[Quiet Man Cometh]

Both those songs irritate me somewhat. I blame Bing Crosby for the first one. It's tradition when I'm up north that everyone wraps presents while watching White Christmas. My favourite Christmas movie is pretty much always going to be Muppet Christmas Carol. I think I've got it memorized by now.

I make a point of spending Christmas up north every other year (it's my down south year this year) so I figure a really white Christmas every two years is good enough. It doesn't help my cold resistance being down here all the time though. You really need to be in it to get used to it. When I was living up north, -5*C was considered almost balmy, especially after a week of -30*C or -40*C or so. That's just the outside temperature too, not including wind chill. That's what makes it nasty.

I think I'm making several Christmas gifts this year. I'm kinda broke. I'm taking on the philosophy that no gift is better than a dumb gift. It's cheaper and people seem to be okay with the idea. I'm a card fiend though. Can't manage the year without Christmas cards!