CHRISTMAS!  Yeah, we didn't put up a post yesterday - it was our contractually entitled, "Religious Observation TIme."  It was buried in paragraph 14a(ii) and we're glad our night school educated lawyer snuck that past the fancy suits from our sponsor (we love ya Budweiser, but you signed the contract!).  Even you folks out there that work at Walmart (and we know there are plenty of you having your kids read this to you right now) get days off - why not us?

Now of course today is the "official" day that the Christians stole from the pagans to celebrate, but why live in the past?  We thought about being Buddhists so we could get some of those cool orange robes but we just couldn't sit cross legged long enough.  We also thought about being Jewish but we wanted a homeland that had oil.  We liked the idea of getting 72 virgins if we were Muslim, but being called to prayer five times a day seemed a bit excessive to us - even if we did get the virgins.  WICCA had a certain attraction for us with the spells and sh_t, but other than Glenda in the WIzard of Oz we've never seen a hot witch.

On the other hand, buying an plastic (made from recycled grocery bags!) replica of a pine tree and covering it with blinking lights (Energy-Saver rated of course) didn't seem too appealing either.  And then expecting some fat communist (he wears red, right?) to break into our trailer through the propane stove vent and redistribute wealth (told you he was communist) by giving us presents other people left in bins at the mall was just a bit out there.  Nope, in the end we decided it was just easier to have another beer, consider the social/economic issues inherent with Kwanzaa and then have another beer, and another beer, and.....

                                                                             
                                                                      MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM KEVIN & STACY!