in the move so we had to get ALL new ones. $200 spent on lights, garland, and bulbs. But it looks nice at least. I made the star this year, It looks so cool! I made it kind of look like a Dr. Suess star. ^^ yeah. Usually around this time of year we watch the classic: Merry Christmas Mr. Bean but I think we lost that in the move too :( that was my favorite episode!!! Where he plays with the nativity set, that was hilarious!! I love mr. bean. If my loyal followers are thinking of somthing to get your dear Socrates for Presentmas I can think of something **looks at the mr. bean christmas box set ((at suncoast, isle two, fourth row down,))** ^ ^ heheheh...no pressure now. ^ ^

May the Christmas Spirit be with you
~ Socrates