uncle!

maybe it's because yesterday was a super snow day (see fig. 1), or because all i saw out on thursday night were drunk people in santa hats leaving their office holiday parties, or because i finally purchased a christmas present, or because santa was the name of javier bardem's character in the excellent film i watched yesterday (Mondays in the Sun), or because i was coerced into decorating everything in sight by my family earlier in the week (see fig. 2 and 3), or because of that sappy song that gonzo sang during the muppet special that has been stuck in my head since wednesday night...

but goshdarnit, i LOVE christmas and i'm not going to let a few crappy weeks ruin my favorite holiday.

*insert glorious fanfare here*

Fig. 1: There was so much snow even this polar bear needed proper headgear.

Fig. 2: The 'Dicken's Village' setup over the entertainment center. There are two more sections of the village, including a lighted tree in the 'town square', carefully arranged throughout our parents' living room. Notice my skilled creation of hills using a 'fake snow' blanket and piles of textbooks.


Fig. 3: Four of the six aforementioned holiday trees that are hanging around our apartment. This year we centered them all around my new BFF, the television, so i suppose i'd have to be blind not to let all the twinkly, blinkly merriment get to me.