ok, let's list em, & get this whole Christmas thang into perspective.

pro: the kids are home!
con: it's expensive.
pro: pretty christmas lights.
con: it's a lot of work if yer the Mom.
pro: christmas cards!
con: high probability of someone's feelings getting hurt.
pro: hanging out with the family.
con: all that shopping!
pro: me & galoot's annual 'no gifts' pact.
con: it's usually cold.

ok, i kept it even, but i have more.

your turn.

con: galoot's measly 3 days off.
pro: galoot's measly 3 days off.

pro: month off of school
con: hard to shop with no money
pro: people make oddjobs available to you so you can earn money
con: then they have no money for your gifts

pro: Baby Jesus' birthday.
con: everybody has to get presents for Baby Jesus' birthday.

pros: happy birthday jesus
cons: pass the fruitcake

Pro: Some good Christmas songs.
Con: Round-the-clock Christmas music.
Pro: Giving to the people you love.
Con: The risk of the people you love being disappointed with what you give them.
Pro: Heightened spirituality and charity.
Con: Heightened commercialism and greed.

con: can i say Christmas songs too? cuz i hate em! when i go in a store, i don't want it blastin at me. i need to be able to think, dammit.
pro: TMBG Christmas songs. (why can't they ever blast those in Wal Mart?)
con: running out of money.
pro: ham.
con: ham juice. did you know that if you get ham juice on your clothes there is no way in the world to get it out?
pro: ham bones for bean soup.
con: trying to think up a gift for a person who has everything, at the very last minute.


galoot's work gave him two big hams this year. spiral cut with bones in em. i barely had room in the freezer for both of em.

pro: fudge.
con: dirty dishes.
pro: calling Mom for addresses & recipes.
con: getting her voicemail.

Pro: It's A Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story .
Con: The ongoing debate between people who complain about the phrase "Merry Christmas" being too politically incorrect, and people who get offended when you say something like "Season's Greetings" or "Happy Holidays" INSTEAD OF "Merry Christmas".

pro: being done with my shopping.
con: NOT being done with my wrapping.
pro: doing a lot of my shopping online, in my jammies.
con: waiting & waiting & waiting for one of bee's presents that's probably not gonna get here in time.
pro: finding just the right gift for someone, after searching at 4 different stores.
con: finding the exact same gift at the grocery store for 7 bux less, after i already bought it.